Jordan Reicher controlling the ball in the midfield against JMU.
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Winner James Madison JAMES MA (3-2)
1
American AMERICAN (1-2)
Winner
James Madison JAMES MA
(3-2)
4
Final
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American AMERICAN
(1-2)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
James Madison JAMES MA 0 1 1 2 4
American AMERICAN 1 0 0 0 1

Game Recap: Field Hockey |

Field Hockey Drops Home Contest to JMU

WASHINGTON –– After scoring early to start the game on a high note, the Eagles of the American University field hockey team were unable to hold off the push back from the visiting Dukes of James Madison, falling 4-1.

Quick Notables
  • Junior forward, Jordan Reicher scored her second goal of the season, the goal came in just the second minute of the game.
  • Four yellow cards and a green card were handed down during the game. American received two yellows and a green for three cards total, while JMU was issued two yellow cards.
  • Senior goalkeeper Pauline Gineste made a career-high eight saves in the contest.
How It Happened
The Eagles started hot, Reicher scoring on the second shot, her second shot, of the game in the second minute of play to put AU up 1-nil.
 
American held their narrow lead until the last two minutes of the opening half. Twenty seconds after Sophie Willemse was issued the first card of the game, yellow, the visitors–up an athlete–leveled the score 1-all at the 21:58 mark.
 
After halftime the Dukes pushed the Eagles into mistakes. After taking just four shots in the first half, JMU would double that in the third quarter alone, making eight attempts in the penultimate frame and ultimately scoring midway through the third to take the 2-1 lead.
 
Two more goals for JMU came in the fourth. The third goal was again scored less than a minute after an Eagles' yellow card was issued and the Dukes were up an athlete on the field.
 
The fourth and final goal for the visitors came in the 52nd minute, putting them up 4-1 with eight minutes to hold off the Eagles from making a comeback. Held to just two shots in the entire second half, American fell 4-1 to James Madison.

Coming Up
The Eagles are on the road until October. Next week, AU will be at UMD in College Park for the Terrapin Invitational where they will taking on Saint Joseph's on Friday, Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. and Penn on Sunday, Sept. 14 at 3 p.m.
 
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American 1, JMU 4
Scoring: AU –Jordan Reicher (Sophie Willemse), 1:45;  JMU – Alice Roeper (Skyler Brown), 28:59; JMU – Skyler Brown, 38:58; JMU – Skyler Brown (Alice Roeper), 48:44; JMU – Alice Roeper (Brynna Hill), 51:21
Shots: AU 5 (2/1/0/2), JMU 17 (2/2/8/5)
Penalty Corners: AU 3 (2/1/0/0), JMU 4 (1/0/2/1)
Goalkeeper Saves: AU 8 (Pauline Gineste, 60:00, 8 saves, 4 goals allowed); JMU 1 (Molly Schreiner, 60:00, 1 save, 1 goal allowed)
Records: AU 1-2 (0-0 PL), JMU 3-2 (0-0 ACC)
 
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