Nov. 9, 2002
Stanford, Calif. - Erin Lenhardt scored a goal and added an assist to help Radford University to a 2-0 victory over Pacific in the third place game at the 2002 NorPac Championships this morning at Stanford University?s Field Hockey Turf. With the victory, the Highlanders end their season at 9-11, while the Tigers finish at 4-14.
Lenhardt scored the eventual game-winner at 21:44 on successful penalty corner. She took a pass from Megan Driest and pushed past UOP keeper Gina Sadler for the 1-0 lead. It would be one of the few times the Highlanders would solve Sadler as she made nine saves on the day and a tournament-high 28.
Erin Hebert would give Radford a 2-0 cushion when she took a nice feed from Lenhardt a deposited into the back of the net from the top of the circle at 52:48. The Tigers would have a couple of opportunities to get on the board, but RU keeper Tina Caiazza came up big making a pair of saves to preserve the shutout. The second of those saves came at 64:25 when she stopped UOP?s Laura Maurer point blank on a breakaway. Caiazza made three saves for the match.Radford outshot Pacific, 15-6 and had the advantage in corners, 8-5.
FIELD HOCKEY GAME SUMMARY (FINAL)
NORPAC CHAMPIONSHIPS (THIRD-PLACE GAME)PACIFIC VS. DAVIDSON (AT STANFORD, CA)GOALS BY PERIOD12 TOTPacific 0 0 --0Radford 1 1 -- 2
SCORING SUMMARY1. 21:44 RU Erin Lenhardt (Megan Driest)2. 52:48 RU Erin Hebert (Erin Lenhardt)
Shots: Radford 15, Pacific 6; Goalkeeper Saves: Pacific 9 (Gina Sadler), Radford 3 (Tina Caiazza 3); Green Cards: Radford 2 (Angela Feindt 15:24, Jenny Bell 61:15); Updated Records: Radford (9-11), Pacific (4-14); Attendance: 203.