Mighty Macs Hold Off Gophers

TOWSON, Md. - Visiting Immaculata University scored twice in the first half and held off Goucher College for a 2-1 non-conference field hockey victory Tuesday evening at Beldon Field.

• Emilyn Givens had the first shot of the game for Immaculata (5-7) just over eight minutes in, which was saved by Goucher (6-6) goalie Katie Bloom.
• Givens scored just over 30 seconds later to put the Mighty Macs in front 1-0.
• The Gophers had a pair of penalty corners just past the 10-minute mark, with the second resulting in a shot by Kaitlyn Bucci that was saved by IU goalie Julia Levase.

• Immaculata made it 2-0 4:25 into the second quarter as Gabrielle O'Brien scored.
• Julia Blondell had back-to-back shots saved by Levase with four minutes left in the half.
• Charlotte Bloom had a pair of shots in the final seconds of the half, with one saved by Levase.

• Goucher had four shots in the first three minutes of the third, with Jillian Vandenbraak making a pair of defensive saves.
• Katie Bloom had a save seven minutes in.
• With four minutes left in the frame, on a penalty corner, Zoe Mikles put back her own initial shot that was saved to cut the lead to 2-1.

• Katie Bloom made a pair of saves in the first two minutes of the final frame.
• Bucci had back-to-back shots with nine minutes left, with one saved and one blocked.
• Goucher generated three penalty corners in the final 30 seconds, with Annie Bennett sending a shot wide on the final corner of the night.

• Goucher outshot Immaculata 15-8 and took 14 corners to the Mighty Macs' seven.
• Bucci led the Gophers with five shots, while Mikles took four.
• Katie Bloom made five saves, while Levase recording seven stops in addition to Vandenbraak's two defensive saves.
• Goucher was playing its final non-conference game of the season.

• Goucher returns to Landmark Conference play Saturday, hosting Scranton at 1 pm at Beldon Field.