Northwestern
Penn St
Field Hockey Dominated by Penn State, 6-1
10/15/1999 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
Oct. 15, 1999
EVANSTON, Ill. - The Northwestern field hockey team fell to Penn State Friday night in State College, 6-1, as the Nittany Lions swept the season series from the Wildcats.
The loss dropped NU to 4-9 overall (0-6 Big Ten), while the third-ranked Nittany Lions improved to 13-2 (5-1 Big Ten).
Penn State held the play most of the way Friday, and scored the first two goals to gain an early advantage. Northwestern cut the deficit to 2-1 at the very end of the half, when Nicole Smith netted a shot.
However, that only served to wake up PSU, which scored twice in the first five minutes of the second stanza en route to a four-goal outburst that buried the Wildcats. The Nittany Lions were sparked by Lindsey Gehris, Traci Anselmo and Maegan Galie, each of whom had two goals.
Northwestern was outshot, 19-9, and goalkeeper Kendra Mesa ? making her collegiate debut in place of the injured Jessica Yates ? came up with six saves for the Wildcats.
Northwestern will be back in action Sunday in Columbus, Ohio, taking on 10th-ranked Ohio State.
