No. 12 Virginia edged late in season opener at No. 11 Penn State, 3-2

Courtesy UVA Media Relations

The No. 12 Virginia area hockey crew misplaced its season opener towards No. 11 Penn State on a last-minute aim, falling 3-2 on Friday in College Park, Pa.

HOW IT HAPPENED

After a scoreless first interval, the Cavaliers (0-1) bought on the scoreboard 6:14 into the second on a penalty nook. Jans Croon smashed in a shot from the highest of the circle to offer UVA the 1-0 lead. The Nittany Lions (1-0) tied it up on a penalty nook of their very own with simply over two minutes remaining within the half.

Virginia retook the lead on a aim from Laura Janssen with 11:04 remaining within the fourth quarter. Janssen took a tough shot from close to the highest of the circle that deflected off the Penn State goalie’s stick into the online. Penn State tied the sport two minutes later, scoring off one other penalty nook.

Sophia Gladieux scored the game-winner with 33.3 seconds remaining, discovering the online after taking off on a breakaway. Virginia pulled its goalie earlier than the restart, however couldn’t rating an equalizer.

NOTES

• Sophomore again Jan Croon’s aim was the primary of her collegiate profession
• Freshman Dani Mendez-Trendler and grad pupil switch Lindsay Dickinson assisted on Croon’s aim, giving them each an help of their Cavalier debuts
• Sophomore goalkeeper Tyler Kennedy had eight saves
• Penn State had a 14-7 benefit on corners, scoring on two of them
• Penn State held a 21-11 shot benefit, outshooting UVA 12-4 within the second half 

FROM HEAD COACH MICHELE MADISON

“It was a major effort in a major sport to open the season. Penn State is a gifted crew who performs very quick and excessive strain, so it was excellent for us. We had excessive factors that we will construct on. We lead twice within the sport. Then there are elements of the sport that we undoubtedly want to handle.

“Tyler [Kennedy] did a tremendous job holding us within the sport. That’s what you need from a goalie to maintain you within the sport so you may have an opportunity to win it and he or she did.

“It was a powerful exhibiting by our first years of their first faculty sport. We simply have to stay to the fundamentals, follow the easy, follow the sport plan. Essentially the most encouraging half for me was that we weren’t even enjoying our sport and we had an opportunity to win towards a tricky opponent.”

ON THE HORIZON

Virginia closes out its opening weekend at No. 17 Delaware (1-0) on Sunday at 1 p.m.

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