Quinnipiac Field Hockey's Hard-Fought Battle Against No. 1 UConn Ends In 3-1 Loss

Friday, October 27

Hamden, Conn.

3:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

(6-12, 3-4BIG EAST)

#1 UConn

(16-0, 7-0BIG EAST)

Team	1	2	Final F
UCONN	2	1	3
Quinnipiac	1	0	1

Quinnipiac Field Hockey's Hard-Fought Battle Against No. 1 UConn Ends In 3-1 Loss

10/27/2017 5:25:00 PM | Field Hockey

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By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Connecticut – The Quinnipiac field hockey game lost to nationally-ranked No. 1 UConn, 3-1, in a BIG EAST Conference match-up at the Quinnipiac Field Hockey Stadium in Hamden, Conn. The Bobcats' season concludes with an overall record of 6-12 including a 3-4 mark in conference play while UConn improves to 16-0 on the year with a 7-0 record in the BIG EAST.

The Bobcats held off several Huskies' scoring opportunities early in the game before UConn leading scorer Charlotte Veitner broke through for the game's first tally. Quinnipiac pushed back for the remainder of the game before senior Lauren Belskie (Hillsborough, New Jersey) scored her team-leading seventh goal of the season to tie the game in the 21st minute. Backed by an elite performance from sophomore goalkeeper Livy Golini (York, Maine) that featured an array of skilled saves, the Bobcats held UConn to its lowest goal totalin the all-time series over its last six games. In addition, Belskie became just the second BIG EAST student-athlete to score against UConn this season and erased the Huskies' scoreless streak in conference play at over 291 minutes.

The loss, unfortunately, ends the Bobcats' 2017 season and the careers of a talented class that featured UConn transfer Montana Fleming (Delran, New Jersey), co-captains Dayna Barlow (Port Elizabeth, South Africa) and Michelle Federico (Cheshire, Connecticut) as well as Belskie, Lily Shemo (Luzerne, Pennsylvania), Kiera Godusky (Allentown, Pennsylvania), Felicia Costanzo (Yorktown Heights, New York), Rachel Hamm (Collegeville, Pennsylvania) and Selina Reichert (Lower Hutt, New Zealand). Barlow and Federico had career years, with Barlow finishing her career as one of the all-time leading scorers in Quinnipiac history while Federico's solid all-around play consistently guided the Bobcats through the rigors of a challenging schedule. Belskie became a dominant force on both ends of the field, leading the team in goals while also emerging as one of the conference's top shut-down defenders. The game also signals the end of the careers of fifth-year senior Shemo and Hamm who developed into leaders both on-and-off the field as well as reliable line-up mainstays Costanzo, Godusky and Reichert who saw constant playing time over their careers.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 1 / No. 1 Connecticut 3

LOCATION
Quinnipiac Field Hockey Stadium / Hamden, Conn.

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (6-12, 3-4 BIG EAST) /No. 1 UConn Huskies (16-0, 7-0 BIG EAST)

NOTES

Senior Lauren Belskie (Hillsborough, New Jersey) scored the Bobcats' only goal of the game to push her season total a team-leading seven for the year.
Belskie finishes her career with 14 goals for her career, good for 21^st all-time at Quinnipiac.
Belskie's goal was the second goal scored against UConn in seven BIG EAST contests this season for the Huskies and ended a scoreless streak of Huskie's goalkeeper Nina Klein at 291:55.
Montana Fleming (Delran, New Jersey) assisted on the goal for her third of the season.
Quinnipiac sophomore goalkeeper Livy Golini (York, Maine) stopped eight of UConn's 11 shots-on-goal. In seven BIG EAST games, Golini was 3-4 with a .725 save percentage and a 1.57 goals-against average.

SCORING RECAP

8:31, 1^st (UConn 1, Quinnipiac 0): Charlotte Veitner scored her 26^th goal of the year off on a corner set when Casey Umstead's shot was knocked down and traffic and settled on Veitner's stick on the opposite post.
21:03, 1^st (Quinnipiac 1 UConn 1): The Bobcats tied the game on a corner set when Fleming fed Belskie at the top of the scoring circle. Belskie fired a shot on goal through traffic to beat UConn's Nina Klein and tie the game.
23:05, 1^st (UConn 2, Quinnipiac 1): Barbara Hoogen tipped a shot from the top of the circle by Margot Colenbrander on a corner set.
42:28, 2^nd (UConn 3, Quinnipiac 1): Umstead picked up a loose ball on the wing and dribbled through traffic before sliding a shot past Golini for the insurance goal.

QUINNIPIAC LEADERS:
Shots on Goal: Four w/1
Goals: Lauren Belskie (7)
Assists: Montana Fleming (3)
Saves: Livy Golini, 8

UCONN LEADERS
Shots on Goal: Casey Umstead, 4
Goals: Three w/1
Assists: Three w/1
Saves: Nina Klein, 3