Freshmen Lead Field Hockey in Loss at California

Friday, August 30

Berkeley, Calif. / Underhill Field

10:00 PM ET / 7:00 PM PT

Quinnipiac University

(0-1)

California

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Quinnipiac

California

8/31/2019 2:05:00 AM | Field Hockey

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Howard Scores First Career Goal, Vorel Makes 15 Saves in Bobcats' Season Opener

By: QU Athletic Communications

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BERKELEY, Calif. – Freshman Olivia Howard (Clifton Park, New York) scored her first goal and goalkeeper Mack Vorel (Mendham, New Jersey) made 15 saves in her first career start as the Quinnipiac field hockey team came up short in the season opener at California, 5-1.

Vorel's 15 saves in Friday night's game were the most by a Quinnipiac goalkeeper since Megan Conaboy '15 made 22 saves in a loss vs. Penn State on Sept. 7, 2014.

Vorel was stellar particularly in the first quarter as she made 11 saves on all 11 shots from California to end the quarter in a scoreless draw. She made a stretch of three saves consecutively during two separate Golden Bears' penalty corners and totaled eight saves in the first quarter off penalty corners.

Howard put home her goal midway through the third quarter but it was not enough to spark the Bobcats from a 4-0 deficit.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 1, California 5

LOCATION
Underhill Field | Berkeley, Calif.

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (0-1, 0-0 BIG EAST) | California (1-0, 0-0 America East)

SCORING SUMMARY

21:32 (Quinnipiac 0, California 1): Megan Connors scored the Golden Bears first goal of the game with a deflection off a shot on a penalty corner early in the second quarter.
23:38 (Quinnipiac 0, California 2): Lindsay Mathiason tallied an unassisted goal two minutes later to double California's lead off another penalty corner.
31:34 (Quinnipiac 0, California 3): Maddie Cleat scored her first of two goals in the game as she put home a rebound after a Vorel save.
33:27 (Quinnipiac 0, California 4): Makaela Hoang put home another put back for the Golden Bears off a pass form Megan Rodgers to take a 4-0 lead.
37:43 (Quinnipiac 1, California 4): Howard scored her first career goal after the Bobcats got a penalty corner. Eva Veldhorst (Maastricht, Netherlands) inserted the ball before it was shifted to Bianka Strubbe (Wroclaw, Poland) on the right side of the circle. Strubbe's initial shot was saved but Howard was there to clean up the rebound.
53:27 (Quinnipiac 1, California 5): Cleat received a long pass and air dribbled into the circle where she batted the ball past a charging Biermann-Ratjen to push the lead back to four for the Golden Bears.

NOTES

Vorel made 15 saves in her first career start, the most by a Quinnipiac goalkeeper since Megan Conaboy '15 on Sept. 7, 2014 when she made 22 saves
Fellow freshman goalkeeper Hedda Biermann-Ratjen (Hamburg, Germany) came in to play the final 22:17 and made two saves in her first appearance.
Howard scored her first goal in her first game, the first freshman Bobcat to score in the season opener since Danielle Allan '15 scored two goals in her collegiate debut on August 26, 2011 at Holy Cross.
Strubbe picked up the assist on Howard's goal to extend her point streak to four games dating back to last season.
Quinnipiac played its first game in the state of California since Nov. 6, 2001.

UP NEXT

Quinnipiac continues its West Coast swing this weekend as it travels to UC Davis to take on the Aggies in Davis, Calif. with game time set for 2 PM ET / 11 AM PT.