Field Hockey Falls to Columbia, 2-1

Sunday, September 29

Hamden, Conn.

1:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

(3-6, 1-1BIG EAST)

Columbia

(5-3, 1-0Ivy)

Columbia

Quinnipiac

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

9/29/2019 4:02:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

Perkins Nets First Goal of Season But Bobcats Come Up Short Against Lions

By: QU Athletic Communications

HAMDEN, Conn. – Valerie Perkins (Mohegan Lake, New York) scored her first goal of the season Sunday afternoon but the Quinnipiac field hockey team came up short against the Columbia Lions, 2-1, in non-conference play.

Trailing 1-0 at halftime, the Bobcats upped the pressure in the second half and Perkins found the back of the net in the opening five minutes of the third quarter off a pass from Bianka Strubbe (Wroclaw, Poland) who picked up a career-high 10^th point with the helper.

The Bobcats outshot the Lions, 5-2, in the second half but Perkins' goal was the Bobcats only tally. Early in the fourth quarter, the Bobcats scored a potential tying goal but it was overturned by the officials following a video referral.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 1, Columbia 2

LOCATION
Quinnipiac Field Hockey Stadium | Hamden, Conn.

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (3-6, 1-1BIG EAST) | Columbia (5-3, 1-0 Ivy League)

SCORING SUMMARY

27:25 (Quinnipiac 0, Columbia 1): The Lions took the lead late in the second quarter on a breakaway as Allison Smith fed a lead-pass for Jennifer Trieschman who lifted the ball into the far side of the net to beat Biermann-Ratjen
35:06 (Quinnipiac 1, Columbia 1): Perkins put home her first of the season to tie the game as Strubbe fed the ball in from the left side of the circle in the third quarter and Perkins redirected home the ball to tie the game
43:56 (Quinnipiac 1, Columbia 2): Columbia regained the lead near the final minute of the third quarter as Brooke Gasser fired a shot on cage on a penalty corner but Jaimie McCormick was there to redirect home the ball for the final goal of the game

NOTES

Perkins' goal was her first of the season and ninth of her career as she has now scored a goal in all four seasons of her career.
Strubbe picked up her second assist of the season and upped her point total to 10, setting a new career-high for points.
Strubbe also now has points in five of the Bobcats' nine games.
Josie Sweeney (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) played a career-high 34 minutes in Sunday's game after playing 20 minutes in her first three career games.
Biermann-Ratjen tallied a save and now has 38 saves on the season to go with a 1.80 GAA and .745 save percentage.

FROM THE SOURCE
Head Coach Becca Main
"What we're looking for is a little bit more consistency. We can go from being the best team I've seen all season to the worst team in one game. That inconsistency can be troubling.

We have some depth and put some players in today that showed the depth and have as many minutes like Josie Sweeney, Julianna Cappello and Isabella Sinibaldi as well as others who did a nice job.

We're looking for that consistency and that depth to join at some point and put us in a place where we're not losing this game. We've won two games by one and we've lost three by one, and that can completely shift your season, your confidence and the direction that you're moving.

UP NEXT

Quinnipiac is back in action Friday afternoon as the Bobcats host the No. 13 Liberty Flames in the annual Play 4 the Cure game before traveling to No. 17 Boston College Sunday for a non-conference showdown with the Eagles.