2008 Woodie Awards
Hounds fall to Penn St. 10-7, despite comeback
Pete Theis
Issue date: 4/1/08 Section: Sports
By Pete Theis
Staff Writer
After falling behind by two goals in the opening half, the Loyola women's lacrosse team rallied to tie their contest against Penn State before a three-goal stretch from the Nittany Lions ended the Hounds' hopes of a comeback.
Penn State eventually escaped with a 10-7 victory on Sunday afternoon in Pennsylvania, dropping the Hounds to 3-7.
In the first half, Loyola stayed close through excellent defensive work. After Penn State grabbed the lead, sophomore Bridget O'Keefe opened the scoring for Loyola as she scooped up a ground ball off a Nittany Lion's turnover and found the back of the net. Penn State regained the lead, but freshman Cara Filipelli scored to even the game at two. The Nittany Lions then went on a 3-0 run before senior Kate Filipelli recorded a tally to make it 5-3 at half.
The Greyhounds regrouped in the locker room and found their groove as sophomore Bridget O'Keefe put one past the goalie after freshman Grave Gavin fed her the ball on the weak side.
After another five minutes of good defense from both squads, Kate Filipelli was able to lose her defender and tie the contest with 20 minutes remaining.
"I told the team that we had to go out and stay focused," head coach Kerri O'Day said. "We needed to adjust our shots and play better as a unit up the field."
But Penn State responded with another 3-0 run as goals from Jessi Lieb, Maris Lozano and Erica Mihm's gave the Nittany Lions an 8-5 advantage. They would lead for the rest of the game.
Loyola attempted to answer after a score from freshman Abby Rehfuss brought the deficit to two.
O'Keefe then scored her third goal of the game with just five minutes left in the contest, and Loyola found themselves down just one goal, 8-7.
But Penn State's Jed Steadman immediately answered to make it a two-goal game before the Nittany Lions closed it out with one last score.
"We did not make adjustments with our shots, and we missed some opportunities," O'Day said. "Our shooting was off and we didn't do a good job of changing our levels on our shots."
O'Keefe's three scores were a career best. Kate Filipelli added two goals in the losing cause.
Loyola will take on Cincinnati and Louisville this week, starting with a home game against the Bearcats on Friday at 4 p.m.
Staff Writer
After falling behind by two goals in the opening half, the Loyola women's lacrosse team rallied to tie their contest against Penn State before a three-goal stretch from the Nittany Lions ended the Hounds' hopes of a comeback.
Penn State eventually escaped with a 10-7 victory on Sunday afternoon in Pennsylvania, dropping the Hounds to 3-7.
In the first half, Loyola stayed close through excellent defensive work. After Penn State grabbed the lead, sophomore Bridget O'Keefe opened the scoring for Loyola as she scooped up a ground ball off a Nittany Lion's turnover and found the back of the net. Penn State regained the lead, but freshman Cara Filipelli scored to even the game at two. The Nittany Lions then went on a 3-0 run before senior Kate Filipelli recorded a tally to make it 5-3 at half.
The Greyhounds regrouped in the locker room and found their groove as sophomore Bridget O'Keefe put one past the goalie after freshman Grave Gavin fed her the ball on the weak side.
After another five minutes of good defense from both squads, Kate Filipelli was able to lose her defender and tie the contest with 20 minutes remaining.
"I told the team that we had to go out and stay focused," head coach Kerri O'Day said. "We needed to adjust our shots and play better as a unit up the field."
But Penn State responded with another 3-0 run as goals from Jessi Lieb, Maris Lozano and Erica Mihm's gave the Nittany Lions an 8-5 advantage. They would lead for the rest of the game.
Loyola attempted to answer after a score from freshman Abby Rehfuss brought the deficit to two.
O'Keefe then scored her third goal of the game with just five minutes left in the contest, and Loyola found themselves down just one goal, 8-7.
But Penn State's Jed Steadman immediately answered to make it a two-goal game before the Nittany Lions closed it out with one last score.
"We did not make adjustments with our shots, and we missed some opportunities," O'Day said. "Our shooting was off and we didn't do a good job of changing our levels on our shots."
O'Keefe's three scores were a career best. Kate Filipelli added two goals in the losing cause.
Loyola will take on Cincinnati and Louisville this week, starting with a home game against the Bearcats on Friday at 4 p.m.
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