Field Hockey Continues Winning Ways in Ivy Play, Defeats Penn, 4-2

Saturday, October 1

Philadelphia, PA

12:00 PM

Dartmouth College

Penn

Weekend Slate Includes Ivy Opener For Dartmouth Field Hockey

Field Hockey Continues Winning Ways in Ivy Play, Defeats Penn, 4-2

10/1/2011 2:46:00 PM | Field Hockey

By: Dartmouth

PHILADELPHIA - Four different players scored goals as the Dartmouth field hockey team came back from a one-goal halftime deficit to beat Penn, 4-2, Saturday afternoon at Franklin Field. With the come-from-behind victory over the Quakers (2-7, 1-2 Ivy) on the road, the Big Green (7-3, 3-0 Ivy) have now won five of their last six games overall.

Penn's Sarah Hasson started the scoring 9:26 into the game, giving her team the important 1-0 lead. But, it wasn't two minutes later that two-time reigning Ivy League Rookie of the Week freshman Ali Savage (Orange, New South Wales, Australia) tied the game with her eighth of the season and seventh in the last five games.

Just before halftime, the Quakers' Julie Tahan scored, putting Penn on top, 2-1, headed into the break. It would be the last time Penn would find the back of the goal in the game as the Big Green used three second-half goals to take the win.

Sophomore Liz Blanken (Short Hills, N.J.) scored her first of the season just over a minute and a half into the second half to once again tie the game. Blanken helped Dartmouth pull even with a penalty stroke; the first of the season for the Big Green.

With the score even at 2-2, senior Meghan Everett (Flemington, N.J.) stepped up to deliver the eventual game winner with just under 19 minutes remaining. Sophomore Olivia Quaglia (Los Altos, Calif.) was credited with the assist as she made the pass that set up Everett's sixth of 2011.

Junior Lisa Masini (Ann Arbor, Mich.), usually known for her passing ability as the league leader with 10 assists, scored her fourth goal of the season with two minutes and change left to secure the victory. Masini found daylight in top left corner of the goal to salt the game away in the final minutes.

Senior goalkeeper Meagan Vakiener (Port Murray, N.J.) earned the win, making five saves in the game, including three in the final 35 minutes of play. Kieren Sweeney stopped seven Dartmouth shots in picking up the loss in the Quakers' goal.

As they have done nearly all season, the Big Green held a shot advantage over their opponents Saturday afternoon. Dartmouth outshot Penn, 16-9, despite Franklin Field's playing surface being the higher Field Turf, rather than the AstroTurf the team usually plays on. The surface can cause the game to slow down considerably compared to the style played on regular turf

The Big Green will have some time between games as they next play on Friday, Oct. 7 at 3 p.m. against Boston University at home at Chase Field in Hanover.