Oneonta, NY - The No. 3 seeded SUNY Brockport field hockey team lost, 3-1, to No. 2 Hartwick on Wednesday in the Empire 8 Semifinals. The Hawks will advance to the E8 Championship after eliminating the Golden Eagles.
The hosting Hartwick Hawks would come out in control early on. Outshooting Brockport, 6-1, in the first quarter and it led to a quick 1-0 lead. Hope Angioletti netted her 14th goal of the season to put Hartwick ahead.Â
In the second quarter, the Hawks would once again outshoot the Golden Eagles, 6-1. Julia Nieboer had a big half in net with seven saves to keep it a 1-0 tally on the scoreboard going into halftime. Nieboer would finish the day with 11 saves in total.
Senior Sophia Jones would score the equalizer for Brockport to start the second half of play. Brockport earned a penalty corner less than two minutes in and capitalized with great execution on the play. Elise Brady took the corner, sent it to Cassidy Pado who found Jones for her second goal of the year.
Tied up at 1-1 early in the third, Brockport had momentum to start the half but it was short lived. Hope Angioletti scored her second of the day for Hartwick just a few minutes later to retake the lead at 2-1. The Hawks would make it a 3-1 lead going into the fourth, thanks to Kayla Kinkel's score with an assist from Katelyn Klotz.
With the season on the line in the fourth quarter, the Golden Eagles fought to the end looking to create chances. They had two penalty corners and fired three shots in the period, but the offense couldn't find the back of the net. Sophia Jones had the lone goal from three shots, Cassidy Pado had two shots to go with an assist, and Terralyn McLaughlin fired two shots on goal.
Hartwick held on for the 2-goal victory to advance to the Empire 8 Finals on Saturday.
The season has now come to an end for the Brockport Golden Eagles, who finished the year 13-5 overall with a 6-3 conference record which earned the No. 3 seed in the Empire 8.
