BOONE, N.C. — The App State field hockey team fell to No. 6 Liberty 7-1 on Sunday.
Hadley Kuzmicky scored the lone goal for the Mountaineers (8-3, 3-1 MAC), tallying her seventh goal of the season.
How it Happened
1st: Liberty (9-1, 3-0 Big East) got on the board first, taking the lead eight minutes into the contest. Goalkeeper
Claire Grenis also tallied two saves in the period, keeping the Mountaineers within one score heading into the second.
2nd: Liberty found the back of the cage twice in the period, extending the lead. Kuzmicky scored in the final moments of the first half to put the Mountaineers on the board, with Grenis netting another save in the period.
3rd: Liberty tallied two more goals in the period, extending the lead to four. The Mountaineers earned one penalty corner but could not convert a goal from the set piece.
4th: The Mountaineers earned another penalty corner and took two shots early in the period. Liberty scored twice more to close out the game.
Match Notes
Goals: App State: Kuzmicky (1) | Liberty: Combrinck (1), Gaillard (5), Semmartin (1)
Assists: App State: N/A | Liberty: Combrinck (1), Giacosa (1), Pollock (1), Prieri (1), Richard (1), Santana (1), Semmartin (1), Tomasi (1)
Winning Goalie: Diane Saint Martin (9-1, 3-0 Big East) — 0 saves, 1 goal allowed
Losing Goalie:
Claire Grenis (8-3, 3-1 MAC) — 4 saves, 7 goals allowed
Up Next
The Mountaineers will hit the road for the next two games, taking on MAC opponent Central Michigan on Friday at 1 p.m., and Michigan State on Sunday at noon.
