A streaking Kent State field hockey team handed Ohio its most lopsided loss of the season yesterday and its worse defeat since 2000, winning 9-1 at Kent.
The Bobcats (4-12 overall, 2-4 Mid-American Conference) came into the game with confidence and a chance to get to .500 in the MAC, having beaten Ball State at home last Sunday. They left the game having relinquished both.
We're very disappointed in our performance
coach Shelly Morris said. We came out flat we stayed flat. They put us on our heels right away.
Kent State (7-6, 5-1 MAC) came into the game having won its last three MAC contests. Yesterday's win allowed it to retain its tie with Louisville for first place in the MAC.
The Golden Flashes played like a first-place team, scoring four and five goals in each half, respectively, and registering 28 shots, 17 more than the Bobcats. Their first goal came just 54 seconds into the game.
Kent State forward Kate Perry led her team in goals, scoring on each of her four shots on goal. Forwards Berber Rischen and midfielder Kate McGowan each scored two, and midfielder Liz Fettrow added one for the Golden Flashes.
Rischen and McGowan had one assist apiece, as did forwards Lauren Grandinetti and Elizabeth Lahey.
Forward Lindsay Rothenberger scored Ohio's only goal, which came in the second half, but it wasn't nearly enough for an altogether outplayed Bobcats team.
Kent State's goalkeepers, Linz Markwart and Kara Copeland, let the rest of their defense do the work, making only two saves apiece on the game, all in the second half.
The two Ohio goalies, Jennifer Cote and Ashley Pitkin, each had four saves for the Bobcats, too few to fend off Kent State's offensive onslaught.
Nobody stepped up Morris said. They wanted to win more than we did.
The Bobcats return home to Pruitt Field next weekend for their final two home matches of the season, taking on Miami at 3 p.m. Friday and Louisville at 1 p.m. Saturday.
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