WASHINGTON – Georgetown University's field hockey team fell on the road at No. 17 Liberty 4-2 in BIG EAST action in Lynchburg, Virginia on Friday afternoon. With the loss the Hoyas fall to 4-9 on the season and 0-4 in league play while the Flames improve to 8-4 overall and 2-1 in the BIG EAST.
Laney Reiser and
Adelae Chierici both scored for the Hoyas, courtesy of assists from
Caroline Suko and
Riley Fitzgerald, respectively.
In goal,
Ella Fahey (2-3) collected five saves in the loss.
Georgetown took the early lead, scoring just four minutes into the contest. Reiser found the back of the cage off of a penalty corner, taking a pass from Suko redirected off the stopper to beat Liberty's goalkeeper far post to make it 1-0.
The Hoyas continued the pressure, adding another goal at the 12:49 mark in the opening frame to lead 2-0. After a defensive stop,
Kaitlin Brice cleared the ball to a streaking Fitzgerald in transition. Fitzgerald found Chierici following on the wing, allowing the sophomore to find space against Liberty's keeper on the backhand side to score her third goal of the season.
Liberty began to chip away at Georgetown's lead, putting its first goal on the board with just 82 seconds remaining in the half to salvage a 2-1 GU lead going into the break.
Coming out in the second half, the Flames knotted things up at 2-2 with a goal at the 36:50 mark – a score that would last the rest of the quarter.
In the final frame, Liberty took the lead five minutes into the quarter and added an insurance goal three minutes later to seal the 4-2 victory.
Clarisa Iudicello, Josefina Tomasi, Julieta Tornati and Avery Pollock all scored for the Flames. Diane Saint Martin had a pair of saves in the win.
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Georgetown returns home to host Colgate at Kehoe Field on Sunday at noon.
