Spider Field Hockey Falls to Saint Louis, 2-1

RICHMOND, Va. – The University of Richmond area hockey group fell to Saint Louis University, 2-1, Friday afternoon in Atlantic 10 Conference motion at Crenshaw Field for the primary time in program historical past.

Richmond, 5-5 on the season and 2-1 in A-10 play, will host Ball State Sunday at Crenshaw Field for an 11 a.m. contest on ESPN+. Sunday’s sport can be the group’s Student-Athlete Mental Health Awareness and Morgan’s Message Game. For extra details about Morgan’s Message, please go to MorgansMessage dot com.

The Spiders bought on the board first when Clara Larripa took a direct insert from Alexa Derr on UR’s first penalty nook of the sport within the ninth minute of motion. Larripa collected her team-leading sixth objective of the season, whereas Derr tallied her third helper.

UR did not permit a shot or a penalty nook by Saint Louis (5-4, 1-2 A-10) within the first quarter-hour of motion.

The Billikens have been in a position to flip the momentum within the second quarter, tallying the game-tying objective within the 16^th minute, then took the lead within the 23^rd minute. SLU fired off six photographs with three on body within the interval, whereas the Spiders had 5 photographs in every of the primary 15-minute durations.

The second half was a defensive battle. UR held SLU to only three photographs, all within the third quarter, whereas taking being restricted to 4 within the closing half-hour of motion and taking part in an individual down for 10 minutes of the fourth quarter. UR additionally had 5 penalty nook probabilities, together with 4 within the fourth interval.