Field Hockey | No. 3 Virginia Tops No. 7 Liberty 1-0 on Tuesday

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The No. 3 Virginia discipline hockey group (10-1, 5-1 ACC) returns to its successful methods with a 1-0 victory over No. 7 Liberty (10-2, 4-0 BIG EAST) on Tuesday (Oct. 14) at Turf Field.

Goals (Assist)

8:41 Virginia — Caroline Nemec (unassisted)

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Cavaliers are again within the win column with a 1-0 victory over the No. 7 Liberty Flames. Virginia got here out sturdy from the primary whistle as senior Caroline Nemec scored within the eighth minute of play. Graduate scholar, Suze Leemans received the ball contained in the circle, took a shot however was blocked. The rebound went proper to Nemec who was capable of finding the again of the online to offer the Cavaliers the lead.

Up by one on the half, the Cavaliers had been capable of fend off the Flames assault within the second half of the sport. Both groups earned a complete of three penalty corners on which neither group was capable of convert.

Starting in objective, Virginia’s Nilou Lempers recorded two saves going through 4 pictures on objective whereas Liberty’s beginning goalkeeper, Diane Saint Martin, recorded one save going through two pictures on objective. Lempers recorded her sixth shutout of the season and fifth towards a ranked group.

“Our main goal was to create more opportunities, which I think we did decently in the first half. It was more of what do we need to do to have an attacking and aggressive mindset. Liberty is a very good defensive team, and they don’t traditionally give up any chances so that early goal was important. We came out firing. That’s what we said throughout the week, what do we need to do better to be out there, to be aggressive and to make an impact.”

FROM CAROLINE NEMEC

“A lot of our games we have had fourth-quarter wins, so being able to score in the first quarter and really capitalize that in the beginning really set us up for success and allowed us to have the mindset on being on the offense the whole game. Coming off of a loss we really wanted to capitalize on today, score goals, being there and having the options. A large part of that had to do with the basics, making the simple passes, connecting with one another and really capitalize on having that offensive attack out there.”

ON THE HORIZON
The No. 3 Cavaliers journey up the street to Williamsburg to tackle William & Mary on Sunday, Oct. 19 at 1 p.m. earlier than heading to Louisville, Ky., to tackle Louisville on Friday, Oct. 24 at 3 p.m.