College Field Hockey: Lafayette College 3, Rider University 1

EASTON, Pa. — In the completion of a game suspended by lightning on Sept. 7, the Rider University field hockey team lost at 14th ranked Lafayette College 3-1 on Tuesday evening (Sept. 25).

For Rider (6-3), junior Sandra Penas (Barcelona, Spain) scored her team-leading sixth goal of the season using a reverse shot with just over five minutes left in the game for the final score.

Penas is ninth on Rider’s all-time scoring list with 98 points (40g, 18a), three points behind Courtney Bertos and Tricia Crotty.

Lafayette (7-1) took a 1-0 lead just 1:53 into the game and went ahead by two goals with 14 minutes left before intermission.

After a 30 minute lightning delay on September 7, the game was halted with just over six minutes remaining in the opening half.

The Leopards took a 3-0 lead with just over 20 minutes remaining in the contest.

Rider out-shot the Leopards 10-6 and the Broncs held a 12-5 penalty corner advantage.

Freshman Joelle Prettyman (Newark, Del./St. Mark’s) started in goal for Rider and played the first 28:45 on September 7 before fellow rookie Alicia Carthan (Bordentown) played the final 41:15 in tonight’s segment of the game.

Two of Rider’s three losses this season have been to teams currently ranked in the 2012 Penn Monto / NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll (Drexel, Lafayette).

Rider hosts Lehigh on Sunday at Ben Cohen Field, beginning at noon.

1. 

1:53 

LAFAYETT 

Keenan,Haley (2) 

(unassisted) 

2. 

21:05 

LAFAYETT 

Seybert,Jenna (3) 

Valeo,Emily; Dicroce,Deanna 

3. 

50:52 

LAFAYETT 

Seybert,Jenna (4) 

Valeo,Emily; Dicroce,Deanna 

4. 

64:53 

RID  

Penas, Sandra (6) 

(unassisted)