Nov. 8, 2008
Box Score
Farmville, Va. - The Pacific field hockey team concluded its 2008 season with a 3-1 loss to Longwood in the third place game at the NorPac Championship on Saturday, Nov. 8.
The loss ended Pacific's season with a 6-12 overall record, while Longwood, the host of the NorPac Championship, finished 2008 with a combined record of 10-12.
Playing in front of their home crowd for the last time, the Lancers entered Saturday's contest with an immense amount of energy. Longwood turned that energy into a 1-0 lead midway through the first half, when Kelsey Turner collected her blocked pass, then turned an fired in an unassisted goal with 18:58 showing on the clock.
Turner's goal was the only scoring in the first half, but Longwood held the edge in shots (11-5) and penalty corners (5-2) over Pacific.
Early in the second period, Longwood stretched their lead to 3-0 with two goals in the opening 15 minutes. Carla Binnewies made it 2-0 behind the Lancers second unassisted goal, rebounded a deflected shot and scoring on the second chance. Just under ten minutes later, with 21:20 remaining in the game, Julia Hernandez took a pass from Andrea Bastiannse near the top of the circle and hammered it past Pacific goalkeeper, senior Kelly Miller (Monterey, Calif.) to make it 3-0.
As the game wound down, Pacific started down the comeback trail. Sophomore Kelly Perkins (Gilroy, Calif.) notched her fourth goal of the season, sending a pass from senior Ashley Niccum (Simi Valley, Calif.) into the back of the net to make it 3-1.
Unfortunately the Tigers were unable to score again, ending the Pacific careers of seniors Sasha Larsen (Vista, Calif.), Melissa McGhee (LaVerne, Calif.), Miller, Erica Nestle (San Jose, Calif.), Danielle Neault (San Diego, Calif.) and Niccum.
Longwood out shot Pacific 25-8 in the contest and finished with a 10-4 advantage in penalty corners.
Following the NorPac Championship, Pacific junior Lisa Muhl was named to the NorPac Championship All-Tournament Teams.
NorPac Championship All-Tournament Team
Nora Soza (Stanford), MVP
Xanthe Travlos (Stanford)
Alessandra Moss (Stanford)
Hillary Braun (Stanford)
Rachel Moffit (Cal)
Andrea Lo (Cal)
Julia Hernandez (Longwood)
Lisa Muhl (Pacific)
Sara Stevens (Davidson)
Christine Fairchild (Radford)
Quantina Chau (Appalachian State)
