Rudert Makes Career-High 12 Saves in 4-2 Loss to No. 22 UAlbany

Friday, October 27

Durham,NH

3 PM

University of New Hampshire

(6-11, 3-4AE)

University at Albany

(11-6, 6-2AE)

UAlbany

New Hampshire

Photo by: Helene Bartsch

Rudert Makes Career-High 12 Saves in 4-2 Loss to No. 22 UAlbany

10/27/2017 6:03:00 PM | Field Hockey

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van den Brekel Extends Point Streak to Three Games with Goal & Assist

DURHAM, N.H. – Kelsey Rudert (North Grafton, Mass.) made a career-high 12 saves but the University of New Hampshire field hockey team was defeated 4-2 by 22^nd-ranked University at Albany on Friday afternoon's Senior Day at Memorial Field.

Bloem van den Brekel (Eindhoven, Netherlands) recorded a goal and an assist to extend her point streak to three games. Tiana Morin (Barre, Mass.) scored UNH's other goal.

Rudert made eight of her 12 stops in the second half to keep the Wildcats within striking distance.

UAlbany was led by Ghislaine Beerkens' two goals. Melissa Nealon was credited with three saves.

UNH is now 6-11 overall and 3-4 in America East. The Wildcats are locked into the East No. 3 seed for the upcoming conference tournament, which is Nov. 2-5 at UMass Lowell.

UP NEXT

UNH concludes the 2017 regular season Oct. 29 (1 p.m.) at Maine.
The Wildcats have secured a berth in the upcoming America East Championship that will be held Nov. 2-5 at UMass Lowell.

GAME INFO
Date: October 27, 2017
Location: Memorial Field (Durham, N.H.)
Attendance: 172
Score: #22 UAlbany 4, New Hampshire 2
Updated Records: UNH (6-11, 3-4 AE), UAlbany (11-6, 6-2 AE)

GAME RECAP

UAlbany took a 1-0 lead at 5:40 when Beerkens dribbled in from the right wing for a 1-v-1 with Rudert, and she scored on a shot from the middle of the circle.
The Great Danes extended the advantage to 2-0 at 16:15. Katie MacCallum carried the ball into the top of the circle, evaded a defender and fired a shot into the left side of the cage.
New Hampshire trimmed the deficit to 2-1 at 25:17. van den Brakel's entry pass from just outside the top of the circle toward the left post was redirected by Morin, from five yards out, past the charging Nealon.
UAlbany took that one-goal lead and 7-3 shot advantage into halftime; neither team generated a penalty corner in the opening 35 minutes.
The Great Danes reestablished a two-goal advantage, 3-1, at 57:56 on a corner. Kelsey Bridell's short corner was settled by Dana Bozek on the top-left, and her shot bounced inside the far post.
New Hampshire also capitalized on a corner to once again close within one goal, 2-1, at 60:52. van den Brekkel inserted the ball to the top of the circle, where the ball was pushed to the right. The initial blast off the stick of Jessica Schmidt (Warrington, Pa.) was stopped by Nealon, but van den Brekel corralled the rebound and jammed the ball inside the left post.
The visitors took a 4-2 lead with 5:18 remaining in regulation. MacCullum's rising drive from the top-left side was knocked down by Rudert's left blocker, but Beerkens collected the ball and fired a shot into the open cage from pointblank range.

UNH NOTEBOOK

New Hampshire's six seniors – Schmidt, Gianna Bensaia (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.), Brittany Marshall (Hopkinton, N.H.), Ashley Mendonca (Brampton, Ontario), Taylor Scafidi (Waltham, Mass) and Aggie Sutherland (Dauphin, Pa.) – were honored prior to the game, their last at Memorial Field.
UNH is now 1-8 this season against nationally-ranked teams.
van den Brekel has two goals and three assists (seven points) during her three-game assist streak. She has a point in 6 of 7 games and 8 of 10.
With the goals and assist, the freshman forward climbed to the top of UNH's points leaderboard (20) and increased her team-leading assist total to eight.

SHOTS: UNH 3-4–7. UA 7-12–19.

PENALTY CORNERS: UNH 0-1–1. UA 0-3–3.

GOALS
UNH (2): Tiana Morin, Bloem van den Brekel
UA (4): Ghislaine Beerkens (2), Dana Bozek, Katie MacCallum

ASSISTS
UNH (1): Bloem van den Brekel
UA (1): Kelsey Bridell

SAVES
UNH: Kelsey Rudert 4-8–12 (70:00; 4 GA) [loss]
UA: Melissa Nealon 2-1–3 (70:00; 2 GA) [win]