Middlebury

Scoreboard

Field Hockey
18-2
09/11
5-0 W
at Conn. Coll.
09/14
3-2 W
Springfield
09/18
7-1 W
Tufts
09/21
4-3 W
at Skidmore
09/25
6-0 W
Wesleyan
10/02
2-1 W
at Colby
10/03
2-1 W
at Bowdoin
10/06
10-0 W
Union
10/09
4-0 W
Amherst
10/16
4-3 W
at Williams
10/23
10-1 W
Bates
10/24
2-0 W
at Keene State
10/27
6-0 W
at Rensselaer
10/30
4-2 W
Trinity
11/06
4-0 W
Colby *
11/07
4-3 L
Williams ^
11/13
7-0 W
Wesley %
11/14
5-1 W
Cortland St. %
11/19
3-0 W
Messiah &
11/20
6-3 L
Salisbury $

*NCAA Semifinals at Middlebury
^NESCAC Champ. at Middlebury
%NCAA Regional at Middlebury
&NCAA Semifinals at Westfield State
$NCAA Champ. at Westfield State

Katharine DeLorenzo and the Middlebury captains (Lauryn Nicasio, Ashley Hall and Ashley Pullen) accept the runner-up trophy.

Field Hockey Falls In NCAA Title Game

November 20, 2004

11/20/04 - Middlebury saw its hopes of a national championship come to an end as they fell to Salisbury, 6-3 on the campus of Westfield State College. The Panthers end their second straight season with a loss to the Sea Gulls in the NCAA title game. The two teams combined to set an NCAA Tournament record for goals in a game with nine.

Salisbury opened the scoring at 24:50 as Danielle Twilley sent a ball down low from the left side to Abby Rowe. Rowe gathered the ball and stuffed a shot just inside the left post. The Sea Gulls scored their second goal in 55 seconds when Melissa Webster's shot was deflected high into the cage off a defender. Salisbury took a 3-0 lead when Brittany Elliott scored with a low hard shot from 15 feet away. Middlebury got on the board at 15:24 as Allison Smith's shot from the top of the circle on a penalty corner, was tipped in by Ashley Pullen. Salisbury came right back just 1:08 later as Erin Budd gave the Sea Gulls a 4-1 lead with a shot from the outside on a penalty corner.

Middlebury came out strong in the second half with some pressure early on. Despite the pressure, Salisbury took a 5-1 lead at 18:57 as Powell put home her own rebound from the left post. The Panthers cut it to 5-2 at 14:43 when Reid Berrien's shot from the right side slid between the legs of the Salisbury goalkeeper. Middlebury kept coming as Claire Edelen scored from close range after a series of saves at the 10:46 mark to make it 5-3. Powell ended the momentum and sealed the game for Salisbury as her slow shot from the right trickled through the defense and into the back of the cage with 4:31 remaining.

Meghan McGillen made five saves in goal for the Panthers, while Maria Ramoundos stopped nine for the Sea Gulls. Salisbury out shot Middlebury 16-12 in the game. Ashley Lyddane, Janie Mackey and Allison Smith were each named to the All-Tournament team.

Date: November 20, 2004

Team  1  2  OT  0

Middlebury (18-2)  1  2  -  3

Salisbury (22-0)  4  2  -  6

Pd.  Tm  Time  Scoring

1  S  24:50  Abby Rowe (Danielle Twilley) 

1  S  23:55  Melissa Webster (Twilley)

1  S  18:00  Brittany Elliott (Erin Budd)

1  M  15:24  Ashley Pullen (Allison Smith)

1  S  14:17  Budd (Webster)

2  S  18:57  Powell

2  M  14:43  Reid Berrien (Nina Daugherty)

2  M  10:46  Claire Edelen

2  S  4:31  Powell

Goalkeeping

Meghan McGillen-M (70 min., 6 GA, 5 saves)

Maria Ramoundos-S (70 min., 3 GA, 9 saves)