Mckenzie Haberl kept her scoring streak alive with another goal on Saturday afternoon, but the St. Lawrence University field hockey team fell to Skidmore College, 4-1, in its Liberty League opener on North Country Field at Hall-Leet Stadium.
Haberl scored her team-leading eighth of the season while also extending her scoring streak to four games with Saturday's tally.
The Saints and Thoroughbreds were evenly matched, entering the game with identical records and were close in total shots (25-21), shots on goal (13-11), saves (10-9) and penalty corner attempts (13-11.) Skidmore finished with the advantage in all categories.
The Thoroughbreds opened the scoring in the 22nd minute on Jordan Mjaatved's unassisted goal following a scramble when the ball was put into the middle of the circle on a penalty corner.
St. Lawrence had a good push back right after Mjaatvedt's tally, but Skidmore goalkeeper Jess Gaetgens stopped Haberl in close to turn the threat aside.
Skidmore extended its lead to 2-0 just two minutes into the third quarter when Sarah Winters put back a rebound on a save by the Saints'
Sydney Giacin after a corner.
Later in the third quarter, the Saints cut the deficit in half when
Anna Parker sent a pass from the top of the circle on the right side in to Haberl who was waiting on the left post for a redirect and the Saints' lone goal of the game.
Skidmore tallied two more goals in the fourth quarter, however, to put the game out of reach for the Saints. Annabelle Oates fed Morgan Sickels in the middle and Sickles scored her second of the year in the 50th minute to make it 3-1, while Carrie Hughes converted from Sofia Marshall on a cross crease pass to end the scoring in the 55th minute for the visitors.
Records: St. Lawrence (3-6, 0-1 LL), Skidmore (4-5, 1-0 LL)
Up Next: vs. SUNY Cortland on Wednesday, October 2 at 4 p.m.
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