Wolverines Topple Harvard to Stretch Winning Streak to Four Games

Saturday, October 10

Cambridge, Mass.

Noon

Michigan

(6-7)

Harvard

(4-6)

Michigan

Harvard

Wolverines Topple Harvard to Stretch Winning Streak to Four Games

10/10/2009 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey

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By: Matt Trevor

Site: Cambridge, Mass. (Jordan Field)
Score: Michigan 3, Harvard 1
Records: U-M (6-7), Harvard (4-6)
Next U-M Match: Sunday, Oct. 11 - vs. New Hampshire (Cambridge, Mass.), 1 p.m.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The University of Michigan field hockey team defeated Harvard, 3-1, on Saturday (Oct. 10) to stretch its winning streak to four games -- the longest since the 2007 season. The Maize and Blue scored all three goals in the first half before allowing a single Crimson goal in the second stanza.

Meredith Way

Junior Meredith Way (Newmanstown, Pa./Warwick) tied her single-season high for goals with her 11th and 12th scores of the season. Way scooped up a loose ball and beat Harvard goalie Cynthia Tassopoulos at 7:42 to notch her third game-winning goal of the year. Way scored in the final minute of the first half (34:04) on a penalty corner. Assists went to fifth-year senior Heather Wiley (San Diego, Calif./Torrey Pines) and redshirt sophomore Katie Adams (Hudson, Ohio/Hudson).

Junior Alicia Mayer (Selinsgrove, Pa./Selinsgrove) scored U-M's second goal, her fifth of the season, at 13:27 by capitalizing on a rebound off of a Harvard defensive save.

Goalkeeper Christi Barwick (San Diego, Calif./Torrey Pines) started and won for the third time in as many games. She tallied three saves.

Michigan faces New Hampshire in a neutral-site game in Cambridge, Mass., on Sunday, Oct. 11. Game time is 1 p.m.

GAME SUMMARY

By Periods	1	2	F
Michigan	3	0	3
Harvard	0	1	1

Scoring, Time (Assist)
1st -- U-M, Meredith Way, 7:42 (unassisted)
1st -- U-M, Alicia Mayer, 13:27 (unassisted)
1st -- U-M, Meredith Way, 34:04 (Heather Wiley, Katie Adams)
2nd -- Harvard, Allie Kimmel, 48:26 (unassisted)

Shots: U-M 29, Harvard 7
Saves: U-M 3 (Christi Barwick), Harvard 10 (Cynthia Tassopoulos)
Defensive Saves: U-M 0, Harvard 3
Penalty Corners: U-M 9, Harvard 3

NOTES

• Michigan's active four-game winning streak is its best since an 11-game spree during the middle of the 2007 season.

• Meredith Way's 12 goals in 13 games this year match her single-season high from 2008, when she posted a dozen goals in 19 games. Way improved her career-best goal streak to six games. She has nine goals during the run. Today marked her third multi-goal game of the season and the sixth of her career.

• Alicia Mayer is tied with Bryn Bain for second on the team in goals (5) and points (12). Mayer has three goals in the last three games. She scored twice against Northwestern on Oct. 2.

• Katie Adams has an assist in four of the last five games and has six helpers on the season. All of her assists have come on U-M penalty corners.

QUOTES

Michigan Head Coach Marcia Pankratz
On today's win ... "Beating Harvard at its home field in Boston is a nice win for us. I think that our team came out really strong and fast at the beginning of the match. We had an awful lot of chances to score and that remained throughout the game. It was nice for us to have the opportunity to penetrate the circle and get those chances. It's a good win and we're looking forward to New Hampshire tomorrow."