Michigan State University
Saint Louis
Field Hockey Defeats Saint Louis, 5-1
10/5/2000 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
Oct. 5, 2000
St. Louis, Mo. - The No. 18 Michigan State field hockey team exploded for four second period goals to break open a close game and move on to a 5-1 victory over Saint Louis at the Anheuser-Busch Conference & Sports Centre on Thursday afternoon. The Spartans snap a three-game losing streak and improve to 7-5 on the season, while the Billikens fall to 4-8.
Michigan State jumped out to a 1-0 lead with a goal off a penalty corner. Bridget Cooper (Jr., Winnetka, Ill.) received a pass from Jenny Sanders (Soph., W. Vancouver, B.C.) and converted to give MSU a 1-0 lead until intermission.
In the second period, MSU scored four goals, including three in just under nine minutes. Maureen Halstead (Jr., N. Dartmouth, Mass.) started the scoring with 27:59 remaining, followed by a Julia Adams (Soph., N. Vancouver, B.C.) goal three minutes later. Saint Louis tallied its lone goal on a breakaway attempt by Alisa Hebert with 21:10 left, but the Spartans responded just two minutes later on a goal by Lotte Hagen (Fr., Utrecht, The Netherlands). Cooper added her second goal of the game and sixth of the season with 2:17 left in the game to close out the Spartan scoring.
Michigan State has the weekend off before returning to action Oct. 10 to face Central Michigan in Mt. Pleasant at 3:00 p.m.
SCORING SUMMARY: 1st Half 2nd Half FinalSaint Louis (4-8) 0 1 1Michigan State (7-5) 1 4 5
MSU Cooper (Sanders) 29:33/1stMSU Halstead 27:59/2ndMSU Adams 25:00/2ndSLU Hebert 21:10/2ndMSU Hagen 19:05/2ndMSU Cooper (Kyser) 2:17/2nd
Shots: SLU-4, MSU-16Goalie Saves: SLU (Linehan)-8, MSU (Evans)-0Penalty Corners: SLU-1, MSU-7Penalty Strokes: None
