Field Hockey Claims 6-1 Victory In Home Debut

Sept. 6, 2002

The Michigan State field hockey team opened the new Ralph Young Field with a 6-1 victory over St. Joseph's on Friday, Sept. 6. Six different Spartans scored and eight different players tallied points.

MSU freshman Michelle Huynh-Ba (Hockessin, Del./St. Mark's HS) and sophomore Michelle Carstens (Edwardsville, Ill./Edwardsville HS) notched their first collegiate goals on the first two scores of the match. Huynh-Ba drove an unassisted shot past the Hawks' netminder at 13:46 into the game and junior Annebet Beerman (Maarssen, Netherlands/St. Bonifatius College) assisted on Carstens' goal at the 17:31 mark.

Junior Sophie Rosmalen (Oss, Netherlands/Titus Brandsma Lyceum) scored at the 21:38 mark off of an unassisted strike and senior Julia Adams (Vancouver, British Columbia/Argyle Secondary) rounded out the first half of play with a score from an assist by junior Theresa Pusateri (Homewood, Ill./Homewood HS) at the 34:09 mark.

St. Joseph's (1-1) opened the second half with an unassisted score by Brett Dymarczyk, just 51 seconds into the half. MSU responded with another goal. Sophomore Judith van Haeringen (Hague, Netherlands/Vrijzinnig Christelijk Lyceum) scored her first goal of the season off of a helper from senior Jenny Sanders (Vancouver, British Columbia/Collingwood HS). Beerman notched her team-leading fourth goal of the season, as Sanders offered up her second assist of the day.

The Spartans were represented in goal by both sophomore Christina Kirkaldy (Afton, NY/Afton HS) and junior Lauren Hess (Los Angeles, Calif./Harvard Westlake). Kirkaldy, who tallied her third start, faced just one shot in the opening period of play. Hess saw her first action of the season, making three saves, including a one-on-one penalty shot by the Hawks.

Prior to the game, Michigan State University Athletics Director Ron Mason dropped the ceremonial first ball at the new Ralph Young Field. The Spartans, who are now 2-1 on the year, return to action tomorrow, Sept. 7, to take on the University of the Pacific at 3:30 p.m. The Tigers enter the game with a 1-2 record on the year.

Scoring Summary
    1   2   FinalSTJ 0   1   1MSU 4   2   6

Team    Goal (Assist)               Period  TimeMSU Michelle Huynh-Ba (unassisted)        1   13:46MSU Michelle Carstens (Annebet Beerman) 1   17:31MSU Sophie Rosmalen (unassisted)       1   21:38MSU Julia Adams (Theresa Pusateri)       1   34:09SJU Brett Dymarczyk (unassisted)        2   35:28MSU Judith van Haeringen (Jenny Sanders)    2   41:41MSU Annebet Beerman (Jenny Sanders        2        60:31