River Hawks Battle Back, Can't Close the Gap

Sunday, October 6

New York, NY

1:00 PM

University of Massachusetts Lowell

(1-10)

Columbia University

(4-6)

Team	1	2	Final F
UMass Lowell	0	1	1
Columbia	2	0	2

Meliss a Effertz & Jessica Walsh celebrate Effertz' goal at Columbia 10-6-13

Melissa Effertz pulls the River Hawks within one at Columbia

Photo by: David Gillies

River Hawks Battle Back, Can't Close the Gap

10/6/2013 3:15:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

UMass Lowell to Host Harvard Wednesday

NEW YORK, NY (October 6, 2013) – The UMass Lowell River Hawks (1-10, 0-1 America East) scored a late goal to pull within one of Columbia University (4-6) but could not close the gap, falling at Columbia, 2-1. The loss snapped Columbia's four-game losing streak while extending UMass Lowell's to four.

The host Lions scored two first half goals with tallies by Christina Freibott and Katie Ruesterholz. Freibott scored on a penalty stroke in the 12^th minute to put Columbia up 1-0. The Lions, who outshot the River Hawks 10-2 in the first half, went up 2-0 as Ruesterholz scored off a penalty corner in the 17^th minute for her 10^th goal of the season.

Despite a distinct advantage to the Lions in penalty corners (12-4) and shots (16-7), the River Hawks battled back in the second half. Sr. Forward Melissa Effertz (Oceanside, Calif.) picked up her third goal of the season in the 60^th minute off a pass from Sr. Midfielder Janelle DeCamillis (Littleton, Mass.) to pull UMass Lowell within one. The River Hawks could not close the gap, however, as the Columbia Lions held on to snap a four-game losing streak. UMass Lowell goalkeeper Melanie Hopkins (Harwich, Mass.) finished with seven saves while Columbia's Marlee Silverstein stopped three on the day.

UMass Lowell will return home Wednesday, October 9 to host Harvard before heading back on the road. The River Hawks will travel to Dartmouth College on Friday, October 11 at 3 PM in Hanover, NH before taking on the University of Pennsylvania in New Haven, Conn. on Sunday, October 13 at Noon.