Jacki Hikes 100 Points Banner 10/10/15
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Elizabethtown ETWN-F (6-5, 2-1 Landmark)
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Winner Susquehanna SUS (9-3, 2-1 Landmark)
Elizabethtown ETWN-F
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Final
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Susquehanna SUS
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Score By Periods
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Elizabethtown ETWN-F 0 2 2
Susquehanna SUS 1 2 3

Game Recap: Field Hockey |

Hikes 11th player to 100 points, Jays fall by a goal at Susquehanna

SELINSGROVE, Pa. – History was made Saturday when senior forward Jacki Hikes joined Elizabethtown field hockey's 100-point club with a second-half assist, but two goals from Alyssa Aichele in her return to the lineup weren't enough as the Blue Jays fell by a goal, 3-2, at Susquehanna.

The loss was E-town's first in the Landmark Conference this season and halted a two-game winning streak.

As they were in their two previous contests, the Blue Jays took on the role of aggressor from the opening whistle. They sent four shots in the direction of Crusaders' goalie Alyssa Rothman and received two penalty corners in the opening 7:05, but would go to the half down 1-0 after Katherine Millett scored off of one of SU's four penalty corners at the 24:32 mark. Taylor Secor, who took the corner, had the assist on Millett's fifth of the season.

Elizabethtown (6-5, 2-1 Landmark) also started quickly in the second half, getting a shot less than three minutes in, but Rothman stopped Nicole Leaf on one of her season-high 12 saves.

Aichele, who missed the last two games with an injury, finally solved Rothman in the 48th minute with Hikes picking up the helper. The Nazareth, Pa., native, earned her 100th career point in 69 games on the assist and became the first Blue Jay to reach the century mark since 2010. Hikes moved into a tie for fifth amongst the program's career assist leaders with her 26th. She also has 37 goals to her credit and is inching closer to the top 10 all-time scoring leaders, now just sitting three points shy of Sabrina Johnson's 104 for 10th.

Though E-town carried the play and tried to use the joyous nature of Hikes' accomplishment as a springboard to another Landmark victory, it was the Crusaders (9-3, 2-1) who responded.

Less than three minutes after Aichele tied the game, Susquehanna went back in front, 2-1. Another corner opportunity led to Taylor Franco scoring off a pass from Tessa Woodring at 58:02.

Elizabethtown took the next seven shots, while SU went more than 13 minutes without one. In the 64th minute, on its first shot since taking the lead, Susquehanna found the back of the cage again with Lauren Cram's unassisted goal. Aichele was able to trim the lead back to one with 3:35 left, finishing a pass from Nicole Leaf for her 10th goal of the season.

The Blue Jays would see their comeback hopes stall when Leaf's shot off a corner at the end of regulation was blocked.

E-town, with Leaf's five shots and Aichele's four leading the way, doubled Susquehanna in the shot column, 20-10. The Blue Jays out-cornered the hosts 7-4 in the second half and 11-8 for the game. Margo Donlin made three saves in the cage for the Jays.

Elizabethtown will take the field for another Landmark game Tuesday at 4 p.m. at Moravian.
 
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