PHILADELPHIA – Sometimes the scoreline doesn't tell the full story.
 
That was the case for the University of Pennsylvania field hockey team today, who battled to a 3-0 defeat to No. 15 Saint Joesph's. Despite the Quakers outshooting the Hawks 18-9, the hosts proved to be more clinical in front of goal as a pair of first-half goals spurned Penn.
 
NOTES
*Penn fired 18 shots in today's game and 54 total shots in its last three games.
 
*The Quakers outshot Saint Joseph's 7-2 in the second half.
 
*Penn earned eight corners to the Hawks' three.
 
*Gracyn Banks played all 60 minutes for Penn for the fifth time this season. She is the only Quaker to play in every minute of each of Penn's games this season.
 
*Banks led the Quakers with six shots today. She has 25 shots on the season, 18 more than Madison Jiranek who ranks second with seven.
 
*Jordyn Thies had a career high four shots today. Prior to today's game, she had six career shots over the past three years.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Penn had a strong start to today's game, earning a pair of corners within the first three minutes of play. The Quakers were unable to convert on either of their corners but continued to pressure within the Hawks' half.
 
Maddy Fagan had Penn's best chance of the period, collecting the ball at the top of the circle and fizzing a shot just wide of goal. Minutes later, Meghan Ward also launched a shot but her shot also bounced wide.
 
The Hawks would take the lead in the 11^th minute against the run of play. A Saint Joseph's player collected the ball and found Kayla Walker on the right side. Walker knocked the ball to Sara Hayes in the center of the circle and Hayes launched the hosts in front.
 
Penn looked to respond quickly. In the 13th minute, the Quakers forced Saint Joe's Victoria Kammerinke into action twice, with Fagan and Thies both launching shots on goal and having them saved. The Hawks bombed forward following a Penn corner and ended up with a 1v1 within the circle, but Ava Rosati made an excellent save to keep Penn within one after the first 15 minutes.
 
Despite the Quakers dominating most of the opening period, Saint Joseph's doubled its lead within a minute of the second quarter with Jordan Olenginski going full stretch to tip a ball into the cage.
 
The team regrouped at half and came out hot to start the third quarter. Possessing the ball in the Saint Joseph's half for nearly the entire 15 minutes of the period, Penn launched five shots to the Hawks' one. However, each of Penn's shots went wide or were blocked.
 
The Quakers kept the same energy going into the fourth quarter, but the Hawks put the game to rest with a third goal in the 51st minute. Penn kept fighting, with Quinn firing on goal but Kammerinke reacted to keep the Quakers off the board and seal the shutout.
 
UP NEXT
Penn now sets its sights on Ivy League play as Cornell visits Ellen Vagelos Field on Saturday, Sept. 28 at noon.