PHILADELPHIA – A pair of goals on a rain-filled Sunday afternoon was enough for the University of Pennsylvania field hockey team to put away LIU in its annual Believe in Brynn Game at Ellen Vagelos Field, collecting its second shutout of the season with a 2-0 decision.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Freshman Livia Loozen scored the first goal of the game, her first collegiate goal in her first collegiate start. She added another point later in the game, sending the assist on the second goal.
 
*Senior captain Meghan Ward secured the second finish of the game, marking her third goal of the season.
 
*Courtney Kenah earned her first assist of the season, finding Loozen on the first goal of the game. She remains the leader on the offensive end with nine points.
 
*Sophomore Frederique Wollaert was credited with her second win and shutout of the season, tending the cage for the full 60 minutes for two saves.
 
*Penn out shot the Sharks, 17-4, with nine attempts on target.
 
*The Quakers had 12 penalty corner opportunities, while LIU only had one late in the fourth quarter.
 
How It Happened
Penn commanded the game from the first whistle to the final horn and didn't hesitate to prove that to the Sharks after finding the back of the cage in the first four minutes.
 
Kenah,, roughly 20 yards outside of the circle, sent a pass through traffic to Loozen in the middle of the circle. Loozen made a swift turn and fired a shot past the keeper for her first goal of her young Penn career.
 
Although the Quakers had five total shots in the first half, the score held at 1-0 at the break. However, they came out firing in the third quarter, adding eight more shots with another slipping past the LIU keeper for the second and final goal of the game.
 
A hard pass was sent up the field where Loozen redirected it into the circle. The redirection attempt found the stick of Ward, who quickly sent a shot into the cage for her third of the season.
 
The Penn defense continued to hold strong in the backfield, only allowing one shot by the Sharks the entire second half, and one penalty corner the whole game.
 
Up Next
The Quakers hop back into Ivy League play for their next three games, starting it with a trip to Cornell on Friday. Start time is set for 2 p.m.