PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania hosted No. 3 Northwestern on Sunday afternoon in Penn Park, falling to the Wildcats, 17-9.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Penn won the draw game, 16-14, behind Kennon Moon with a team-high six and Maria Themelis with five.
 
*The Quakers went perfect on clears, 15-for-15.
 
*Anna Brandt and Keeley Block led the offense with three points each. Brandt had a hat trick, the second of her collegiate career, while Block added two goals and assist.
 
*Themelis and Chloe Hunter combined for the rest of the goals for the Quakers, each scoring twice.
 
*Back in net, Kelly Van Hoesen tended for 45 minutes making 11 saves. Krissy Kowalski came in for the final quarter.
 
How It Happened
The Quakers scored the first goal of the game, finding the back of the net within the initial 35 seconds when Brandt went unassisted down the right side of the eight-meter fan.
 
The Wildcats responded scoring four straight to take a lead that held the rest of the way. Before the end of the first quarter, Hunter added her first of the game with 30 seconds left to cut the Penn deficit to two at the break, 4-2.
 
Northwestern spread its advantage out to four with back-to-back finishes in the beginning of the second frame, but Hunter and Brandt trimmed it back to two with their second goals of the afternoon.
 
With 2:28 left in the half, the Wildcats started a nine-goal stretch that spread into the beginning part of the fourth quarter to take a 15-4 lead. Themelis and Block cut the run with back-to-back goals midway through the final frame, then Block and Brandt added two more down the stretch to get Penn back within eight.
 
In the closing seconds, Themelis put away the Quakers' final goal on a free-position shot to end the game.
 
Up Next
The Quakers have five games left on the regular-season slate, all in Ivy League play. They hit the road on Saturday for a bout with Cornell with first draw set for noon.