EVANSTON, Ill. – The University of Pennsylvania field hockey team battled Indiana out of the Big Ten on Saturday on the campus of Northwestern, taking the game all the way to a shootout before falling 2-1.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Penn outshot the Hoosiers, 20-8, for the game, including a 9-6 edge on target. The second half saw the Quakers get off 15 shots to Indiana's four.
 
*Senior Allison Kuzyk secured the lone goal for the Quakers, scoring midway through the second quarter to draw the game even. It is her second goal of the season, scoring her first against Georgetown last weekend. For her career, she has 11 goals and two assists for 24 points.
 
*The Quakers also commanded the corner game, 13-5.
 
*Senior Frederique Wollaert put in 80 minutes of work in the goal, making five saves.
 
*It was the first time in program history the two teams have clashed.
 
How It Happened
A tight first quarter had the Hoosiers with a slight edge in shot attempts, 4-3, over the Quakers including the final shot of the frame in the closing minute that put Indiana up one before the break.
 
It didn't take long for Penn to respond, evening the score in the second quarter when Kuzyk pulled the ball just inside the circle and ripped it through traffic into the cage. It was the only shot for either team in the second quarter, as the score went into the half knotted up at 1-1.

2Q 6:10 | Penn 1, Indiana 1

COUNT IT! Allison Kuzyk evens the score, firing a shot off right inside the circle!#FightOnPenn pic.twitter.com/tpNhOslmZc

— Penn Field Hockey (@PennFieldHockey) September 16, 2023

 
The final two quarters were fully dominated by the Quakers, outshooting the Hoosiers, 15-4. However, the Indiana goalkeeper wouldn't let anything pass, making seven of her eight saves for the game to keep the game even through 60 minutes.
 
For the second straight game, the Quakers headed to overtime. In two 10-minute periods, only one shot was taken by either team when freshman Emily Stafford fired off her only attempt of the game late in the second frame but was blocked.
 
With no decision, the game was sent to a shootout where Indiana hit its first three attempts and the first three for the Quakers were missed.
 
Up Next
The Quakers are back in action tomorrow afternoon, taking on host No. 3 Northwestern. Start time is set for 1 p.m., ET.
 
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