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THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
THE PRIDE OF LONG ISLAND
Lieke Gorsse
Alexis Friedman
Lieke Gorsse
4
Hofstra HOFSTRA (6-10, 1-5 CAA)
6
Winner Delaware DEL (7-10, 5-1 CAA)
Hofstra HOFSTRA
(6-10, 1-5 CAA)
4
Final
6
Delaware DEL
(7-10, 5-1 CAA)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Hofstra HOFSTRA 0 2 0 2 4
Delaware DEL 2 1 2 1 6

Game Recap: Field Hockey | | Nick Kapatos

Gorsse Scores Twice in High-Scoring Defeat Against Delaware

Newark, DE – Lieke Gorsse scored two goals and tallied an assist for Hofstra as the Pride dropped its final Colonial Athletic Association game of the 2022 season, a 6-4 defeat to Delaware from Fred P. Rullo Jr. Stadium on Sunday afternoon.

Hofstra falls to 1-5 in the CAA and 6-10 overall. Delaware improves to 7-10 overall and 5-1 in the conference.

Delaware jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first quarter with goals from Morgan Rigual and Emma Miller. After the Fightin' Blue Hens added a third goal early in the second quarter by Lizzie Rothwell, Gorsse and Cami Valor brought the Pride back to within one of the hosts. Valor maneuvered through the defense into the shooting arc, and she laid off a pass in front of the Delaware goal for Gorsse to put into the back of the net. Forty seconds later, Gorsse raced the length of the pitch with the ball on her stick and passed it off to Valor, who went to her backhand and beat goalie Lizzie Gaebel for the goal with 5:05 left before the halftime whistle.

Delaware upped its lead back to two with a pair of goals in the third quarter by Julia Duffhuis and Lisa Kater to put the score at 5-2 going into the fourth quarter. Gorsse tallied her second goal of the day after using excellent stick work and ball control to beat a Delaware triple team and fired a blast past Gaebel. Samantha Spera made it a one-goal game with 5:32 left after she finished off a fast-break pass by Valor for her fourth goal of the year, but Delaware put the game out of reach with a score by Genevieve Johnson off a penalty corner with 3:14 to go.

Merlijn van der Vegt made nine saves against Delaware. Gorsse finished the game with five points on her two goals and one assist, while Valor assisted twice and scored once for four points.

Gaebel picked up the win in goal for Delaware. Berber Bakermans assisted three times for the Fightin' Blue Hens, while Duffhuis and Miller each finished with a goal and an assist.

Hofstra wraps up its 2022 season on Sunday, October 30, at 1 p.m. against Rider (11-5) on Senior Day.

NOTES:
-Today was the first multi-goal game of Lieke Gorsse's career, and her fifth multi-point game.
-Cami Valor posted the first multi-assist game of her career.
-Merlijn van der Vegt became the ninth Hofstra field hockey goalie with over 300 career saves.
-Delaware had a 26-8 advantage in shots and 9-1 edge in penalty corners.
-Hofstra is now 7-30 all-time against Delaware.
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