Field Hockey Wins Home Opener

Saturday, September 9

Louisville, Ky.

1:00 PM ET

University of Louisville

Saint Louis

September 09, 2000 | Field Hockey

Sept. 9, 2000

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - In their first home game of the season, the University of Louisville field hockey team defeated Saint Louis University 3-1 on Saturday at Cardinal Stadium.

The Cardinals jumped to an early lead when senior Lainey Habeeb (Louisville, Ky.) scored on a penalty corner just 45 seconds into the game. Sophomores Keri Beckhorn (Tunkhannock, Pa.) and Pip Sanders (Sydney, Australia) assisted on the goal. Beckhorn followed up with the game-winner at 27:48 remaining in the first half to give U of L a 2-0 halftime lead. Freshman Casey Lehman (Palmyra, Pa.) assisted on the goal.

The Billkens got on the board two minutes into the second half when Kristen Burich (Louisville, Ky.) connected on a penalty corner with assists from Heather Mattingly (St. Louis, Mo.) and Keri Brunner (St. Louis, Mo.).

Beckhorn added an unassisted insurance goal with 28:37 remaining to give the Cards a 3-1 win.

The Cards will travel to Chicago to play Villanova on Saturday, Sept. 16 at 3:00 p.m. They will face host Northwestern on Sunday, Sept. 17 at 1:00 p.m.

Louisville (3-2, 0-0 MAC) is off to its best start since 1992. They are currently ranked No. 17 in the HockeyPoint Coaches Poll. Beckhorn was named Mid-American Conference Player of the Week for the week on Sept. 5 and leads U of L and the conference in scoring with six goals.

SLU (1-4, 1-2 Norpac) will play Indiana University on Sunday, Sept. 10 at 1:00 p.m. at Cardinal Stadium.

Field hockey results (at Cardinal Stadium)
        1st     2nd Final
LOUISVILLE  2   1   3SLU     0   1   1
Scoring Summary:Louisville: Lainey Habeeb (Pip Sanders, Keri Beckhorn) - 34-15 (1st)            Beckhorn (Casey Lehman) - 27:48 (1st)            Beckhorn (unassisted) 28:31 (2nd)SLU:        Kristen Burich (Heather Mattingly, Keri Brunner)- 33:48 (2nd)
Shots:UL:  27SLU:  2
Penalty corners:UL: 13SLU: 3
Goalkeeper statisticsUL:  Christy Hershey: 70:00, 0 savesSLU: Erin Linehan: 70:00, 15 saves