Montclair State University Athletics

Montclair, NJ – The Montclair State University field hockey team (1-3) hosted #12 Franklin & Marshall (4-0) on Saturday afternoon, where they were bested by the Diplomats by a score of 6-0. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The beginning portion of the opening was a fight for the ball in the midfield. F&M generated the first corner of the game, but had nothing to show for it. They fired a shot on goal at the 5:36 mark, where KAYLA BALSAMO made the save. The Diplomats finally broke through when their second corner, at 6:48, led to the game's opening goal. They were able to follow up less than a minute later with another strike to take a 2-0 lead. Franklin & Marshall left Montclair without a shot in the first quarter. 
• At the start of the second quarter, Balsamo made another nice save just over two minutes in. The Diplomats struck again about a minute later to extend the lead. Franklin & Marshall was able to extend its lead to 5-0 after a pair of goals between 19:12 and 21:27. BELLA HEISER had the lone Montclair shot down the stretch in the first half blocked, and the game went 5-0 into the halftime intermission. 
• BENNA CLARK entered the game in goal for Montclair and made an early save in the third quarter. Despite some good defensive effort, Franklin & Marshall got another goal through on a slap shot in the middle of the arc to go up 6-0 with a quarter and a half remaining. The Diplomats continued to control the ball on their offensive end, seeing four penalty corners in the third. Clark made three saves, and Karina Cracciolo made a defensive save to keep the game at 6-0 going into the fourth quarter. 
• The Red Hawks battled late in the game. At the 52:58 mark, the Red Hawks saw three consecutive penalty corners. KASEY WATSON had a tip-in in front of the cage get saved, and a nice shot from SAM SUBOKOW went just wide. Montclair saw another three penalty corners in the final minute of the game. Avery DiPetro and EMMA BIANCO each put together good shots to try and end the shutout, but each was saved, and Montclair fell, 6-0. 

INSIDE THE RESULTS 

• Montclair showed grit fighting for corner chances as they had 9 corners to F&M's 7. 
• Goalies for the Red Hawks worked hard, bringing in a total of 10 saves on the day. Balsamo had three, and Clark had six.

FROM THE FIELD 

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UP NEXT 

• Montclair enters game three of its five-game homestretch, playing host to DeSales University on Wednesday, September 16. The game is set to begin at 6:00 pm.