University of Connecticut Athletics
Friday, August 24
Evanston, Ill.
1:00 PM
University of Connecticut
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Northwestern
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UCONN
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Northwestern
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Photo by: Stephen Slade
No. 1 Huskies Open Season With Win Over No. 12 Northwestern, 4-2
8/24/2018 3:06:00 PM | Field Hockey
EVANSTON, Ill. – Sophomore Jessica Dembrowski and freshman Karo Kueskes each scored twice to lead the No. 1 UConn field hockey team to a season-opening 4-2 win over No. 12 Northwestern Friday at Lakeside Field.
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Junior Svea Boker finished the game with three assists while junior Antonia Tiedtke had two. In her first career appearance and start, goalkeeper Cheyenne Sprecher made four saves, including two back-to-back in the opening minutes of the game.
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Northwestern scored the first goal of the game at 15:50 before Dembrowski tied at 18:55. Kueskes gave the Huskies their first lead at 27:57 to go into halftime at 2-1. The Wildcats tied the game again at 41:24, but 10 minutes later, Kueskes notched her second goal. Dembrowski added another at 53:31.
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All four of the Huskies' goals began with penalty corner opportunities. UConn finished the game with 13 penalty corners and 19 shots.
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UConn had six new starters against the Wildcats compared to last season, including Kueskes and Sprecher.
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The Huskies have now won 16 straight season openers.
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UConn is back in action Saturday against No. 15 Stanford in Evanston at 2 p.m.
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Junior Svea Boker finished the game with three assists while junior Antonia Tiedtke had two. In her first career appearance and start, goalkeeper Cheyenne Sprecher made four saves, including two back-to-back in the opening minutes of the game.
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Northwestern scored the first goal of the game at 15:50 before Dembrowski tied at 18:55. Kueskes gave the Huskies their first lead at 27:57 to go into halftime at 2-1. The Wildcats tied the game again at 41:24, but 10 minutes later, Kueskes notched her second goal. Dembrowski added another at 53:31.
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All four of the Huskies' goals began with penalty corner opportunities. UConn finished the game with 13 penalty corners and 19 shots.
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UConn had six new starters against the Wildcats compared to last season, including Kueskes and Sprecher.
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The Huskies have now won 16 straight season openers.
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UConn is back in action Saturday against No. 15 Stanford in Evanston at 2 p.m.
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Team Stats
UCONN
NU
Goals
4
2
Shots
19
9
Shots on Goal
11
6
Saves
4
7
Corners
13
5
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
0
0
Scoring Plays
Puck Pentenga (1)
Assisted By: Kirsten Mansfield , Kayla Blas
Penalty corner, 19 shot to left corner
15:50
DEMBROWSKI, Jessica (1)
Assisted By: KUESKES, Karo , BOKER, Svea
deflection on penalty corner
18:55
KUESKES, Karo (1)
Assisted By: TIEDTKE, Antonia , BOKER, Svea
deflection from close range, trickled in
27:47
Charlotte Vaziri (1)
Assisted By: Kirsten Mansfield , Saar de Breij
penalty corner from left side, 6 ripped
41:24
KUESKES, Karo (2)
Assisted By: BOKER, Svea , TIEDTKE, Antonia
deflection looped over the keeper
51:14
DEMBROWSKI, Jessica (2)
Assisted By: GOODERHAM, Abby , COLLINS, Amanda
pass from 23 rebounded to 2 at close ran
63:31
Game Leaders
Shots
3
SOG
2
Goals
2
Assists
1
Shots
3
SOG
2
Goals
2
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
1
Goals
0
Assists
3
Shots
0
SOG
0
Goals
0
Assists
2
Players Mentioned
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