Sept. 8, 2002

Box Score

The California field hockey team (4-1) celebrated their third victory of the season Sunday afternoon in Bloomington, IN as they beat Indiana (1-3) 1-0.

"This was the toughest competition of our trip, and it was our third game in four days," said Cal head coach Shellie Onstead. "I thought it was pretty even. I think that if Indiana had executed the corners a little better we might be looking at a different result."

Cal got the on the board at the 57:51 mark. Hoosier goalkeeper Molly Pulkrabek came out to stop Cal's Stephanie Lyons, but Lyons dished it off to senior Michelle Wald. Wald took advantage of the empty net and lifted it high into the back of the cage. The goal was Wald's second of the year.

The Hoosiers would not go down without a fight though and had numerous opportunities in the final minutes of the game, but could not capitalize.

"Their goalie played really well today," IU head coach Amy Robertson said. "She made it difficult to put it past her. We got it in behind her a few times. We challenged her, but we just didn't finish."

The Hoosiers got a penalty corner at the 63-minute mark. Sophomore Ryan Woolsey made the stick-stop, and sophomore Kayla Bashore took the ball and moved right. Her shot was on goal, but Cal's Kelly Knapp came up with one of her eight saves as she dove to push the ball out.

Wald led Cal in shots as she took five of Cal's 12 on the afternoon. Others collecting shots include juniors Nora Feddersen (4) and Erin Booth (1) and freshmen Kiely Schmidt (1) and Alana Smith (1).

The first half was one mark by missed opportunity for both squads. Both Knapp and Pulkrabek came up big in goal. Knapp denied five Hoosier shots, while Pulkrabek was able to knock away three Golden Bear shots.

Cal was out shot by the Hoosiers, 15-12, on the afternoon.

This match was Cal's fifth in eight days, completing a 3-0 road trip. California has a break now, as their next game will be an Alumni game on Saturday, Sept. 14th at Maxwell Family Field at 11 am. Their next opponent will be Iowa, Saturday, Sept. 21st at 12 noon at Maxwell Family Field.

Field Hockey Results at Sullivan Field Bloomington, IN

California	0	1	-	1
Indiana		0	0	-	0

Scoring Summary
First Half
None
Second Half
C - Wald (Lyons)	58th min

Records:
Cal	4-1
Cal	1-3