Indiana Field Hockey Overcomes Deficit to Beat Bellarmine

Sunday, September 11

Bloomington, Ind.

3:40 PM

Indiana University

(5-2)

Bellarmine

(0-5)

Bellarmine

Indiana

Indiana Field Hockey Overcomes Deficit to Beat Bellarmine

9/11/2022 7:34:00 PM | Field Hockey

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. ––– The Indiana Field Hockey team suffered some early setbacks against Bellarmine on Sunday afternoon, but they didn't prove to matter in the end.

A weather delay after the first quarter. A 3-1 deficit early in the second period. The Hoosiers wouldn't break.

Indiana rallied from the difficult circumstances and put together a dominant second half to beat Bellarmine, 6-3. The win moves Indiana to 5-2 on the season while also marking their fifth victory in a row.

KEY MOMENTS
• Indiana junior Jemima Cookson opened Indiana's scoring with a goal with less than three minutes to go in the first period to make it a 1-1 game.
• Marit Van Der Bend scored for Bellarmine on a penalty stroke right before the end of the first quarter to give the Knights a 2-1 lead. Right after, a weather delay ensued.
• Bellarmine added on to the lead with a goal early in the second quarter to make it 3-1.
• The Hoosiers went on a 5-0 scoring run for the rest of the game from there. Indiana sophomore Maggie Carter scored late in the second period to make it 3-2 by halftime. Freshman Jule Hufer had the assist.
• In the second half, Cookson would go on to score two more goals.
• Redshirt-junior Sydney Keld and junior Meghan Dillon each scored a goal, too, Keld's was in the third period and Dillon's was in the fourth.
• Sophomore Yip van Wonderen was on the assist for Keld's goal and one of Cookson's, too.

NOTABLES
• Indiana's five-game win streak matches their longest win streak since 2014.
• In their last three games, the Hoosiers have outscored their opponents 13-3.
• Indiana is now 3-0 all-time against Bellarmine.
• Senior Kennedy Reardon made her 42^nd consecutive start for the team, dating back to her sophomore season.
• Cookson had a hat trick, the first of the season for any member of the team. She now leads the team with five goals on the season.
• Carter's goal today was her second of the year.
• Keld's goal was her first of the season.
• Dillon has notched two goals on the year after today's performance.
• van Wonderen leads the team with four assists.

UP NEXT
• Indiana will pick up play next week with a road game in their conference opener, at No. 6 Iowa on Friday, Sept. 16 at 5:00 p.m. EST.