Mequon, WI - Centre took on Rhodes in the Collegiate Field Hockey Conference Tournament semifinal but fell to the Lynx, 2-1.
Both teams traded fouls in the opening minutes, and neither side could build offensive pressure until Alder Dickey found the back of the net on an assist from Bella Spine to give the Lynx a 1-0 lead.
Fouls continued to add up against Rhodes as Centre was tested defensively late in the period, with
Eliza Hensley making a save to keep Rhodes from adding on. The Colonels built offensive momentum with a penalty corner to end the first.
Lynx immediately started with early offensive pressure with a pair of penalty corners and shots on goal, but the Colonels held on, not letting anything through. Both sides continued trading fouls midway through before Maria Zaporozhski got one by to give the Lynx a 2-0 lead into halftime.
Out of the half, an early foul on Centre gave Rhodes a penalty corner to start the third; however, neither side capitalized as they traded fouls until midway through, when the Lynx started to generate offense with two shots and a penalty corner.
Late in the period, a foul on Rhodes gave the Colonels a penalty corner, which
Abbie Woolley took to set up
Leda Beale for a shot to put Centre on the board 2-1.
The fourth period opens with the Colonels looking to make a comeback and the Lynx looking to close it out, with both teams applying pressure as they trade fouls back and forth. Rhodes earned a penalty corner and then drew three fouls back-to-back, stalling the offense until Zaporozhski opened up shots on goal and put goalie
Eliza Hensley to the test.
Hensley made four saves to keep Rhodes off the board, but Centre couldn't mount a comeback and fell to Rhodes 2-1 in the Semi-final to end their season.
