2000 Big Ten Field Hockey Tournament -- Game 5
11/4/2000 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
Field Hockey Tournament
Ocker Field, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Saturday, Nov. 4 -- 2 p.m. -- Semifinal 2
| Penn State 3 No. 2 seed | | Iowa 1 No. 3 seed |
| Score by Periods | 1 | 2 | F |
| Iowa (12-8) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Penn State (17-4) | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Site: Ann Arbor, Mich. (Ocker Field)
Event: Big Ten Conference Tournament (Semifinal)
Result: #7 Penn State 3, Iowa 1
Records: PSU (17-4); Iowa (12-8)
Next PSU Game: Sunday, Nov. 5 -- vs. Michigan, 1 p.m.
Penn State Downs Iowa to Reach Big Ten Final
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The seventh-ranked Penn State field hockey team defeated Iowa 3-1 on Saturday (Nov. 4) at Michigan's Ocker Field to move on to Sunday's Big Ten Conference Tournament final. The Nittany Lions were led by sophomore Timarie Legel, who scored two goals and assisted on the another score.
Legel took command for the Nittany Lions in the evenly matched contest with third-seeded Iowa. Legel scored the lone goal of the first half, at 11:57, then set up Kiley Kulina at 27:41 of the second half to take the score to 2-0. Legel put the game out of reach five minutes later with her second goal of the afternoon.
Penn State, the No. 2 seed, will face Michigan in the Big Ten Tournament final on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Ocker Field. The game will be a rematch of this season's regular-season conference title game, in which the Wolverines were victorious 1-0 in State College, Pa.
MATCH SUMMARY
| Team | 1 | 2 | F |
| Iowa | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Penn State | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Scoring, Time (Assist)
1st -- PSU, Timarie Legel, 11:57 (Janelle Long)
2nd -- PSU, Kiley Kulina, 27:41 (Legel)
2nd -- PSU, Legel, 22:47 (Kulina)
2nd -- Iowa, Tiffany Fodera, 8:56 (Maria Merluzzi, Lauren Edwards)
Shots: PSU 9, Iowa 7
Saves: PSU 6 (Annie Zinkavich), Iowa 6 (Salemma Rogers 5, Tiffany Fodera 1)
Defensive Saves: PSU 0, Iowa 1
Penalty Corners: PSU 5, Iowa 6
Q U O T E S
Penn State Head Coach Charlene Morett
On playing Michigan in the final ... "It's going to be a great game. To play in the championships is what we came here for and I think we are playing a really good team in Michigan and hopefully we can come on top."
Iowa Head Coach Tracey Griesbaum
On the game ... We had too many breakdowns in our play today. There were times where we played really well, especially in the first half, but we had individual breakdowns in fundamentals. The stats were even enough to make the score closer then it actually was."
