2004 FDH vs. Michigan State -- Notes & Quotes
11/14/2004 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey
N O T E S
The Spartans' victory snapped a three-game series winning streak by the Wolverines and narrowed U-M's advantage in the all-time series to 29-22-6.
Either Michigan or Michigan State has appeared in the NCAA Final Four every year since 2001.
After splitting games this weekend, Michigan owns a record of 8-3 in the first weekend of NCAA Tournament play.
Eleven of Michigan's 14 NCAA Tournament games have been decided by one goal. U-M is 8-3 in those contests. Each of the Wolverines' last four contests against MSU has been a one-goal affair.
Senior captains Adrienne Hortillosa and Katy Moyneur ended their U-M careers having played in every single game through four seasons, ranking them third on U-M's career game played list with 91, tied with Kristi Gannon (2000-03), Molly Powers (1999-2002) and Catherine Foreman (1998-2001).
Hortillosa also finishes her career in third on the U-M career assists list (38) and fourth on the Wolverines career points list (108). Senior Jessica Blake ranks 10th on the Michigan career points list with 89.
Junior Lori Hillman ended the season with a four-game scoring streak (0-4-4).
Freshman Ashley Lennington earned her first collegiate start.
Q U O T E S
U-M Head Coach Marcia Pankratz
On number of scoring chances between the two teams ... "They have dangerous, dynamic players, and we have dangerous, dynamic players. That's makes for a fun game, because anything can happen. Their aggressiveness in the second half didn't catch us off-guard; that's just hockey."
On U-M's second-half timeout ... "There's lots of reasons to call timeouts. We had a couple of things that we wanted to talk to the whole group about, and certainly as the time wound down we had some tactical issues and wanted to start making some adjustments to put them under more pressure. I think we did that really well; the adjustments were excellent and we kept them under pressure in the last 12 minutes, which was great finish. It just didn't pan out today."
On Michigan/Michigan State rivalry ... "It's a great rivalry, and it makes both of our teams better. It's a shame that we have to meet each other in the regional every year, because I think a lot of times both teams deserve to be in the final four. We've had our chances to move on and represent the Big Ten, and now it's their turn. We'll come back and battle again next year."
Senior Adrienne Hortillosa
On the game's final penalty corner ... "You can't really quantify the whole match with just that last corner. There was tons of pressure, of course, but I tried to stay as calm as I could and get a good shot. Getting the second chance felt like it was a sign that maybe we could tie it up. It was the same corner as the original one was set up, and it just went wide. The game is full of those situations where you could say, 'I wished I would have done this different,' but we're not going to do that."
On the U-M defenders ... "I think everyone did a nice job; we had nice low tackles. Michigan prides itself on its defense -- not just scoring -- but defense as a whole, and that's something we tried to work on all year long. It just didn't come out for us today."
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