{"id":417557,"date":"2026-10-03T08:06:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T08:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/417557\/"},"modified":"2026-10-03T08:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T08:06:23","slug":"field-hockey-squeaks-out-a-3-2-victory-over-miami-oh-massachusetts-daily-collegian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/417557\/","title":{"rendered":"Field hockey squeaks out a 3-2 victory over Miami (OH) \u2013 Massachusetts Daily Collegian"},"content":{"rendered":"

The No. 3 Massachusetts field hockey team made out with a 3-2 win over its strong conference foe, No. 14 Miami (OH). Despite heading into the fourth quarter with a 3-0 lead, the Minutewomen (11-0, 4-0 Mid-American Conference) raced against the clock at the end of the game to deter an equalizing Redhawks (6-4, 3-1 MAC) goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur basic skills were not on today, and we had way too many turnovers,\u201d head coach Barb Weinberg said. \u201cTo be quite honest, we\u2019re lucky to run away with one here \u2026 I said to the team: \u2018It\u2019s a reality check and we got the win, and that doesn\u2019t often happen.\u2019 So we\u2019ll learn from this one.\u201d<\/p>\n

UMass\u2019 defense held down the victory, successfully denying 15 of the 17 total penalty corners that Miami took. The onslaught of Redhawk corner attempts was more than the Minutewomen have allowed any of their opponents to have all season, with the next highest total being the 10 penalty corners Harvard took against UMass.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think our [defensive penalty corner] unit all season long has been solid,\u201d Weinberg said. \u201cThey\u2019re brave. They\u2019re getting in front of shots. They do their homework on the scout \u2026 To defend [17 penalty corners], you can only handle that sustained pressure for a certain amount of time. They\u2019re eventually going to score a goal \u2026 But, I thought we defended them very well today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Roz\u00e1rie Mr\u00e1zov\u00e1<\/a> held strong in net as she faced the most action she\u2019s had all year. On Friday, she made 13 saves on shots from Miami. She totaled 17 saves against all other opponents in the past 10 games combined.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe knew [Mr\u00e1zov\u00e1<\/a>] was really going to be challenged, so we\u2019ve been working on some really specific things with her in training,\u201d Weinberg said. \u201cSome of the saves she made today, she was training \u2026 this week \u2026 I was super proud of her. I think she had probably the game of her career today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lina Kroeger scored the game-winning goal near the end of the third quarter. The sophomore whipped a penalty stroke shot low and to the Redhawk goalkeeper\u2019s right side, finding a line close enough to the post that she couldn\u2019t get to it in time.<\/p>\n

In the second period, Amber Fairon opened the scoring for the Minutewomen.<\/p>\n

Jenna Herbster cleanly entered the first penalty corner UMass had in the game. Cara Falconer crouched to settle the ball, and Fairon swung her stick back, building enough momentum to send it straight home, giving the Minutewomen a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n

Just 23 seconds later, UMass had another penalty corner, and they ran the exact same play. This time, as Fairon\u2019s shot raced toward the goal, a Miami defender sat in its path, waiting to turn it away. Before the ball reached her, Niamh McKenzie dove to disrupt its route, diving to get the tip of her stick on the ball. She sent it sailing up and over the Redhawk, straight into the net.<\/p>\n

The tallies were both Fairon and McKenzie\u2019s 10th of the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn a positive note, our conversion rate was really good today,\u201d Weinberg said. \u201cTwo penalty corners and two goals \u2013 [Fairon] with the direct hit and then [Fairon] to [McKenzie] for the deflection \u2013 it was perfectly executed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Continuing an undefeated season campaign, the Minutewomen return to play on Sunday, Oct. 4 when they head to Storrs, Conn. to take on UConn. The game is set to begin at 1 p.m. and will be available to stream on UCONN+.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have another tough opponent on Sunday, so we\u2019re going to be looking forward to UConn and what immediately needs to be improved,\u201d Weinberg said.<\/p>\n

Caroline Burge can be reached at [email\u00a0protected]<\/a> and followed on X @Caroline_Burge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The No. 3 Massachusetts field hockey team made out with a 3-2 win over its strong conference foe,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-417557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}