No. 4 Field Hockey Falls

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September 23, 1998

HARRISONBURG, Va. — James Madison’s Tara Nappi scored twice tonight to lead the Dukes to the 2-1 upset of the fourth-ranked Cavaliers.

James Madison got on the board first with a Nappi goal 8 minutes into the contest on a breakaway. The Dukes led 1-0 at halftime.

James Madison went up 2-0 when Nappi redirected a corner shot by Katrina Hunter into the cage with 26:53 to go in the game.

The Cavaliers rallied as keeper Becky Worthington (Fairview Village, Pa./Methacton) made a great save on a breakaway by Liz Sanders. The ball came out to the Cavalier defense, who sent it up to Lorraine Vizzuso (Fairfield, N.J./West Essex). Vizzuso beat her defender and as the JMU keeper came out to play her, Vizzuso passed the ball to Meridith Thorpe (St. Louis, Mo./John Burroughs) who one-timed it into the cage to cut the deficit to 2-1 with 5:18 left in the game.

Virginia outshot the Dukes 9-6 and outcornered their opponents 9-2.

Virginia continues its road schedule with a game against top-ranked Old Dominion on Sunday, September 27. Game time against the Monarchs is 1:00 pm.

FINAL           1   2   F (records)#4 Virginia     0   1   1 (6-2)James Madison   1   1   2 (4-4)

Goals: UVA: Thorpe (L. Vizzuso)/5:18 (2)JMU: Nappi/ 27:15(1); Nappi (Hunter)/26:53 (2)

Assists: UVA: L. VizzusoJMU: Hunter

Shots: V: 9, JMU: 6Corners: V: 9, JMU:2Saves: V: 4 (Worthington 4); JMU: 4 (Latz 4)