GRANVILLE, Ohio -- For just the second time this season, and for the first time in North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) competition, the Allegheny College field hockey team suffered a defeat, as Denison University earned a 4-1 victory over the Gators on Sunday.

Denison (7-4, 2-1 NCAC), which reached the conference championship game last fall, snapped Allegheny's (10-2, 1-1 NCAC) six-game win streak thanks to an incredible individual effort from Madeleine Hunt. Hunt was responsible for all four goals scored by the Big Red. She helped the team get off to a quick start, as the senior midfielder had two goals in the first 5:03.

Leading 3-0 at the half, the Gators picked up the pace in the third quarter. After being held inside their defensive half of the field for much of the first half, Allegheny's attack was able to penetrate the Big Red defense on numerous occasions in the third. After a near-miss wide of the cage on their first penalty corner of the third quarter, the Gators made good on their second try. The ball was sent to the top of the arc, where Becca Winton (Carlisle, Pa./Carlisle) rifled it towards the goal. Athena Joannou stopped Winton's initial shot, but was out of position when Kelsey Anderson (Rochester, N.Y./Brighton) shoveled in the rebound immediately after.

Down by two, the Allegheny offense continued to pressure Joannou by logging the two penalty corners and the five shots in the first five-plus minutes of the fourth quarter. Two of those shots came off the stick of Emily Robles (Burlington Township, N.J./Burlington Township), as Joannou was forced to make five of her seven saves in the final quarter to preserve the lead.

Inside the Box Score

• Denison finished with more shots (18-to-14) and shots on goal (15-to-8).
• The Big Red also had more penalty corners, 9-to-6.
• Anderson deposited Allegheny's lone goal in the 41st minute off a short corner.
• Hallie Reiger (Oklahoma City, Okla./Casady) made several great saves and finished with a season-high 11 stops.

News and Notes

• Allegheny had a season-long six-game win streak come to an end on Sunday.
• The loss to Denison is AC's first NCAC defeat of the season.
• Anderson tied a single-season career-high with her fourth goal, while setting a new career-best with her 11th and 12th points of the year.
• Anderson has multiple points in each of the last three games.
• Reiger was one shy of tying her single-game career-high with 11 saves against the Big Red.

Up Next
Allegheny will complete a home-and-home series with Earlham College on Saturday, October 15, when the Gators face the Quakers at 12:00 p.m. in Richmond, Indiana.