Sept. 15, 2002

ANN ARBOR, MICH. - The Providence College field hockey team was defeated, 3-0, by No. 10 Iowa on Sunday, September 15 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, as part of the BIG EAST/BIG Ten Challenge. The Friars held the Hawkeyes scoreless through the first 63 minutes of play before Iowa rattled off three-straight goals to earn the victory.

Tiffany Leister led Iowa with two goals. Leister's first goal was unassisted and came 63:11 into the game off of a penalty corner. She connected on her second goal of the game two-minutes and 10-seconds later (65:21) on another penalty corner, assisted by Lauren Edwards and Lindsay Miller. Pattie Gillern netted the Hawkeyes third and final goal of the day with 2:05 left to play.

Junior goalkeeper Meaghan Moran (Framingham, Mass.) recorded two saves for Providence College. Barbara Weinberg stopped four shots in goal for Iowa to earn the shutout.

Providence (4-4) will host Albany in their home-opener on Friday, September 20 at 3:30 p.m. The game will be played at Hendricken Field on the campus of Providence College.

		        1st	2nd		Final
Iowa (4-2)		0	3	--	3
Providence (4-4)	0	0	--	0


Scoring Summary:
First Half:  scoreless
Second Half:  IOWA, Tiffany Leister (unassisted), 63:11; IOWA, Tiffany Leister (Lauren Edwards/Lindsay Miller), 65:21; IOWA, Pattie Gillern (unassisted), 67:55.


Goalkeeping
PC, Meaghan Moran (3 goals against, 2 saves, 70:00 minutes)
IOWA, Barbara Weinberg (0 goals against, 4 saves, 70:00 minutes)


Shots
Providence - 7, Iowa - 12


Corners
Providence - 4, Iowa - 9