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Game Stats -- November 3, 2001

Worcester, Mass. -- American, the No. 3 seed in the Patriot League Championship for field hockey, fell to No. 2 Lafayette, 1-0, in the semifinal game on Saturday. The Leopards will face No. 4 seed Fairfield on Sunday for the league championship and a chance to play in the NCAA Tournament.

Lafayette scored at four minutes into the game when sophomore Jennifer Stone (Newton, Pa.) scored an unassisted goal at 3:55. The Eagles had many scoring opportunities throughout the game but could not find the back of the net. Junior stand-out Magdalena Aguilar (Buenos Aires, Argentina/St. Catherine's Moorlands) led American in shots with four shots and two shots on goal.

American keeper Laura Miller (Pennsburg, Pa./Quakertown) kept her team in the running throughout the game, notching three saves. Miller finishes the season with a 5-4 goalie record.

Earlier in the day, No. 1 seed Holy Cross fell to a tenacious Fairfield squad. The Stags went up 2-0 in the first half and held onto their lead for the remainder of the game. Fairfield outshot the Crusaders, 20-9, in a tough match.

Tomorrow's Patriot League Championship is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. on the campus of Holy Cross. The winner will receive an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.

In other post-season events, American's Aguilar and Karlijn Schellens (Valkenswaard, Netherlands/Conestoga [Pa.]) were named to the All-Patriot League first team on Friday evening at the Patriot League Championship banquet, the first such honor for both players in American's inaugural season of Patriot League competition.