Sparkill, N.Y. - Despite battling through tough weather conditions and outshooting their opponents by a 19-3 margin, the St. Thomas Aquinas College Field Hockey team dropped a 2-1 decision to American International College on Saturday at Spartan Field.

STAC falls to 0-8 overall and 0-3 in the NE10, while AIC improves to 5-2 and 2-1.

Senior Adriana Alfisi (4th) tallied the lone goal for the Spartans, while Mayra Bok and Mia Wood stuck for the Yellow Jackets goals. In the cage, AIC's Taylor Wildes (W, 5-2) stopped 13 of 14 shots faced to outduel STAC's Madeline Schaefer (L, 0-2), who made one stop.

How it Happened

• 1st Quarter - Off of a penalty corner pass by Katelyn Cerrato, Nicola Van Vuuren would stickhandle and then find teammate Adriana Alfisi with a feed that was rocketed past Taylor Wildes and to the back of the net to make it 1-0 STAC.
• 2nd Quarter - American International would knot the game at 1-1 on a penalty corner feed by Rylee Constant that found the stick of Mayra Bok, who fired a shot on target, beating Madeline Schaefer low to the stick side.
• 4th Quarter - On a Spartans turnover, the visiting Yellow Jackets would march down the field, beating several defenders in the process. A bouncing ball would then find the stick of Mia Wood, who would beat Schaefer for the game-winning goal to make it 2-1 American International.

Inside the Box Score

• STAC outshot AIC 19-3 in the match.
• The host Spartans also earned a 4-3 penalty corners advantage over the Yellow Jackets.
• Shots from Adriana Alfisi (8), Nicola Van Vuuren (8), Katelyn Cerrato, Erin Bacalles and Olivia Cerbo accounted for the 19 total shots registered by the maroon and gold.

Up Next

St. Thomas Aquinas College hosts Pace University on Tuesday, September 26 at 3:00 p.m.