SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Sophomore Feli Heinzel recorded a career-high 10 saves in the Missouri State field hockey team's 2-1 overtime loss against the UC Davis Aggies Saturday, Sept. 24.

Missouri State scored right out of the gate when junior forward Daelynn De Mello received a pass from Bianca Mills and netted her first goal of the season in the first minute of the match. Eleven minutes later, De Mello took the Bears' second shot of the game but would miss just over the goal.

The Bears owned a 1-0 lead going into the second half before Kathleen Humphries of UC Davis scored her second goal of the season in the 60^th minute to tie the game. With Missouri State unable to get a shot off in the remaining 10 minutes of the second half, the Bears and Aggies entered overtime tied at 1-1.

The Bears battled, but UC Davis's Lauren Mewes put the game away in the 78^th minute when she scored her first goal of the season from the left side off a corner play. UC Davis finished the game with a total of 13 corner plays while the Bears tallied just three.

The Aggies outshot the Bears 6-2 in the first half, 14-3 in the second and 2-0 in overtime, for a total of 22 shots to five.

Sophomore goalkeeper Feli Heinzel's 10 saves is the first time a Bear has recorded 10 saves since Oct. 24, 2014. Heinzel (1-5) recorded four saves in the first period, five saves in the second and one in overtime to bring her total number of saves in the 2016 season to 32.
 
Notable Performances
Daelynn De Mello – The junior forward scored her first goal of the season in the 1^st minute against the Aggies.

Feli Heinzel – Hinzel recorded a career-high 10 saves in the Bears' contest against UC Davis, bringing her total saves to 32 on the season. Heinzel is more than halfway to her total saves from the 2015 season (58).
 
Scoring Recap
• MSU – 1:19, goal off shot from the right side – Daelynn De Mello (1)
• UCD – 60:33, goal off rebound from the right side – Kathleen Humphries (2)
• UCD – 78:37, goal off corner play, shot from the left side – Lauren Mewes (1)
 
Next Up For The Bears
The Missouri State field hockey team returns to Betty and Bobby Allison North Stadium Monday, Sept. 26, where the Bears will take on the Pacific Tigers at 11 a.m. Live stats will be available at www.missouristatebears.com and live updates will be available on Facebook (Missouri State Field Hockey) and Twitter (MSUBearsFHockey).