SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Senior Liz Young recorded her third goal of the season here Monday afternoon, but it wasn't enough as the Missouri State field hockey team dropped a 5-1 decision to the visiting Pacific Tigers.

The Tigers jumped out to an early 1-0 lead, scoring in the first minute of the Bear's third consecutive home match. Ten minutes later, senior goalkeeper Megan Drew recorded her first save of the afternoon on a huge diving effort to prevent the Tigers from furthering their lead.

Pacific scored again in the 18^th minute off a shot from the right side before Missouri State would take its first shot of the match in the 29^th minute off a corner play.

Missouri State lined up for a corner play when senior Liz Young fired the first shot for the Bears, resulting in a blocked shot. The Bears earned two more corners but came up short, trailing the Tigers 2-0 at the half.

Forty-three seconds into the second half, Pacific netted another goal to make it a 3-0 match.

In the 55^th minute, Liz Young received a pass from Andrea Soler Codina off a corner and found the back of the cage to put the Bears on the board. Young, who scored only one goal last season, recorded her third goal of the season.

With seven minutes remaining in the match, Pacific put up back-to-back goals to extend their lead to 5-1.
In her first full match of the season, Drew finished the affair with a season-high, eight saves off 13 shots on goal. The senior now has 105 minutes in the cage this season.
 
Notable Performances
Liz Young – The senior from San Diego netted her third goal of the season and recorded Missouri State's lone goal against the Pacific Tigers.
Megan Drew – Missouri State's senior goalkeeper recorded a season-high eight saves in her first full match for the Bears this season. Drew had several diving efforts to keep the Tigers off the board.
 
Scoring Recap
• Pacific – 1:07, goal of corner, shot from the middle 10 yards out – Savanna Burns (8)
• Pacific – 18:55, goal from left side – Axelle Steffen (3)
• Pacific – 33:45, goal from right side – Hannah Tvergyak (2)
• MSU – 55:50, goal off corner, shot from the middle – Liz Young (3)
• Pacific – 63:01, goal of shot from the middle – Marguerite van Wyk (12)
• Pacific – 66:00, goal of rebound – Rylee Comeau (8)
 
Notes
• Senior Liz Young has scored three goals over Missouri State's last two games, tying junior Bianca Mills with a team-leading three goals and eight points on the season.

• Megan Drew's eight saves is the most the senior has recorded in a single game since a 12-save performance against Miami (Ohio) on Oct. 24, 2014.

• The Bears scored four times more goals in the past three matches than the first four matches combined.
 
Next Up For The Bears
The Bears kick off Mid-American Conference play Friday night at 3:30 p.m. against Miami (Ohio) at Betty and Bobby Allison North Stadium. Admission for the event is free. Live stats will be available at www.missouristatebears.com and live updates will be available via Facebook (Missouri State Field Hockey) and Twitter (MSUBearsFHockey).