The William & Mary field hockey team dominated the shot count on Tuesday night against Longwood, but came out on the short end of a 1-0 heartbreaker at Busch Field.  the Tribe moves to 3-5 on the year, while the Lancers improve to 5-4 overall.

How it Happened
- W&M dominated possession and pace of play throughout the game, but couldn't break through the Longwood defense that packed in around the goal and a strong night from the Lancers goalkeeper backing them up.
- The Tribe took eight shots in the first quarter, six of them on-goal, and also had a penalty corner in the first 15 minutes, but the tip on the corner from senior Cassidy Goodwin (Gloucester, Va.) went just wide of the goalpost.
- In the second period, Longwood pressed hard on counter opportunities, and scored in the 23rd minute.  Tribe sophomore goalkeeper Kimi Jones (Virginia Beach, Va.) made a spectacular diving save on the first shot attempt, but was unable to get back to her feet in the scrum and the rebound bounced out to a Lancers attacker on the far side of the goal for a shot and score.
- Coming out of the halftime break, the Tribe was back on the attack, dominating the shot count 12-1 in the final 30 minutes and taking three penalty corners in the second half.
- Despite those three good looks on corners, and a number of other attempts in the normal run of play, W&M wasn't able to get the equalizer before the final horn sounded.

Starters
W&M - Kimi Jones, Haley Hopkins, Annie Snead, Ella Donahue, Tabby Billingham, Cata Days, Christie van de Kamp, Cara Menges, Woodard Hooper, Cassidy Goodwin, Ashley Drum
LW - Katie Wyman, Luna Lopez, Camila Duarte, Rio Weber, Karly Harwood, Sophia Loescher, Charlotte Wilm, Clara Meschini, Cammy Toddy, Olivia Wawrzyniak, Briana Greene

Notes
This was the third time that W&M has surpassed 20 shots this season ... Six players recorded multiple shots, led by junior forward Ashley Drum (Virginia Beach, Va.) who had a career-high four shots, all on-goal ... Seniors Woodard Hooper (Williamsburg, Va.) and Cata Days (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and sophomore Cara Menges (Richmond, Va.) each had three shots ... W&M held Longwood to just five shots, the fewest by a Tribe opponent this year ... The Tribe is averaging 15.25 shots per game and 7.0 shots on-goal per game, both the second-highest rates in the CAA.

Up Next
William & Mary continues at home over Family Weekend, hosting a pair of games at Busch Field.  On Friday night, Oct. 4, the Tribe opens conference play hosting James Madison at 7 p.m., before taking on Georgetown on Sunday, Oct. 6, at 1 p.m.  The JMU game on Friday night will be broadcast live on FloSports.