Penn field hockey's 2012 season in six-word recaps

Fri., Aug. 31 Lehigh Franklin Field 5-2 (W) Fink: “It doesn’t just happen overnight.”

Sun., Sept. 2 Towson Franklin Field 4-3 (W) Still, Penn’s learning how to win.

Sat., Sept. 8 at Liberty Liberty FH Field 5-4 (W) Best start since 1997 and climbing.

Sun., Sept. 9 Appalachian State Liberty FH Field 3-2 OT (L) Sudden death unkind, but it’s early.

Wed., Sept. 12 Rider Franklin Field 3-0 (L) Not enough execution early. Growing pains.

Sat., Sept. 15 at Cornell Dodson Field 4-0 (L) Two goose eggs equals zero momentum.

Wed., Sept. 19 at La Salle DeVincent Field 4-3 (W) Defense down, but season resurrected again.

Sat., Sept. 22 Harvard Franklin Field 4-3 (W) Another shootout, another win. Barely.

Sat., Sept. 29 at Dartmouth Chase Field 2-0 (L) Finally, solid defense. Just no offense.

Wed., Oct. 3 at No. 13 Lafayette Rappolt Field 5-2 (L) Wait, where did the defense go?

Sun., Oct. 7 Radford Franklin Field 4-0 (W) There’s a full 70 minutes, folks.

Fri., Oct. 12 Columbia Franklin Field 3-2 (L, 2OT) That close. Toughest loss of season.

Sat., Oct. 20 at Yale Johnson Field 3-2 (W) Tahan’s everywhere, most wins since 2007.

Sun., Oct. 21 at Fairfield University Field 4-2 (L) Halftime leads disappear when defenses do.

Wed., Oct. 24 at Villanova Villanova Stadium 3-2 (W) “Bend, but don’t break” beats ‘Nova.

Sun., Oct. 28 Brown Franklin Field 2-1 (W, OT) Goodbye Franklin Field, hello rejuvenated program.

Sat., Nov. 3 at No. 2 Princeton Bedford Field 7-0 (L) Eventual national champion Princeton cleans up.

The six words to remember 2012 Penn field hockey by: Rejuvenated, rising, inconsistent, aggressive, historic, exciting.

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