Sentinel photo by SAM BAUMGARDNER Mifflin County's Jayda Kanagy pushes the ball upfield during a field hockey game versus Palmyra Thursday.

LEWISTOWN — Mifflin County welcomed in the Palmyra Cougars for a primetime matchup at Kish Bank Field at Donald M. Chapman lll Stadium hoping to get back into the win column. But, the visitors prevailed with a 7-0 victory.

Palmyra got on the board in the first five minutes of the game on a Jovie Weaver goal to give the Cougars an early 1-0 advantage. Weaver accounted for two of the seven points in the game.

Mifflin County had just one shot on goal in the whole game. The Lady Cougars held their own, making it difficult for the purple and white to generate much offense.

Mifflin County head coach Brittany Wilcox said, “So, I think we played really hard today. I do think that our effort was there. We just have some fundamental stuff that we need to work on with a team like Palmyra. So, we are going to work on some stuff this week and hopefully be prepared for Monday.”

Mifflin County showed grit on defense, Brynn Rowe played strong and so did a lot of her teammates but the team did not score points to ultimately win the game against a really good Palmyra team.

Palmyra had eight shots on goal and the Cougars capitalized on seven of those and Addy Barger was strong on offense, helping her own cause and scoring a goal against the Huskies. Other players who also found the net were Madelynn Witt, Allie Fink and Ella Detwiler scored the final two goals of the game to defeat the Huskies, 7-0.

Mifflin County (4-3) will travel to Bishop McDevitt on Monday with hopes to rebound after starting out strong but are now riding a three-game losing streak.