’Wick Defeats Union; Ithaca Falls to Rochester
Hartwick 4, Union 2
Despite giving up an early goal, the Hartwick field hockey team scored four straight times while goalie
Shannon Carter stopped 15 shots as the Hawks defeated Union 4-2 on Tuesday afternoon. The win, which is Hartwick's second straight, gives the Hawks a record of 4-8 while the Dutchwomen fall to 3-8 on the season.
Hiliary Carlson led with two goals.
Jessica Ott scored once and added three helpers.
Kelly Kramer scored her fourth goal of the season and also added an assist.
Union opened the scoring just 53 seconds into the contest with Maggie Ferrari's second goal of the season. She was fed in front from Nicole Merigliano close to the right of the goal. The Hawks tied it up at 3:36 when Ott sent a pass from the far right side to Carlson, who tucked it in inside the left post for the goal.
Ott gave the Hawks the lead at 7:17. Off a corner, Kramer took the pass and found Ott five yards out for the score. The Hawks made it 3-1 on Carlson's second of the day at 18:48. Ott sent a pass through traffic to the left side and Carlson banged home the score to give Hartwick a 3-1 lead at halftime.
In the second half, Ott sent a lead pass to Kramer, who shot it in from the middle from eight yards out to increase the 'Wick lead to 4-1 at 49:22. Union got back to within two on Merigliano's seventh of the season at 54:31.
The Hartwick defense clamped down in the final 15:30 of the game. The Dutchwomen had a couple of chances to score in the final minutes but Carter turned away both shots to preserve Hartwick's lead and the victory.
Hartwick won despite being outshot 24-14 by Union. The Hawks did lead in penalty corners, 10-8.
Rochester 4, Ithaca 1
The 16th-ranked Rochester Yellowjackets (11-2) scored back-to-back goals in the latter stages of the first half to take a lead and went on to a 4-1 win over the Ithaca College (7-4) field hockey team Tuesday night at Higgins Stadium.
It was an evenly-played game over the first 25 minutes before the teams combined to score four times in the last 10 minutes of the first half. Rochester opened the scoring with a goal off of a deflection in the 28th minute, and followed with another goal just 42 seconds later. The Bombers replied with a goal in the 31st minute.
Danielle Coiro scored her team-leading seventh goal of the season on an assist from
Lindsay Flanagan to bring the Bombers back to within one.
Rochester responded with a late first-half goal and added an insurance tally in the second half to close out the victory.
Bomber goalkeeper
Katie Lass made 10 saves. Rochester held a 23-10 advantage in shots and an 11-2 edge in penalty corners.