Stevens 5, Washington & Jefferson (Box Score)
Senior forward Marguerite Chavez tallied her 100th career point in what turned out to be a five-point performance, senior back Megan Traub recorded a hat trick, and the Stevens Institute of Technology field hockey team rolled to a 5-1 win over Washington & Jefferson College in the Empire 8 opener for both teams Saturday at the De Baun Athletic Complex.
Chavez tallied her 100th point at 20:38 of the first half, recording her second assist in less than seven minutes. The senior inserted to Traub on a penalty corner, who controlled and hammered home her second goal of the game.
Stevens took the lead 5:50 in and never looked back. W&J was able to get on the board in the 55th minute, but the Ducks responded 6:39 later when Chavez scored her third goal of the season for the 5-1 final.
Stevens ended with a 15-12 advantage in shots and a 13-5 margin in penalty corners.
Nazareth 2, Hartwick 0 (
Box Score)
Nazareth College earned its first win of the season defeating Hartwick 2-0 to improve to 1-3 overall. The game was the first Empire 8 Conference game of the season for both teams and the Golden Flyers are now 1-0 while Hartwick falls to 2-3, and 0-1 in the conference.
The Golden Flyers, who were held scoreless in the first half of their first three games this season, turned up the offensive pressure this afternoon scoring both of their goals in the opening stanza of today's win. Senior
Jordan Ritchie scored her first goal of the season at 24:14 during a penalty corner opportunity. Her goal was unassisted after she collected a rebound off of a defenders stick to find the back of the goal.
Freshman
Kailee Coleman scored her first collegiate goal at 31:55 to put Nazareth up 2-0. She was assisted by senior
Sarah Wazenkewitz.
In an evenly matched game, both teams had 10 shots while Hartwick had an 11-6 advantage on penalty corners.
Ithaca 4, Elmira 0 (
Box Score)
The Ithaca College field hockey team (5-0, 1-0) defeated Elmira (0-3, 0-1) Saturday afternoon, shutting out the Soaring Eagles by a score of 4-0 at Higgins Stadium.
Four different players scored for the Bombers, as sophomore
Olivia Salindong, junior
Amber Foose, senior
Lindsay Flanagan and freshman
Kelly Consadine all recorded goals in the victory. Freshman goalkeeper
Katie Lass (5-0) didn't allow a goal in the win, giving the Bombers their second-straight shutout.
Utica 5, Houghton 0 (
Box Score)
The Utica College field hockey team got back on track Saturday as it defeated Houghton College by an impressive 5-0 margin.
Becki Vivacqua had two goals, and
Hannah Mackey had one goal and three assists to propel the Pioneers.
UC got on the board early as junior
Alaina Stojkovski found the back of the net just 2:06 into the game. Mackey controlled the ball off a Utica corner and found Stojkosvki on the side of the net for her second of the year. The Pioneers scored again off a set piece at 21:08 as Mackey set up sophomore
Colleen Dowling for her second tally of the year. UC caged its third goal of the half at 30:37 as junior
Louise Steele-Norton brought the ball down the left side of the field. At the goal line, she sent a centering pass into Vivacqua who tipped the ball in just over the goal line for her second of the year.
Utica continued its momentum into the second half as Mackey connected with Vivacqua to put the Pioneers up 4-0 with 20:33 to play in the game. Just seven minutes later, Mackey corralled a loose ball from ten yards out, and lofted a high backhander over the head of Houghton keeper Emily Thompson and into the top of the net for her team-leading sixth goal of the season.
Kells Casey made two saves for the shutout win, while Thompson had nine saves in net for the Highlanders. Utica improves to 4-1 on the season, while Houghton drops to 1-4.