Women’s field hockey hosted the Cedar Crest College Falcons on Wednesday, Oct. 21 with a shut out win of 8-0 for the Cavs.
The Lady Cavs started off their game strong in the CSAC match-up.
No. 10, Kerry Farrell, senior forward, started the game off strong. The first goal was scored by Tiffany Phillips, senior forward, within the first two minutes of the game with the assist by No. 14, Taylor Mack, junior forward.
The team’s offense then kept their energy high and scored their second goal with only 30:35 left in the first quarter. The goal was scored by Farrell with an assist by sophomore Jackie Neary.
Farrell proceeded to score her second goal of the game with 24:22 left with an assist by No. 11, senior midfielder, Danielle Palatano. Not even a minute later did Sara DeVita, sophomore midfielder, score her first goal of the game with 23:44 left in the first half.
A timeout by Cedar Crest preceded DeVita’s goal.
No. 23, Kylie McDevitt, junior defender and Jess Tennett, sophomore midfielder, came back from the timeout in defense mode, putting pressure on the Falcons’ offense. Sara Johnsen, sophomore forward, scored her first goal of the game with an assist by Victoria Marciani, sophomore forward, which ended of the first half of the game with a 5-0 lead with nine attempts made by the Cavaliers.
When asked what she was expecting out of this conference game, Jackie Neary, head coach, said, “We had a difficult game Saturday so I was looking for a strong team today.”
Neary got what she was looking for. The Lady Cavs started off the second half strong with a goal by Phillips and an assist by Farrell with 30:21 left in the second half.
Farrell scored her third goal of the game with an assist by No. 4 Jen Webb, senior midfielder, with 27:45 left.
The Lady Cavs kept their spirits up and Ally Fiorelli, senior defender, scored the last goal of the game with an assist by No. 22, Brittany Smith, sophomore midfielder.
“This was a good win because it was a CSAC conference game,” Megan McLoughlin, sophomore forward, said.
“We focused on passing and controlling the ball,” DeVita said.
This win put women’s field hockey team overall record at 9-7 and 5-1 in the CSAC.
