CHESTERTOWN, Md. – Host Washington College netted its first Centennial Conference win of the season with a 5-0 win over visiting McDaniel in a Centennial Conference field hockey game on Wednesday afternoon on Kibler Field at Roy Kirby Jr. Stadium. The Shorewomen improve to 6-4 and 1-1 in the Centennial, while the Green Terror falls to 2-7 and 0-3 respectively.
Washington College (6-4, 1-1 CC) 5 McDaniel (2-7, 0-3 CC) 0
How It Happened
- The Shorewomen got the only goal they needed with 4:35 left in the opening quarter when
Kat Esposito redirected a pass from
MaryCate Anson into the left side of the cage to make it 1-0.
- It stayed 1-0 until the early in third quarter when
Emma Campbell pushed the lead to 2-0 on a shot from the right side from far out.
- WC put the game away with three goals in the fourth quarter. Esposito scored 3:53 into the fourth from Campbell followed by scores by
Samantha McMahon from Esposito and
Natalee Kunkel tallying her first career goal respectively to round out the scoring.
For The Shorewomen (6-4, 1-1 CC)
- Scorer: Esposito (two goals and one assist), Campbell (goal and assist), McMahon (goal), Kunkel (goal), Anson (assist)
- Goalkeeper:
Charlotte Schurman (0 saves, 0 goal allowed, 51:02),
Abby Coppolella (0 saves, 0 goals allowed, 8:58)
- Washington had 26 shots and 15 penalty corners in the contest.
- Esposito was named the Goose Nation TV Shorewoman Player of the Game. Esposito became the fourth player in program history to score 40 career goals with her fourth quarter score. She joins
Laura Scimeca '05 (58),
Chrystal Arrabal '00 (43) and
Nicole Maccari '01 (41).
Up Next
10/9 @ Haverford - 7:00 p.m. (Centennial Conference Game)
