Box Score

St. Mary's City, Md. - Senior forward Ali Femi (Easton, Md./Easton) helped the St. Mary's College of Maryland field hockey secure the No. 2 seed in the upcoming Capital Athletic Conference Field Hockey Tournament as Femi recorded her second career hat trick in a 7-0 shutout victory over Hood College Saturday afternoon.

In the CAC Quarterfinals on October 28, the Seahawks (9-4, 5-1 CAC) will host seventh-seeded Hood (3-11, 0-6 CAC) at a time to be determined.

The Hawk scoring began just over eight minutes into the game when sophomore midfielder Amanda Bramble (Easton, Md./Easton) dropped a pass down to Femi who then drilled it home for her first goal of the day.  Senior midfielder Amy Skrickus (Arnold, Md./Broadneck) made it 2-0 at 10:02 when Skrickus put back a rebound for her fourth tally of the season.

Femi registered back-to-back goals for a 4-0 SMCM lead as she converted a pass from senior forward Mary Lyle Jeanes (Orange, Va./Orange County) at 14:59 and then notched an unassisted goal at 23:23.  A give-and-go by freshmen Jackie Ward (Annapolis, Md./Annapolis) and Kristen Deegan (Highland, Md./Hammond) put the Seahawks up 5-0 at halftime.

In the second half, sophomore midfielder Christy Scaljon (Dundalk, Md./Patapsco) netted her first career goal at 48:52 and then freshman forward Ryan O'Malley (Crownsville, Md./The Severn School) wrapped up the scoring at 54:35 as O'Malley deflected freshman forward Katie Cox's (Frederick, Md./Linganore) pass.

St. Mary's out-shot the Blazers, 34-1, while posting a 17-0 advantage in penalty corners.

Emily Richards (Silver Spring, Md./Springbrook) and Emma Lauhoff (Wayne, Pa./Radnor) split time in goal with Richards making one save as the Hawks picked up their fifth shutout of the season.

The Seahawks will return to action tomorrow when St. Mary's plays host to Randolph-Macon College in its final regular-season game of 2007 at 1:00.