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Owings Mills, Md. - Senior
forward Marianne Wood (Wakefield, Mass./Wakefield
Memorial) scored twice while four other Seahawks found the back of
the cage as the St. Mary's College of Maryland field hockey team
notched its first Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) win of the
year. The Seahawks (1-1, 1-1 CAC) handed Villa Julie College
(1-2, 0-1 CAC) a 6-3 defeat in the Mustangs' conference opener.
Senior forward Ali Femi (Easton, Md./Easton)
put St. Mary's on the board first with an unassisted goal just
three minutes into the start of the game. Femi also had a
hand in the Hawks' second tally as senior midfielder Amy
Skrickus (Arnold, Md./Broadneck) converted Femi's pass for
a goal at 28:19.
Skrickus' goal sparked a scoring frenzy that carried over into
the second half. Senior Mary Lyle Jeanes
(Orange, Va./Orange County) and Wood each scored in a span of two
minutes to give SMCM a 4-0 lead at halftime.
That advantage would quickly increase to five as Wood connected
on her second goal of the day 31 seconds into the start of the
second half. Villa Julie finally got going offensively as
Krissy Leventis took a feed from Jennifer Sauers
and prevented St. Mary's first shutout of the year at 51:44.
Freshman forward Ryan O'Malley (Crownsville,
Md./The Severn School) notched her first collegiate goal at 52:43
and bumped St. Mary's lead back up to five. Katelyn
Manocheh and Jennifer Sauers made it a 6-3 final with
scores at 62:07 and 68:00.
St. Mary's goalie Emily Richards (Silver
Spring, Md./Springbrook) was not tested much in her 51 minutes of
play as Richards needed to make just one save. Freshman
Emma Lauhoff (Wayne, Pa./Radnor) turned away two
shots in relief and allowed all three goals.
Kara Zimmerman yielded five goals and had five saves in
51 minutes, while Victoria Wolfe gave up just one and
collected one stop. The Hawks out-shot VJC 16-7 and also
controlled the penalty corners, 13-5.
St. Mary's will look to pick up its second win on Saturday,
September 8 when the Seahawks travel to Virginia Beach, Va. to face
Virginia Wesleyan College in non-conference action at 1:00.
