Box Score

Towson, Md. – With their 4-1 victory at Goucher College on a hot, humid Wednesday afternoon, the St. Mary's College of Maryland field hockey team kicked off the 2010-11 Seahawk athletic campaign on the right track.

Today's win marks St. Mary's 11th consecutive victory over the Gophers.  Goucher's last win came on October 16, 1999 as the Gophers left Seahawk Stadium with a 3-2 triumph.  Sophomore forward Lauriann Parker (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg), the reigning Capital Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year, paced the Seahawks with two goals and an assist.

Despite Goucher's junior goalie Micki Manheimer (Falmouth, Maine/Falmouth) making 10 first-half saves, the Seahawks held a 3-0 halftime advantage.  Manheimer went on to finish the afternoon with 14 stops.

St. Mary's (1-0) struck first at 19:37 as sophomore forward Ali McIntosh (Stevensville, Md./Kent Island) was able to put one past Manheimer following a feed from Parker.  Parker followed suit less than two minutes later with her first tally of the season at 21:04 as she carried the ball all the way from the halfway line and shot it past Manheimer.  Parker continued the attack just 34 seconds later with her second score of the afternoon, putting back her own rebound for the three-goal cushion at intermission.

Before Goucher was able to shutdown the St. Mary's offense in the second half, sophomore midfielder Natalie Hackstaff (Denver, Colo./St. Mary's Academy) found first-year forward Rachel Heiss (Silver Spring, Md./Paint Branch) to open up the scoring just a minute into the start of the final period.

The Gophers (0-1) avoided the shutout at 62:30 when junior forward Catherine Armao (Pleasantville, N.Y./Pleasantville) snuck one past first-year goalie Zia Frazier (Rockville, Md./Magruder) following a scramble in front of goal.

Senior Lydia Garcia (Bowie, Md./Seton) started in goal for the Seahawks and played the entire first half, making just one save.  First-year Anastasia Wash (Yorktown, Va./York) started the second half and had one save in 22:39 minutes of action while Frazier came in relief to finish out the game with two stops.

The Seahawks outshot Goucher 24 to 9, including posting a 15-2 advantage in the first half, while Goucher edged the visitors, 9-8, in penalty corners.

St. Mary's will return to action this Saturday, September 4 when the Seahawks take on No. 15 Johns Hopkins University in non-conference action at 1:00 pm.