Box Score LEXINGTON, Va. -- The Washington and Lee field hockey team
defeated Mary Washington, 4-2, on Sunday afternoon at the W&L
Turf Field.
Junior midfielder
Annie Stevenson
(Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Country Day) gave the Generals (5-3) a
1-0 lead just over nine minutes into the game when she took a pass
from senior forward Kelly
Tran (Simsbury, Conn./Ethel Walker) and beat UMW (5-5) senior
goalkeeper Chrissy Bowdren (Fairfax Station, Va./Robinson).
W&L grabbed a 2-0 lead at the 21:30 mark of the first half
when junior forward Emily
Kunkel (North Wales, Pa./Germantown) redirected a shot from
Tran past Bowdren for her second goal of the season.
In the second half, Tran netted her sixth goal of the season off a
feed from junior midfielder
Christina Benedetti
(Derwood, Md./Holy Cross) at the 47:40 mark to give the Generals a
3-0 advantage.
Mary Washington cut into the Generals' lead at the 51:21 mark when
senior defender Heidi Sheehan (Scituate, Mass./Scituate) found the
back of the cage following a pass from first-year midfielder
Caitlin Baker (Falls Church, Va./McLean) to make it 3-1 in favor of
W&L.
Sophomore forward Ashley
Barnes (Annapolis, Md./St. Mary's) scored an unassisted goal
for the Generals at the 63:13 mark to make it a 4-1 contest and
Baker capped the scoring for UMW when she converted a penalty
corner in the 70th minute.
Bowdren started in goal for the Eagles and played the first 21:30,
allowing two goals and making one save. Sophomore Claire Gianelle
(Salisbury, Md./Parkside) played the final 48:30 and was credited
with three saves while allowing a pair of goals.
Sophomore Caroline
Sutherland (Huntington, N.Y./Cold Harbor) played all 70:00 in
goal for the Generals and came up with seven saves.
The Generals return to action on Wednesday when they travel to
Roanoke College for a 6:00 pm contest.
Scoring Summary
W&L - A. Stevenson (Tran), 9:05
W&L - Kunkel (Tran), 21:30
W&L - Tran (Benedetti), 47:40
UMW - Sheehan (Baker), 51:21
W&L - Barnes, 63:13
UMW - Baker (M. Jones), 70:00
Goalkeeping
W&L - Sutherland: 70:00, 2 GA, 7 saves
UMW - Bowdren: 21:30, 2 GA, 1 save
UMW - Gianelle: 48:30, 2 GA, 3 saves
Game Summary
W&L - 11 shots, 1 penalty corner, 1 green card (C. Stevenson;
18:35), 7 saves
UMW - 20 shots, 15 penalty corners, 1 yellow card (Peebles;
13:17), 4 saves
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