Box Score LEXINGTON, Va. -- Senior forward Kelly Tran (Simsbury,
Conn./Ethel Walker) and junior midfielder Annie Stevenson
(Charlotte, N.C./Charlotte Country Day) tallied two goals apiece
and the Washington and Lee field hockey team outshot Virginia
Wesleyan, 40-5, en route to a 6-2 victory on Saturday afternoon at
the W&L Turf Field.
The Generals (3-2, 1-0 ODAC) scored three goals in a six-minute
span in the first half to take command of the game. Junior forward
Emily Kunkel (North Wales, Pa./Germantown Academy) started the
scoring with an unassisted goal at the 19:34 mark. Stevenson
quickly gave the Generals a 2-0 lead when she scored unassisted at
the 22:20 mark.
Senior defender Jennie Norcini (Wayne, Pa./Episcopal) tacked on a
third goal when she converted a penalty stroke just over three
minutes later. Tran recorded her first goal of the match late in
the first half to give the Generals a 4-0 advantage at the
break.
W&L outshot VWC (0-9, 0-2) 23-0 in the first half and the
Generals received nine penalty corners while the Marlins did not
have any.
Stevenson opened the scoring in the second half when she scored off
a feed from Tran at the 48:20 mark to give the Generals a 5-0
lead.
VWC made it a 5-1 game when sophomore defender Evan Bunting
(Poquoson, Va./Poquoson) converted a penalty corner at the 52:47
mark.
Tran added her second goal of the contest, this one coming off a
feed from junior midfielder
Christina Benedetti (Derwood, Md./Holy
Cross), with under three minutes remaining in the game to cap the
scoring for the Generals.
Bunting tallied a second goal for the Marlins on another penalty
corner with no time remaining on the clock. First-year forward
Taylor Lober (Wilmington, Del./Concord) recorded a pair of assists
for VWC.
First-year Laura Thorn (Owings, Md./Prince Frederick Calvert)
played all 70:00 in goal for the Marlins and made 20 saves.
Sophomore
Caroline Sutherland (Huntington, N.Y./Cold Harbor) was in
goal for the Generals and came up with a pair of saves.
W&L returns to action on Sunday when it hosts No. 8 Christopher
Newport at 3:00 pm.
Scoring Summary
19:34 -
W&L
Emily Kunkel
22:20 - W&L
Annie Stevenson
25:40 - W&L
Jennie Norcini (Penalty stroke)
33:25 - W&L
Kelly Tran
48:20 - W&L
Annie Stevenson (Kelly Tran)
52:47 - VWC
Evan Bunting (Taylor Lober; Valerie Nowlan)
67:03 - W&L
Kelly Tran (Christina Benedetti)
70:00 - VWC
Evan Bunting (Taylor Lober; Amelia Goebel)
Goalkeeping
W&L - Sutherland: 70:00, 2GA, 2 saves
VWC - Thorn: 70:00, 6 GA, 20 saves
Game Summary
W&L - 40 shots, 14 penalty corners, 1 green card (Hampsch,
21:17), 2 saves
VWC - 5 shots, 4 penalty corners, 20 saves
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