The St. Lawrence University field hockey team fell 3-0 to Lebanon Valley College in the opening game of the William Smith Tournament on Saturday afternoon in Geneva, New York.
It was a fairly even game in terms of stats, as Lebanon Valley had a slight 10-7 edge in shots and an even more narrow 6-5 advantage in shots on goal. However, the Dutchmen took the lead in the ninth minute and never looked back.
McKenzie Haberl and
Isabel Thompson led the Saints with two shots on goal, while
Molly Lake finished with one. Junior captain
Jackie Reiss recorded a shot, but sent it wide of the cage.
"I thought our passing game went really well, we had some really great connections up and down the field. I thought our defense played pretty well today – our defenders did a good job even though it was 3-0," head coach
Fran Grembowicz said. "We're really looking forward to tomorrow to hopefully finish some of the kinds of opportunities we had today, we had some really great breakaways, so hopefully we can capitalize on those and find our scoring touch."
Cecile Kat gave Lebanon Valley the lead in the first quarter before Mikayla Poole and Ashlee Sheibley added fourth-quarter tallies to push to the final 3-0 margin.
Goalkeeper
Sydney Giacin finished with three saves for St. Lawrence, while Nikki Willi made four stops for Lebanon Valley and Corinne Kearney finished with one.
Records: St. Lawrence (1-4), Lebanon Valley (1-4)
Up Next: vs. Manhattanville – Sunday, September 15 at 10:30 a.m.
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