First-year McKenzie Haberl recorded a hat trick on Wednesday night to help the St. Lawrence University field hockey team to a 6-2 win over the Morrisville State Mustangs in Morrisville, New York for the Saints' first win of the season.
St. Lawrence scored all six goals in the first half, including four in the first quarter, as
Jackie Reiss,
Mary Clark and
Isabel Thompson joined in on the scoring.
"Tonight was a great team effort," head coach
Fran Grembowicz said. "We saw a lot of great passing and energy on the field tonight."
The Saints outshot Morrisville 26-8, with a 19-6 advantage in shots on goal. Junior goalkeeper
Sydney Giacin was not tasked to make a save in her 15 minutes before she was relieved by first-year
Shea Flannery for the remaining three quarters. Flannery finished with three saves in her collegiate debut.
Haberl put the Saints on the board in the second minute and Reiss scored just over a minute later to push the lead to 2-0. Thompson's goal in the 10
th minute served as the game winner.
Maggie Green set up Clark for a 4-0 Saints margin in the 15
th minute before Haberl rounded out the scoring with back-to-back tallies in the 16
th and 18
th minutes to give St. Lawrence a 6-0 lead heading into the half.
Morrisville added two in the second half – their first goals of the season – to pull to the final 6-2 margin.
With the win, the Saints improve to 1-2, while Morrisville falls to 0-3.
St. Lawrence will travel to St. John Fisher on Saturday, September 7 at 2 p.m. in Rochester, New York.
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