The St. Lawrence University field hockey team scored three third-quarter goals to come from behind and beat Manhattanville 4-2 on Saturday morning in Geneva, N.Y.
The Saints came out firing and forced the Manhattanville goalkeeper to make five first quarter saves. The Valients were the first on the board, scoring just under ten minutes into the quarter. That lead held until half-time, though St. Lawrence held a 12-4 shot advantage.
The Saints' offense continued to press in the third quarter, and it paid off six minutes into the half, when
Maggie Green scored the equalizer off a pass from
Anna Coyne. The Saints kept the pressure up and first-year
Kate Bouchard to put the Saints ahead, assisted by
Suzanne L'Hommedieu. Two minutes later the Saints went up 3-1, when
Cricket Barnes had a shot saved and
Morgan Misiaszek smacked the rebound into the cage.
With under ten minutes to play, Manhattanville cut the lead to one, but first-year
Mayson Blondek got her first goal off a penalty corner served from Green to make it 4-2.
"We got off to a slow start, but we recovered well in the second half," said head coach
Fran Grembowicz. "We had lots of opportunities to score early and found the back of the net after some nice passing connections.
St. Lawrence ended the game with 17 shots on goal to the Valients' six, and had 20 penalty corners to their opponents three.
Lucy Adiutori made four saves in her 60 minutes in goal.
The Saints have their home opener on Saturday, September 17 at 1 p.m. when they host Oswego State.
Records: St. Lawrence (2-2), Manhattanville (0-5)
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