A goal in each of the first three quarters from
Lily Gubbins,
Sawyer Bailey and
Hannah Gubbins and a shutout effort from
Stella Gizzi propelled the St. Lawrence University field hockey team to a 3-0 home-opening win over Oswego State on Saturday afternoon at North Country Field.
With the win, the Saints improved to 4-2 on the season, while Oswego fell to 3-3.
Lily Gubbins was first to the board. A long range shot from
Maddy Shaw was stopped by Oswego goalkeeper Sam Krautheim, but Gubbins was able to capitalize on the rebound for the 1-0 lead.
Oswego tallied a good portion of their shots after
Lily Gubbins' goal, but Gizzi was up to the task, including a series of three saves in the latter half of the first quarter.
In the second quarter,
Sawyer Bailey got around the right side of Krautheim making it 2-0 in favor of SLU.
Garen Steiner added an assist on the play.
Adding a goal in each of the first three quarters,
Lily Gubbins commented with her sister
Hannah Gubbins marking three straight goals for the Saints.
The fourth quarter remained scoreless, as the Saints held onto their shutout victory on home turf.
"It was a really nice team win today," said head coach
Fran Grembowicz. "I thought our passing game was good, and Stella did a great job in net for the shutout with some really nice saves. We really put our entire game together, starting with our goalkeeper all the way through the forwards with lock down defense and our passing game."
Gizzi locked in the shutout with seven saves, while Krautheim stopped 13 for the Lakers.
St. Lawrence outshot the Lakers 26-16 including a 16-7 advantage in shots on goal. Oswego held the edge in penalty corners 14-11.
The Saints will hang out at home and host Hamilton on Wednesday, September 23 at 5 p.m.
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