IMMACULATA, Pa. – The Arcadia University field hockey team hit the road Tuesday night, taking down the Immaculata Might Macs 6-1 led by two goals from sophomore
Sydney Cyr.
FOR THE RECORD: With the win, Arcadia moved to 7-3 on the year, while Immaculata dropped to 2-7.
HOW IT HAPPENED: Arcadia's offense was firing on all cylinders from the opening whistle, finding the back of the net on the game's first two shots. Freshman
Lauren Dougherty opened the scoring in the sixth minute when she buried her team-leading 11
th goal of the year off a feed from classmate
Michaela Ferlow. Just shy of a minute later, Cyr netted her first tally of the day off a penalty corner inserted by senior
Liz Stierle.
Ferlow put the game's third shot on cage just minutes before Cyr netted her second marker off a double assist from Dougherty and junior
Gabby Sedares. The Knights took a 4-0 lead to the half after Stierle scored off an assist from junior
Kayla Brennan in the 29
th minute. Of its 11 shots taken over the first 35 minutes of play, Arcadia put nine on cage.
Cyr smelled the hat trick in the early goings of the second half as she beat the keeper in the 42
nd minute but was denied on a defensive save. The Mighty Macs got on the board off a penalty corner in the 56
th minute only to have Brennan respond in the 60
th minute. Ferlow capped the scoring in the 69
th minute off an assist from senior
Lindsay Bechtold.
IN GOAL: Freshman
Maya Stern moved to 7-3 on the year with the win. Jackie Victor played the first half for the Mighty Macs, allowing four goals and making five saves. Randie Kuhar played 35 minutes of relief, allowing two goals and making three saves.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS: Arcadia outshot the hosts 20-2, including 15-1 in shots on cage. Penalty corners also went in favor of the Scarlet and Grey by a 5-1 margin.