GLENSIDE, Pa. – The Arcadia University field hockey got in the win column for the first time in 2017, upending the visiting Swarthmore Garnet 6-2 at Jean Lenox West Field Sunday afternoon.
 
FOR THE RECORD: The win moves the Knights to 1-1 on the young season, while Swarthmore falls to 1-1.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED: Freshman Lauren Dougherty and junior Gabby Sedares combined for five of Arcadia's six goals. Sedares took a feed from sophomore Isabelle Houser just shy of eight minutes in to ignite the offense before Dougherty broke the game open with the next three markers. The Warrington, Pa. native netted her first career tally on an unassisted effort at the 12:12 mark, putting the ball in the lower left corner of the cage.
 
Less than two minutes after the opening whistle of the second half Dougherty struck again as she took a pass from classmate Michaela Ferlow on a penalty corner and shot to the top left corner of the cage. Just under 12 minutes later, the dangerous duo of Sedares and Dougherty connected in front of the cage with the former feeding the latter in front of the cage for a 4-0 lead.  
 
Riya Garg got the Garnet on the board with just under 20 minutes to mark only to have Sedares respond minutes later with her second goal of the day. Sophomore Sydney Cyr netted her first goal of the season to wrap up the Arcadia scoring with less than nine minutes to play.
 
ARCADIA LEADERS: Dougherty's three goals led all players, while Sedares added two goals and an assist to the stat sheet. Houser dished out a pair of assists, while Ferlow and senior Liz Stierle each record one. Stierle also registered a defensive save.
 
SWARTHMORE LEADERS: Garg took nine shots, including five on cage, as she scored once and assisted on the second goal. Ali Barratta scored a goal.
 
IN GOAL: Freshman Maya Stern (1-1) picked up her first collegiate win, as she made three saves and allowed two goals in 62:26 of work. Sophomore Ashton Evans made two saves over the game's final 7:34. Zelda Bank (1-1) allowed six goals while making six saves in the loss for Swarthmore.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS: The Arcadia offense fired 18 total shots in the game, 12 of which were on cage, while defensively surrendering 13 shots, eight of which went on goal. Penalty corners were near even, though the Knights took 17 while the Garnet took 15.