No. 3 Ursinus clinches playoff berth with 7-1 win over McDaniel
WESTMINSTER, Md. – Megan Yoder tallied two goals and an assist to lead third-ranked Ursinus to a 7-1 victory over McDaniel in Centennial Conference (CC) field hockey action on Saturday. The Bears (13-2, 8-0 CC) built a 5-0 lead at halftime to improve to 12-1 in their last 13 games and become the first CC team to clinch a berth in the upcoming conference playoffs.
Jamie Smith (Pasadena, Md./Chesapeake) tallied the lone goal for the Green Terror (7-9, 4-4 CC), who has lost its last three games by a combined score of 17-3.
Kait Sutherland opened the scoring off a Jen Hooven assist just 4:30 into the game.
Just 1:38 later, Sutherland made it a one-goal, one-assist day, finding Michelle Wimmer on a penalty corner.
Two unassisted Yoder goals 7 minutes, 23 seconds apart made it a 4-0 game in the 20th minute.
Five minutes before the break, Hooven stretched the lead to 5-0, capping a half that saw the Bears outshoot McDaniel, 23-0.
Smith broke up the shutout just 1:22 into the second half but Jennie Moore and Jennifer Bayzick tallied 5:54 apart to round out the scoring.
Ursinus finished with advantages of 32-5 and 20-5 advantages in shots and penalty corners, respectively.
Erika Wawzyanick (Wantage, N.J./High Point Regional) made 15 saves in goal while Erica Scott had four at the other end.
McDaniel concludes the home schedule against No. 8 Johns Hopkins on Wednesday. Game time is 4 p.m.
Score by Period 1 2 - F
No. 3 Ursinus (13-2, 8-0 CC) 5 2 - 7
McDaniel (7-9, 4-4 CC) 0 1 - 1
Scoring
U – Kait Sutherland (Jen Hooven), 4:30
U – Michelle Wimmer (Sutherland), 6:08
U – Megan Yoder, 12:09
U – Yoder, 19:32
U – Hooven, 30:00
M – Jamie Smith, 46:22
U – Jennie Moore (Yoder), 55:00
U – Jennifer Bayzick, 60:54
Shots: U 32, M 5. Penalty Corners: U 20, M 5. Saves: U 4 (Erica Scott), M 15 (Erika Wawzyanick).
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