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Field Hockey Jams Past Jays

Field Hockey Jams Past Jays

BALTIMORE, Md. – Brooke Overly and Amber Steigerwalt scored two goals each, the latter achieving a major milestone in the process, and the Ursinus College field hockey team rolled to a 6-2 Centennial Conference victory at Johns Hopkins on Saturday.

Seniors Colleen Leahy and Aliki Torrence also found the scoring column for 6th-ranked Ursinus (9-2, 6-1), which ran its winning streak against the Blue Jays (6-6, 2-3) to five with another dominating effort. Freshman Gemma Dufoe joined Leahy with an assist, the first of her career.

Steigerwalt opened the fireworks in the 19th minute, firing a shot that deflected off a defender and into the net for the 50th goal of her prodigious career. The co-captain is the 10th player in program history to reach that benchmark, and only the 16th in CC history.

Senior Rachel Zane helped set up the next goal eight minutes later, her rocketed shot facilitating a rebound into the left corner off the stick of Leahy.

Four minutes later, Overly went to work. After Dufoe had her initial shot stoned, she sent a pass across the goalmouth to Overly, who buried the first of her goals to send Ursinus into intermission armed with a 3-0 lead.

Overly scored on a tap-in from Leahy just 1:18 into the second half and, after Hopkins sandwiched goals from Amy Hallowell and Morgan Pothost around one by Torrence, the junior set up Steigerwalt's second goal in the 62nd minute. Steigerwalt tipped an Overly shot into the back of the cage for the second straight game; Kopera inserted a corner to the left side of the circle, and Overly ripped a blast that Steigerwalt knocked into the right corner of the net to polish off the scoring with her team-leading 10th of the year.

Overly, Steigerwalt, and freshman Erin Saybolt each took six shots for the Bears, who outdid the Blue Jays by a 35-5 count in that category. Leahy recorded five and Zane and Dufoe had four apiece.

Zoey Atabek came up with 15 saves, including one on a penalty stroke, and Johns Hopkins also had two defensive saves. Controlling play throughout, the Bears also enjoyed a 16-6 advantage in penalty corners.

Sophomore Jules Singer finished with one save for Ursinus.

The 35 shots were a season high for the Bears, one more than their tally in a 9-0 rout at Bryn Mawr last month.

The field hockey team now breaks from CC competition for the next three games, the first a tilt with Arcadia on Tuesday, October 11.