Gophers Blanked by Catholic

TOWSON, Md. - Visiting Catholic University tallied a goal in each half to record a 2-0 Landmark Conference field hockey win over Goucher College at Beldon Field Wednesday evening.

• Goucher (1-10, 0-4) generated the game's first penalty corner 4:27 in.
• Daryn Carter (Dover, Pa. / Dover Area) had a shot off the corner that was saved by Catholic (5-8, 4-0) goalie Maeve McCarthy.
• The Cardinals put back-to-back shots on goal in the sixth minute that were both saved by Gopher goalie Devin Brashear (Escondido, Calif. / San Pasqual).
• Catholic took a 1-0 lead at the end of the period on an untimed penalty corner, with Liv Canterino scoring.

• Goucher generated a penalty corner midway through the second quarter.
• Catholic had four penalty corners in a span of 1:15 with just under five minutes to go, with one shot by Julia Scanlon getting saved by Brashear.
• Canterino put a shot on goal in the final minute that was turned aside by Brashear.

• Brashear was forced to make another save just under two minutes into the second half.
• Catholic kept up the pressure, generating six penalty corners.
• With just over four minutes left in the third, Catholic made it 2-0 as Mary Parker scored.

• The guests had three corners in the first two minutes of the final frame.
• Brashear made her final save of the night with just over seven minutes to go.

• Catholic took 14 of the game's 15 shots and generated 18 penalty corners to Goucher's two.
• Brashear made nine saves on the evening, while McCarthy was forced to make one.

• Goucher is back in action at home on Saturday when it hosts Drew in a 1 pm Landmark Conference contest at Beldon Field.