Cardinals' Third Quarter Push Moves Catholic Past Gophers

TOWSON, Md. - Visiting Catholic University broke a 0-0 tie with four goals in the third period as it went on to post a 4-0 Landmark Conference field hockey victory over Goucher College at Beldon Field Wednesday evening.

• Goucher (7-8, 1-6 Landmark) goalie Katie Bloom made her first save a minute into the contest.
• Bloom made eight saves in the opening frame but held Catholic (10-4, 6-1) scoreless.

• Kaitlyn Bucci had a shot for the Gophers off a penalty corner with just over five minutes left before halftime.
• Bloom recorded two more saves as the two teams entered intermission deadlocked 0-0.

• Bloom recorded three saves in the first five minutes of the second half.
• Lauren Keast got Catholic on the board in the 38th minute.
• Goucher generated a pair of penalty corners a minute after Keast's goal.
• Mickey Bond made it 2-0 in favor of Catholic with just under six minutes left in the third.
• Just under two minutes later a Nikki Micciche goal made it 3-0, and Ashley Martin made it 4-0 with 1:38 left in the third.

• Bloom had a pair of saves in the opening five minutes.
• Goucher had three penalty corners in the final seven-plus minutes.
• Bucci and Angelena Holmes each had shots blocked.

• Catholic held a 26-3 shot advantage and took 14 penalty corners to the Gophers' seven.
• Bloom registered a career-best 16 saves, her sixth double-digit save performance of the season.
• Catholic goalie Abigail Kearney was not forced to make a save en route to the shutout.

• Goucher is on the road for its final two games, as it travels to Elizabethtown on Saturday for a 1 pm Landmark contest.
• The Gophers close out the season at Moravian next Wednesday, October 25.