Gophers Shut Out at Susquehanna

SELINSGROVE, Pa. - Host Susquehanna University remained unbeaten in Landmark Conference field hockey play with a 5-0 win over Goucher College Tuesday evening at Sassafras Field.

• Susquehanna (9-5, 5-0 Landmark) generated two penalty corners in the first minute of the game.
• Goucher's (6-8, 1-4) Katie Bloom made her first save at the 2:20 mark.
• The River Hawks got on the board at the 3:59 mark on an Ashley Schreffler goal.
• Kaitlyn Bucci had the first Gopher shot just over 10 minutes in.
• Bloom made two more saves in the quarter.

• Kari Schmidt scored for Susquehanna just under a minute into the second.
• Sophia Prata made it 3-0 3:24 before intermission as the River Hawks led 3-0 at the break.

• Schmidt's second goal of the game nine minutes in made it 4-0.
• Bucci had a shot save with a minute left in the period.

• Goucher relief goalie Mimi Taff made her first save of the game 2:50 into the fourth.
• Prata got on the board for the second time with 11 minutes to go.
• Bucci had a shot blocked in the final minute as Goucher generated a penalty corner.

• Susquehanna took 19 shots to the Gophers' three and held a 12-1 lead in penalty corners.
• Bloom made three saves in 45 minutes, while Taff registered one stop in her 15 minutes in the cage.
• Ashley Derrick made one save for the shutout for the River Hawks.
• SU remained tied with Catholic atop the Landmark standings.

• Goucher is back in action Saturday when it travels to Drew University for a 1 pm Landmark Conference contest
• The Gophers return home Saturday, October 26, hosting Elizabethtown at 1 pm at Beldon Field.