Field Hockey Tops Penn for Second-Straight Ivy Win

Saturday, October 4

Hanover, N.H.

12 p.m.

Dartmouth College

Penn

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Field Hockey Tops Penn for Second-Straight Ivy Win

10/4/2008 12:00:00 AM | Field Hockey

By: Dartmouth

Box Score

HANOVER, N.H. ? The Dartmouth field hockey team scored two minutes into the game and held on for a 3-2 win over Penn for the Big Green's second-consecutive Ivy League victory.

For Dartmouth (2-6, 2-1 Ivy), sophomore Virginia Peisch (Koenigstein, Germany) posted her second career goal and added an assist in the win. Freshman Sarah Alderman (Sparta, N.J.) recorded her first collegiate goal, while senior co-captain Ashley Hines (Newburyport, Mass.) joined Peisch with a goal and an assist.

For Penn (2-8, 1-2 Ivy), Margaretha Ehret scored the lone goal for the Quakers and goaltender Alanna Butera was impressive in net with 11 saves, including eight in the first half.

Dartmouth came out of the gate and dominated the first five minutes of play, outshooting the Quakers 7-0. The Big Green had a 14-4 advantage in shots after one half of play and kept the pressure on Penn with seven corners to only one for the Quakers.

The constant play of the Big Green paid off two minutes into the game as Alderman tallied her first collegiate to give Dartmouth a 1-0 lead. Alderman was camping out at the far post and Hines fired a shot to that post and Alderman tipped it in mid-air for the score.

Peisch increased the lead to 2-0 with six minutes remaining in the first half. She has now tallied at least one point in four-straight games. On a penalty corner, freshman Kelly Hood (Berlin, N.H.) took a shot that was saved, but the ball came right to Peisch and she buried it home.

In the second half it was more of the same for the Big Green. Pressure up front led to another goal, this time from Hines. It came on the Big Green's 10th penalty corner of the game. Hood got the stick-stop from senior co-captain Kristen McCormick (Stoughton, Mass.) and she slid the ball to Hines, who beat Butera to the near post.

Penn got on the board with two goals in the final ten minutes. The final goal came with six seconds remaining, so it was a little too late for the Quakers.

Freshman goaltender Meagan Vakiener (Port Murray, N.J.) was tested in spots during the game and finished with eight saves.

Dartmouth will be back in action this coming Wednesday as the Big Green travels to face in-state rival New Hampshire with the start coming a 7 p.m. in Durham.