SWARTHMORE, Pa. – The Swarthmore College field hockey team upped its win streak to five games and opened Centennial Conference play with a 5-0 blanking of visiting McDaniel College on Saturday.
The Garnet dominated the matchup, outshooting the Green Terror, 18-3.
Magdelana Jordan led the effort with a goal and two assists while
Brooke Findlay notched a goal and an assist.
Cassandra Conklin stopped all three shots she faced for her third shutout of the season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
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Anna Stancofski began the scoring for Swarthmore, jumping on a rebound in front to make it 1-0 in the eighth minute.
- The Garnet took a 2-0 advantage in the second quarter as Jordan sprung Findlay for a breakaway and Findlay beat the goalkeeper in the 23
rd minute for her second goal of the year.
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Sophia Hitchingham put Swarthmore ahead by three with 1:25 to go before halftime.
Deborah Kim had the ball at the top of the circle and connected with Hitchingham at the left post. It was Hitchingham's team-leading fourth tally of the campaign.
- McDaniel recorded its first shot of the contest in the fourth quarter to start a three-chance flurry within a three-minute span but Conklin was up to the task, turning away all three opportunities.
- Findlay set up Jordan for a goal in front of the cage in the 54
th minute before Jordan registered another helper herself just over a minute later, finding an open
Jackie Crowley at the goalmouth to close the scoring.
GARNET LEADERS
Goals: Stancofski, Findlay, Hitchingham, Jordan, Crowley 1
Assists: Jordan 2
Points: Jordan 4
Shots: Jordan 5
Shots on Goal: Jordan 4
Saves: Conklin 3
UP NEXT
The Garnet (5-2, 1-0 Centennial) host Bryn Mawr College for another conference battle on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
