Sept. 18, 2004

ST. MARY'S CITY, Md. - Senior forward Sarah Sloane (Baltimore, MD/St. Paul's School for Girls) scored two goals, including the game-winner, in leading the St. Mary's College field hockey team to an impressive 5-2 non-conference victory over visiting Johns Hopkins University on Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Seahawks improve their overall record to 2-3 on the season, while the Blue Jays fall to 2-4 overall with the loss.

Sloane started the Seahawks off with an unassisted goal at 17:08 to give the home team the 1-0 lead. Freshman forward Amy Skrickus (Arnold, MD/Broadneck) made it 2-0 for the Seahawks on a penalty corner with assists going to freshman forward Allison Femi (Easton, MD/Easton) and sophomore midfielder Katherine Barnes (Wayne, PA/Radnor).

Sloane tallied her second goal of the contest, and eventual game-winner, off of an assist from junior forward Kristin Gray (Charlotte Hall, MD/La Plata) at the 22:40 mark to give the Seahawks a 3-0 halftime lead.

Femi made it a 4-0 lead at the 46:22 mark when she converted on a penalty stroke opportunity. Johns Hopkins then appeared to have some desperation and came out firing, maintaining possession in their offensive end for much of the reminder of the contest.

Senior midfielder Chrissie Terpeluk (Chestertown, MD/Gunston Day) scored an unassisted goal at 55:53 to pull the Blue Jays to within three. Just about ten minutes later, freshman midfielder Sarah Bender (Mattapoisett, MA/Tabor Acadmey) made it a 4-2 contest with another unassisted goal.

Gray ended any hopes of a further comeback with an unassisted goal of her own with 3:53 remaining in the contest to give the Seahawks the final 5-2 margin of victory.

Sophomore goalkeeper Dayna Eng (Ellicott City, MD/Centennial) started in net for the Blue Jays and took the loss. Eng allowed four goals and made eight saves in the contest in 30:35 of work. Junior Meredith Shifman (South Orange, NJ/Columbia) played the remaining 39:25 in net for Johns Hopkins. Shifman allowed one goal against while recording two saves in the match.

Senior Whitney Fahrman (Easton, MD/Easton) started and earned the victory for St. Mary's College. Fahrman played the entire first half for the Seahawks and did not allow a goal while making two saves. Freshman Emily Richards (Silver Spring, MD/Springbrook) started the second half in net and saw 20:53 of action. Richards allowed one goal and made three saves. Sophomore Julie Gibbons (Baltimore, MD/Patapsco) played the final 14:07 in net for the Seahawks. Gibbons allowed one goal and recorded one save in the contest.

The Seahawks held a 20-16 advantage in total shots, but saw the Blue Jays claim a 13-8 lead in penalty corners in the contest.

Johns Hopkins (2-4) 0-2/2

St. Mary's (2-3) 3-2/5

Goals: JHU Terpeluk (55th), Bender (65th), STM - Sloane -2 (17th, 22nd), Skrickus (17th), Femi (46th), Gray (66th)

Assists: STM - Femi, Barnes, Gray

Shots: JHU - 16, STM - 20

Penalty Corners: JHU - 8, STM - 8

Saves: JHU - 10, STM - 6

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