Sept. 15, 2010

Box Score

BALTIMORE, MD - Top-ranked Salisbury scored a pair of goals early and went on to beat host Johns Hopkins, 4-0, Wednesday afternoon in a non-conference field hockey contest. The Blue Jays slip to 1-3 on the season, while the Sea Gulls remain unbeaten at 5-0.

Salisbury took an early 2-0 lead, scoring two goals in a span of less than two minutes. Erica Henderson put the Sea Gulls on the board at 6:12 when she one-timed a pass from Caitlin Walker inside the left post. Kandice Hancock pushed the lead to just 1:57 later on an unassisted tally. Following a Hopkins foul, Hancock had a free hit near the top of the circle and she fired a hard, low shot just inside the right post.

Courtney Webster closed out the scoring in the first half, with her first goal of the season at 20:19. Rebecca Hasz centered a pass from the right-end line to Webster, who banged it home for the score. Katy Lamboni would score the lone goal of the second half, tipping in a long shot from Tara McGovern.

For the Blue Jays, junior goalie Kim Stein (New Hyde Park, NY/New Hyde Park Memorial) made a career-high 14 saves in the loss. Sophomore Elizabeth Peijnenburg (Leende, Netherlands/Lorentz Casimir Lyceum) played the final 15 minutes in relief and made three saves. For Salisbury, Anna Cooke stopped all three shots she faced. Juniors Ali Bahneman (Flanders, NJ/Mendham) and Zoe Koven (Havertown, PA/Baldwin) each had a defensive save for Hopkins.

Hopkins returns to action on Saturday, September 18 at Gettysburg in both team's Centennial Conference opener. Game time is slated for 10:00 am at Shirk Field.