BALTIMORE, MD – The eighth-ranked Johns Hopkins field hockey team got goals from four different players en route to a 5-0 win over visiting Gettysburg Wednesday afternoon in Centennial Conference action. The Blue Jays push their win streak to five as they improve to 8-3 overall and 4-0 in the conference.
Graduate student
Abby Birk jump started the scoring with 5:43 to play in the first quarter as the Blue Jays capitalized on a penalty corner. Senior
Sadie Abboud took the corner insert and passed behind her back to Birk, who rifled a shot inside the right post from the top of the circle.
The Blue Jays then erupted for three goals in the second quarter to take a 4-0 lead into the half. Just 2:19 into the quarter, freshman
Grace Waldeck collected her own rebound off an Audrey Ross save and slotted it home. A little over four minutes later, Waldeck had her second of the afternoon. Birk sent a pass into the circle to senior
Siena Urbanski, who hit it back across the mouth of the goal and Waldeck tipped it in at the post.
Hopkins made it a four-goal lead with 4:37 to play in the half. Senior
Tessa Erickson dribbled into the circle and passed to Abboud, who swept the ball around Ross. Urbanski collected the ball and slipped it into the open cage. Erickson got in on the scoring action late in the third. Sophomore
Ava Balacek took a pass from senior
Sam Chabot and threaded a ball through the defense to Erickson in the middle of the circle. Erickson took one touch and then fired a hard shot into the middle of the cage with 1:43 to play.
Senior
Morgan Seward, junior
Alexis Loder and freshman
Phoebe Williams combined for the shutout with Loder making a pair of saves. Ross finished with six saves in the first half, while Emilia Saccento made two in the second half. Hopkins had advantages in shots (26-4) and corners (9-0).
Hopkins returns to action on Saturday, October 8 as the Blue Jays travel to Ursinus. The Centennial Conference contest is slated for a 12:00 pm start.
Notes: Birk scored her 36
th career goal to move into a tie for fourth in program history.