St. Lawrence University: Field Hockey

MATTISON STARS AS SAINTS REBOUND WITH WIN

Sept. 21: First year field hockey forward Ali Mattison had the biggest goal-scoring day since the fall of 2000 as she scored four goals, including a natural hat trick with three straight to end the game, leading the Saints to a 5-1 win over Manhattanville in the second game of the William Smith Invitational on Sunday.

The Saints, now 3-2 on the season, dominated the game from the outset, outshooting Manhattanville 26-9 and holding a 15-4 edge in corners for the game. Saint goaltender Sarah Rohrs needed just three saves for her first win of the season in her first start while April Yeomans had 14 saves for Manhattanville.

Mattison scored her first collegiate goal from Nicola Reid 16:25 into the game as she converted off a long cross field pass to the middle with a hard shot past Yeomans. Sophomore Liz Allison made it a 2-0 game with her second of the year from Abigail Copeland and Reid off a penalty corner at 27:43 to give the Saints a 2-0 halftime lead.

While Dionne Jones got one back for Manhattanville from Ali Van Horn in a scramble in front of Rohrs at 40:27, Mattison put the game away with three straight goals.

The first came at 47:24 as she redirected a pass from Tiffany Elsenbeck past the goaltender and she scored her third of the game at 50:36 off a pretty pass in front by Jamie Mara, setting up a point-blank shot. Mattison scored her fourth, matching the four-goal effort of Stacy Turner in the 2000 New York State tournament semifinals against Vassar, at the 58:40 mark, scoring on a shot from the top of the arch which was set up by Saeger Philpot.

The Saints will open UCAA competition at home Friday and Saturday hosting William Smith and Rochester.

SAINT RALLY COMES SHORT AGAINST
20TH RANKED SUSQUEHANNA

Sept. 20: St. Lawrence University's field hockey team fell behind 20th-ranked Susquehanna 2-0 in the first half and then came up short in a second half rally, bowing 2-1 in a game at the William Smith Invitational.

The Saints, now 2-2, will play Manhattanville, a 5-0 loser to William Smith, at 11 a.m. Sunday.

The Saints were outshot 8-0 in the first half as Susquehanna grabbed the lead on a pair of rebound put-backs off initial saves by Amelia Gomez. Ashley Kroft scored her second of the year 7:26 into the game and Jenni Iacovone made it 2-0 with her first of the season at 23:49.

The Saints opened up their offense in the second half and outshot Susquehanna 8-5. Sophomore Abigail Copeland made it a 2-1 game at 44:57 when she scored her second goal in as many games on a blast from the top of the circle on a penalty corner with Liz Allison and Nicola Reid assisting, but despite some good chances, that was as close as the Saints were able to get.

Shannon Baker finished with four saves for Susquehanna while the two teams finished the game even in penalty corners at 7-7.

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