St. Lawrence University: Field Hockey

ELSENBECK HAS BIG WEEKEND IN SAINT SWEEP

Oct. 25: Sophomore Tiffany Elsenbeck scored three goals and added an assist for a seven-point weekend as the Saint field hockey team improved to 9-4 overall and 5-2 in the UCAA with a road sweep of Vassar and Rensselaer.

The Saints beat Vassar 4-1 on Friday and clinched third place in the UCAA with a 4-2 win at Rensselaer on Saturday. The Saints will play second seed Skidmore, a 1-0 overtime loser at William Smith on Saturday, in the UCAA semifinals on Nov. 7 with William Smith taking on RPI in the other semifinal game. The winners will play Sunday for the conference title and the automatic NCAA berth that goes with it.

The Saints jumped out to a 2-0 lead at Vassar as Liz Allison scored on a penalty shot for her second goal of the year just 2:35 into the game and Elsenbeck scored her fifth of the season from Heffler with 7:07 gone.

While Vassar got one back on Lindsay Guest's rebound put-back after a save by Sarah Rohrs, the Saints put it away as Nicola Reid scored her third on a rebound of a shot by Erin Lloyd with 15:45 gone and Elsenbeck scored her second of the game from Lloyd with 21:37 gone in the game.

Rohrs finished the first half with eight saves for the Saints and earned the win while Amelia Gomez took over for the second half and blanked Vassar on five saves. Tara Tifton had six saves for Vassar which had a 19-13 edge in shots and an 11-8 edge in penalty corners in the game.
At RPI on Saturday, the Saints again jumped out to a 2-0 lead, but this time the Red Hawks battled back to tie.

Elsenbeck scored her seventh of the year from Reid just 2:30 into the game and then set up Heffler for Heffler's fifth of the season just 2:04 later. Laurie Young and Sondra Sherman scored for RPI with Sherman tying the game with 12:16 gone, but Erin Lloyd scored her 10th of the year, putting back a rebound of an initial shot by Heffler on a penalty corner, for the game winner with 17:03 to play.

Reid scored her fourth of the year from Abi Copeland 3:06 into the second half for an insurance goal as Gomez again came through with a whitewash in the second half, making two saves while Rohrs had two in the first half and earned the win.

The Saints had a 20-7 edge in shots on goal and a 9-1 edge in penalty corners. Amanda Lund had 11 saves for RPI.

HEFFLER, REID NAMED TO NORTH-SOUTH ALL STAR TEAM

Saint senior Jenny Heffler and graduate student Nicola Reid will represent St. Lawrence at the annual North_South All Star Field Hockey Game to be played at Lebanon Valley College at 10 a.m. on Nov. 22.

Heffler heads into the stretch run of her senior season with 47 career goals, 34 career assists and 128 career points. She has scored 12 game winners in her career and is a UCAA all star and regional All America.

Reid, one of the outstanding defenders in the region, is having a big year offensively and is a three-time regional All America and twice national All America. She has nine goals and 21 assists going into the final games of the current season for 39 career points.

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