HOBOKEN, N.J. – The No. 16 Stevens Institute of Technology field hockey team lit up the scoreboard Saturday afternoon in a 10-0 win over Eastern, improving to 7-0 this season.
The Ducks scored the second-most goals in a game in program history, eclipsed only by a 13-0 win over Albertus Magnus on September 5, 2018.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Gabi Moroney scored first less than a minute in, then followed a goal from
Lauren Flynn with her second of the day late in the first quarter, providing Stevens a comfortable early cushion.
Brooke Hughes' first helper of the day came on an
Ava Pelletier goal just past five minutes gone in the second quarter;
Sophia Cozza made it 5-0 shortly past the midway point of the period, and
Jess Kopernick made it 6-0 with just over three minutes left in the half; the Ducks finished the opening 30 with 21 shots, 16 of them on-target.
The Red and Gray kept the pressure on into the second half, with Cozza adding her second of the day just past two minutes gone in the third quarter for the Ducks' seventh of the afternoon, a new season high.
Jenna Piantieri made it 8-0 and
Rosella Birns notched her first collegiate goal off Hughes' second assist of the day with five minutes left in the quarter.
Moroney added the day's final goal late in the fourth, completing her hat trick on Hughes' third assist; the Ducks finished the day with 36 shots, 26 of them on-target (both season highs).
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- Hughes tied the program single game record with her three assists, the feat most recently accomplished on October 9, 2016 by Nolie Prouty
- Moroney recorded her second career hat trick, the first coming last October 12 against DeSales
- Cozza's brace gave her five goals in her last three games after one through the season's first four
- Julianna O'Sheal made her second appearance of the season in goal, playing the second half in relief of Lily Wierzbicki
UP NEXT
The Ducks' three-game homestand continues next Saturday at 12:00 PM against Washington & Lee.
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