Box Score

NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – After sustaining a loss to SUNY Geneseo on Friday, the State University of New York at New Paltz field hockey team (5-4, 2-1 SUNYAC) rebounded with a 4-0 victory over The College at Brockport (4-4, 0-2 SUNYAC) on Saturday afternoon in a State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) contest at the Turf Field.

Sophomore defender Jessica Caruana (Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem East) and senior forward Danielle Conklin (Suffern, N.Y./Suffern) paced the Hawk offense with a goal and an assist each. Junior midfielder/defender Deirdre O'Neill (New City, N.Y./Clarkstown South) and junior forward/midfielder Emily Vanacore (Shokan, N.Y./Onteora) also scored for New Paltz, while freshman forward/midfielder Kayla McKeveny (Holbrook, N.Y./Sachem East) and senior forward Alicia Aragosa (Schenectady, N.Y./Niskayuna) each picked up assists.

Caruana buried a Conklin feed from the top of the circle on a penalty-corner attempt in the eighth minute, and O'Neill poked in a ball from McKeveny at 32:53 to give the Hawks a 2-0 lead at halftime. After inserting a corner in the 47th minute, Conklin crashed the cage and directed a pass from Caruana into the back of the goal. With less than two minutes remaining, Vanacore netted a marker off an Aragosa pass, and that spelled out the final score.

New Paltz outshot Brockport, 26-5, and took 23 penalty corners to the Golden Eagles' three.

Senior goalkeeper Antonija Pjetri (Suffern, N.Y./Suffern) drew the start in the cage for the Hawks, making two saves in 54:33 of action before sophomore goalkeeper Alayna Wageman (Getzville, N.Y./Williamsville North) closed out the contest. Lindsay Farrell posted 11 saves in the loss for Brockport.

New Paltz hosts SUNY Oneonta in its final home SUNYAC game of 2013 on Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 4 p.m.