Morrisville, NY —The State University of New York at New Paltz won its fifth-straight game Friday and remained undefeated in SUNYAC play with a 8-0 win over SUNY Morrisville.
Hannah Ackerman scored the first three goals for the Hawks, including two in the first quarter both off penalty corners played in by
Julia Cummings. She then scored her third of the day before midway through the second quarter, putting in her own rebound off an initial save by the Mustangs' Morgan Dueber.
Morgan Woolley added to the lead in the third quarter, knocking in a rebound off another save by Dueber with about nine minutes left in the period.
Amanda Quennville scored her third of the year in the 44th minute, assisted by
Emily Brown, as the latter recorded her first career point as a Hawk. With 36 seconds left in the quarter, SUNY New Paltz earned another penalty corner and it capitalized with a rip from
Jessica Ascencao at the top of the circle to bring the Hawks lead to 6-0 entering the fourth.
Jamie Wagner added on in the fourth, finishing on a pass from
Alexa Wentz and Wentz then put the finishing touches on an 8-0 rout. After another penalty corner, this time played in by
Sam Moran,
Emily McGovern was credited on the assist with Wentz scoring her first goal of the season, while McGovern also registered her first point as a Hawk.
The Hawks improved to 11-2 on the year and 4-0 in SUNYAC play, while Morrisville dropped to 3-8 and 0-5, respectively. SUNY New Paltz out-shot the Mustangs, 46-2, with 26 attempts on goal, while Morrisville had just one shot on net. The Hawks also totaled 14 corners to the Mustangs one.
Dueber finished with 17 saves, while all three goalies — seniors
Ryan Dowling,
Mackenzie Mortimer and freshman
Alexia Wagner — all saw time in goal. Dowling was tested once and made the stop.
SUNY New Paltz is back in action Oct. 23, hosting SUNY Geneseo for a 2 p.m. game.
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