Gallery: (10-30-2022) 2022 Field Hockey vs. Bloomsburg
SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The No.1 Shippensburg University field hockey team took down Bloomsburg in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) matchup at Robb Sports Complex on a sunny Saturday afternoon, 4-1.
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Shippensburg (12-1, 5-1 PSAC) got goals from freshman
Agus Garibaldi, freshman
Lilly Cantabene, sophomore
Yasmin De Meyer and sophomore
Emilia Conners. The Raiders had a 22-4 shots on goal advantage and a 16-6 penalty corner advantage.
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Garibaldi scored in the opening seven minutes of the first quarter with her own rebound. However, Bloomsburg (8-7, 3-4) tied the game within five minutes of the first goal off a penalty corner deflection on the right corner. The Raiders unwilling to finish the first quarter in a tie, scored the game-winning goal off a penalty corner in the last second, on a shot from Cantabene from the top of the circle off an assist by sophomore
Jocelyn Branco.
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In the third quarter, the Raiders continued the offensive and had six penalty corners and nine shots. The third goal came off a penalty corner, as a pass by senior
Merel Hoekstra went to De Meyer who found the bottom right of the cage.
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With less than five minutes left in the game, Conners intercepted a Husky defender pass and drove all the way from the 25-yard line and hit a rocket to the bottom left of the cage to extend the lead to 4-1.
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Shippensburg will head to Millersville on Wednesday for a PSAC matchup at 6 p.m. Â
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