The No. 5 Shippensburg University field hockey team won on the road against a nationally-ranked opponent for the second time this week, playing through cold and rainy conditions Saturday to take down No. 8 Bloomsburg, 4-1, in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) opener at Steph Pettit Stadium.
 
Shippensburg (6-2, 1-0 PSAC) scored twice in the opening quarter and rode that momentum to victory. Bloomsburg (7-1, 1-1) got within a goal at the 4:48 mark of the second quarter, but SU answered less than four minutes later by scoring on a counter attack after a Husky penalty corner and led by at least two goals the rest of the way.
 
With two goals today, junior Yasmin De Meyer extended her goal-scoring streak to three consecutive games; she has now scored five goals in the last three games.
 
Junior Tess Jedeloo had a goal and an assist, and sophomore Agus Garibaldi assisted on the final two goals.
 
Junior Ashley Button, playing her 43rd career game Saturday, scored her first collegiate goal after slamming home the rebound of a shot by Jedeloo. The tally came midway through the first quarter and gave SU a 1-0 lead.
 
Just more than a minute later, De Mayer doubled SU's lead, receiving a long ball from Jedeloo and slamming a shot past the keeper.
 
Jedeloo's goal that gave the Raiders a 3-1 lead was a momentum shifter. Shippensburg completed a terrific link up the field after Bloomsburg's corner, with freshman Carme Caracotche Picone sending a long ball forward onto the stick of Garibaldi. In a 2-on-1, Garibaldi fed Jedeloo, who a fired a reverse chip from atop the scoring circle to make it 3-1.
 
The fourth goal came with just less than seven minutes remaining and was a byproduct of tremendous skill by Garibaldi. A pass from Picone ramped off a defender's stick and Garibaldi settled it down while it was airborne. She then fought off a stick battle with a defender and, in a tight space, sent a wicked reverse aerial that hit off the right post. De Mayer was in the right position for the rebound and finished it into the goal to create the final 4-1 scoreline.  
 
Redshirt-sophomore Emma Albee was big in the second half, making four of her six saves while keeping the Huskies off the scoreboard.
 
Shots on goal were 11-7 in Shippensburg's favor. Penalty corners were 9-5 in SU's favor, and all nine of those Raider corners took place in the second quarter. Bloomsburg goalkeeper Jackie Nevel made five of her seven saves in the first half.
 
Shippensburg hosts rival Millersville at 4 p.m. Tuesday at Robb Sports Complex. It will be SU's ninth match of the season, and its seventh against a nationally-ranked opponent.