SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The No. 1-ranked Shippensburg University field hockey team scored three goals in a 2:37 span of the second quarter Saturday to gain separation from visiting Maryville en route to a 5-0 victory over the Saints on a sunny afternoon at Claudia Robb Sports Complex.
 
Shippensburg (9-0) faced Maryville (4-4), an NCAA Division II school in St. Louis, for the first time Saturday, and the two teams played the opening 15 minutes scoreless.
 
Early in the second quarter, senior Nya Gilchrist took a nice feed from freshman Anne Gardner and scored from close range in the right side of the circle to get the Raiders on the board.
 
Two minutes later, SU scored twice in 22 seconds. The first was a rebound slammed home by junior Agus Garibaldi for her ninth goal of the season. Shortly thereafter, sophomore Mckenna Boyle sent a long hit into the scoring circle that senior Valu Paul ramped into the air and into the cage for a nifty deflection that made it 3-0. It was Paul's fourth goal of the year.
 
After a scoreless third quarter, senior Emilia Conners took a subtle feed from freshman Elaina Fragassi and, after a couple dribbles, slammed a deep reverse hit into the cage for her third career goal.
 
Gilchrist later scored again by finishing a rebound with just more than five minutes remaining for her second goal of the day and fourth goal of the season.
 
Redshirt-junior Emma Albee needed to make just one save in recording her seventh shutout of the season.
 
Garibaldi's goal is the 39th of her career and brought her to 100 career points. She became the 13th player in program history to reach 100 career points.
 
SU finished with a 22-1 advantage in shots on goal and had 22 penalty corners without allowing one to the Saints.

Shippensburg returns to action at 4 p.m. Wednesday at nationally-ranked West Chester.
 

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