SALISBURY, Md. - The No. 6 Salisbury University
field hockey team completed their weekend sweep of the SU
Invitational Tournament on Sunday with a 6-0 rout of Eastern
Mennonite University before 125 fans at Sea Gull Stadium.
The Sea Gulls (4-1) went 3-0 over the weekend as they beat
Denison, SUNY Brockport and EMU by a combined score of 15-1 in two
days. SU surrendered its lone goal to Denison in the first game of
the tournament. From there the SU defense locked down all opponents
as the offense went on a 14-0 goal run to close out the tourney.
SU scored three first half goals against the Royals (1-4) as
sophomore Beverly Beladino found the back of the
cage just over seven minutes into the contest to give the Gulls an
early 1-0 lead.
Senior Danielle Twilley netted the Gulls' next
two goals as sophomore Michelle Rowe found her in
front of the goal for her first scoring strike and then later added
a penalty stroke to give SU a 3-0 advantage at the half.
The Sea Gulls continued to pound the cage in the second half as
senior Ashley Spencer scored her first goal of the
season. Sophomore Lauren Correll scored off an
assist from senior Ashley Twigg to give SU a 5-0
lead. Twigg added an insurance goal four minutes later off a feed
from freshman Kandice Hancock to seal the 6-0 win
at the 52nd minute.
Senior goalie Maria Ramoundos (4-0) recorded
one save in 59 minutes in goal for the Gulls. She only allowed one
goal the entire tournament and finished with 167 minutes of
scoreless play in the cage for the maroon and gold.
EMU goalie Becky Nolt registered 14 saves in the loss while
Karissa Sauder and Lauren Derstine each had a defensive save.
Salisbury outshot the Royals 27-1 and held the advantage in
penalty corners, 17-2.
The Sea Gulls return to action on Wednesday, September 12, as
they host Johns Hopkins University at 5 p.m. in Sea Gull Stadium.
NOTES: SUNY Brockport finished the tournament
2-1 as it defeated EMU 3-2 and Denison 2-1. EMU finished the
tournament 1-2 with its one win coming against Denison, 4-2. The
Big Red was winless in the two-day tournament.
