Martha Hurley had a pair of goals in a win over Sewanee
Posted: Sep 29, 2019
The Basics
Score: Roanoke 4, Sewanee 1
Records: Roanoke 6-2| Sewanee 2-5
Location: Salem, Va.
The Lead: Emilee Wooten and Martha Hurley each had two goals as the Roanoke College Field Hockey team knocked off Sewanee by the score of 4-1 on Sunday in Salem.
How it Happened
- Wooten opened the scoring 9:22 into the game when Lauren Heffron popped a pass over the Sewanee defense which Wooten caught up to and broke in on the Tigers keeper and scored to make it 1-0.
- Wooten doubled the RC advantage at the 22:43 mark when she went one-on-one with a Tiger defender and was able to place a perfect shot into the lower left side of the cage to give RC a 2-0 lead.
- The Tigers responded just over six minutes later when Elisabeth Dormittner set up Ceara Caffrey for a goal to cut the Maroon lead to 2-1.
- The game stayed that way until Hurley scored at the 45:29 mark then again just four minutes later to put Roanoke up 4-1 and put the game away.
- Roanoke led in shots 15-10 and had six penalty corners to two for the Tigers.
- Emma Clark made seven saves in the game, including five key saves in the fourth quarter to preserve the Roanoke lead. Barbara Canty made four saves for the Tigers.
Up Next: Roanoke is right back in action on Monday when it travels to Mary Washington for a 4:00 p.m. game.
Watch: Clark save turns into Hurley goal...