The Basics
Score: Roanoke 2 | Eastern Mennonite 0

Records: Maroons 3-1 / 3-1 ODAC | Royals 1-2 / 1-2 ODAC
Location: Salem, Va.

The Lead: After going to overtime on Tuesday in Bridgewater, the Roanoke field hockey team was back in action on the turf of Kerr Stadium on Friday afternoon. The Maroons would play a scoreless first half with Eastern Mennonite, but an early third quarter score would give RC the 1-0 advantage. A second goal in the fourth quarter would seal the ODAC win for the Maroons, 2-0.

Highlights:

• The first half would be played to a scoreless draw with Roanoke enjoying an 8-2 edge in both shots and penalty corners.
• Just 37 seconds into the third quarter, Roanoke would take the lead. Julia Brown took the ball down the left side and into the zone before feeding a pass across the goal mouth to Lindsey Keyes for the goal.
• Roanoke would get seven shots during the period that saw most of the action played in front of the Royals cage.
• With just over five minutes left to play, the Maroons would add an insurance goal. Claudia Roncone sent a perfect pass in front where Caroline Diehl deflected the ball to Madison Filson for a two goal lead.
• The Roanoke defense would be solid throughout only allowing three of the Royals five shots to be on target. Hannah Roerden stopped all three shots on goal in picking up her third win of the season.

Up next: Roanoke travels to Lynchburg on Tuesday night for a matchup with the defending ODAC Champion Hornets at 7pm.