Dukes Take Down Red Flash

Tuesday, October 16

Harrisonburg, Va.

6 p.m.

James Madison University

(5-8)

Saint Francis (Pa.)

(8-9)

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James Madison

10/16/2018 8:55:00 PM | Field Hockey

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison field hockey dominated Saint Francis (PA) 8-1 in a Tuesday night game. The Dukes improved to 5-8 on the season.

JMU (5-8) led 4-0 at halftime and kept the Red Flash (8-9) at bay for most of the first half. JMU took six penalty corners compared to Saint Francis' one in the opening frame. The Dukes would finish with 11 corners, scoring off the first two. JMU made their shots count with 14 of their 16 being kept on frame.

HOW THEY SCORED
JMU
15:12 | Rachel Yeager tallied her first goal of the game off a corner redirect with an assist from Lindsay Gippe
24:06 | Yeager and Gippe played the ball the exact same way for a second corner redirect goal
25:05 | Gippe got in on the action following a ball that was outside the circle hitting the post as the senior was sitting on the left side right where the ball bounced
40:31 | Ongeziwe Mali put the Dukes up 4-0 as a lot of action was happening in front of the goal she was able to get it past the goalie
50:38 | Aubrey Scott King notched her first collegiate goal right in front of the goal
59:44 | Corey Mayer was all alone on the left side and was able to flick the ball in the goal
64:43 | King tallied her second goal of the game following a lot of action in front of the cage
68:31 | Elfi de Rooij finished the scoring for the Dukes taking a shot from the top of the circle
SAINT FRANCIS
55:24 | Brea Seabrook scored off a corner that her and Brianna Govia passed many times in the circle to get Seabrook open for a clean shot

GAME NOTES

Aubrey Scott King notched her first collegiate goal
King also tallied her first multi-goal game
Rachel Yeager recorded her first multi-goal game and first game-winning goal
Yeager's game-winning goal was the first of her career
Yeager has now scored in four of the last six games
Three separate players had four points (Yeager, L. Gippe and King)
Caitlin Nelson racked up three saves
JMU is 4-3 at home this season (racking up four of their five wins on their home turf)
L. Gippe scored for the first time in Harrisonburg since the season opener
The Dukes eight goals are the most since scoring 12 against Towson on October 2, 2016. JMU has scored eight goals one other time since that game [8-0 (vs. Hofstra, 10/22/17)]