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Sunday, October 17
Philadelphia, Pa.
3 p.m.
James Madison University
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Temple
Dukes beat Temple 2-0 for Another Shutout
10/17/2021 5:31:00 PM | Field Hockey
PHILADELPHIA - The James Madison field hockey team ended the weekend with a 2-0 shutout against Temple Sunday afternoon at Howarth Field.
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The Dukes improved to 9-5 in the season while the Owls fell to 7-7.
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Rachel Yeager started off the scoring for JMU Â in the second quarter with her first goal of the season off a pass from Morgan Merritt.
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Courtney Lynch brought the Dukes up 2-0 with her second goal of the weekend off of an assist from Eveline Zwager.
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The Dukes' defense was strong, keeping Temple to two shots in the second half. Florien Marcussen earned her sixth career shutout with JMU with a total of five saves.Â
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SCORING SUMMARY
19:11 | JMU 1, TU 0 | Yeager redirected the ball to the net off of a pass from Merritt
40:18 | JMU 2, TU 0 | Lynch shot the ball to the back of the goal from the left off a pass from Yeager.
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UP NEXT
The Dukes will be back at home to take on Drexel on Friday, Oct. 22. The match will be streamed on FloSports.
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The Dukes improved to 9-5 in the season while the Owls fell to 7-7.
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Rachel Yeager started off the scoring for JMU Â in the second quarter with her first goal of the season off a pass from Morgan Merritt.
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Courtney Lynch brought the Dukes up 2-0 with her second goal of the weekend off of an assist from Eveline Zwager.
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The Dukes' defense was strong, keeping Temple to two shots in the second half. Florien Marcussen earned her sixth career shutout with JMU with a total of five saves.Â
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SCORING SUMMARY
19:11 | JMU 1, TU 0 | Yeager redirected the ball to the net off of a pass from Merritt
40:18 | JMU 2, TU 0 | Lynch shot the ball to the back of the goal from the left off a pass from Yeager.
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UP NEXT
The Dukes will be back at home to take on Drexel on Friday, Oct. 22. The match will be streamed on FloSports.
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Players Mentioned
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