Field Hockey Opens Season with 3-1 Victory Over Richmond

Friday, August 26

Harrisonburg, Va.

5 p.m.

James Madison University

(1-0)

Richmond

(0-1)

Richmond

James Madison

Field Hockey Opens Season with 3-1 Victory Over Richmond

8/26/2022 8:31:00 PM | Field Hockey

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HARRISONBURG, Va. – The James Madison field hockey team earned a 3-1 victory over Richmond to open up the season on Friday night at the JMU Field Hockey Complex.

The Dukes move to 1-0 on the young season, while the Spiders start their season 0-1.

Senior Diede Remijnse set the tone as she scored a pair of goals, including the gamewinner. Classmate Kara McClure was also a focal point of the Dukes' offense, tallying two assists. Sophomore Chiara van Eek earned the start in goal, recording one save in her debut for James Madison and picking up the win.

How It Happened

Senior Mikenna Allen recorded the first goal of the season off an assist from junior teammate Tori Carawan less than three minutes into the contest.
Less than a minute later, McClure found classmate Remijnse to create an early 2-0 lead for the Dukes.
The Spiders responded in the eleventh minute with a goal of their own off a rebound to bring Richmond within one.
Remijnse added the insurance goal at 31:27 off a corner with assists from McClure and freshman Alice Roeper.
van Eek earned the win, playing the first half and registering one save. Junior goalkeeper Brandelynn Heinbaugh stepped in for the second half, blocking four shots to hold the Spiders scoreless for the final 30 minutes.

Game Notes

The Dukes outshot the opposition (13-10), while the Spiders earned more corners (9-6).
With the win, JMU improved to 45-6-1 in the all-time series dating back to 1975.
Additionally, the Dukes are now 20-2 in home matchups with the Spiders and have won eight straight contests between the two institutions.

Quoting Head Coach Christy Morgan
"Tonight being the opening night, I think some of the kids had the yips," said Morgan. "But we had moments of brilliance, now we're just looking toward consistency. Our goal is to make the ball do the work and us work a little less. So we use the ball speed and our goal is to develop awareness so we can finish – because we left a lot of goals on this field tonight. Easy to fix, happy that we won the game, happy that there were moments of brilliance, and now we need to pull it all together so we have games of brilliance."

Up Next
The Dukes will remain at home as they host Bucknell for a 1 p.m. game on Sunday, Aug. 28. The match will be streamed on ESPN+.