SEPTEMBER 9, 2007
KING'S FIELD HOCKEY DEFENDS TITLE AT VASSAR
TOURNAMENT
WILKES-BARRE --
Jackie Snover (left) scored a pair of goals and Megan Farrell
added one goal with an assist as the King's College defended their team
championship at the Betty Richey Invitational Tournament with a 5-3
victory over host Vassar College Sunday in New Paltz, NY.
With the win, King's improved to 5-0 overall on the season while Vassar
slipped to 1-2.
King's pushed across the first goal at 26:18 of the first half when
Snover scored off an assist from Christina Glenn. The lead grew
to 2-0 when Snover tallied her second goal off an assist from Grace
King at
the 18:55 mark. The Lady Monarchs would take a 3-0 half-time lead
when Farrell scored off an assist from Amanda Schwartztrauber with 11:02
on the clock.
Vassar would look to rally early in the second half when Jessica Lance
and Rachel Lowenthan scored within a 1:27 span to bring the Brewers to
within 3-2 at the 42:06 mark. King's would extend the lead when
Ave' Moran converted a Debbie Wychock assist into a 4-2 Lady Monarchs
lead.
Vassar would again answer when Katherine Simon scored unassisted at
57:48 to trim the lead to 4-3, but King's would close out the scoring
when Sarah McGrady struck net off an assist from Farrell (right)
with just 6:57 remaining in the contest to bring the final score to 5-3.
King's outshot Vassar 31-15 and held a 19-5 advantage in penalty
corners. Lady Monarch goalie Kari Leach made 11 saves on the day.
King's placed four players on the the All-Tournament Team, including
Farrell, Snover, Moran and senior defender Melissa Gates.
The Lady Monarchs will be idle until September 18 when King's hosts
Alvernia College in a 4:00 p.m. contest at Betzler Fields.
