The Cardinal field hockey team recovered from last weekend’s tough loss to the Tufts Jumbos by coming out on Saturday to shut out number 17 ranked Trinity College. The win boosted the team’s record to 6-1 overall and 3-1 in the NESCAC, placing them at third in the conference behind Bowdoin and Tufts.
The only goal of the game came from freshman Blair Ingraham ’14, netting her second career goal in the first 20 minutes of the game. On the scoring play, Morgan McCauley ’12 was awarded a penalty corner. On McCauley’s shot, the keeper came out of the cage, permitting Ingraham to strike on an open cage at 20:31, giving Wes the 1-0 lead. Wesleyan doubled Trinity’s shot attempts in the first period with 12 strokes to the Bantam’s six. However the Bantams were not deterred, coming out in the second half to triple Wesleyan’s shot attempts nine challenges to three. Keeper Tori Redding ’13 kept Wes in the lead, making nine out of her 13 saves for the game in the second half, notching her 6th career shut out, and 3rd of the season.
Trinity had an opportunity to even the score in the final moments of the game when they were awarded a penalty corner with 40 seconds to go in regulation time, but the Wes defense, led by tri-captain Hilary Nabhan ’11, held strong to keep the game out of over time.
The Cardinals are now number 13 on womensfieldhockey.com weekly poll and have captured the number 20 spot on the latest Division III NFHCA poll. This week, the Cards take a break from NESCAC play, heading to neighboring opponent Eastern Connecticut State University (ECSU) for an evening game this Thursday. Wesleyan hopes to continue its winning streak against ECSU having won all six games since the teams first met in 2004.
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