Saint Michael's College

COLCHESTER, Vt. - Four players scored to help the Saint Michael's College field hockey team blank Saint Thomas Aquinas College, 4-0, on Saturday at Duffy Field.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-4), Saint Thomas Aquinas (0-4)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Ruby Harrington (Barre, Vt./Spaulding), 1 goal, 1 assist
• Sophomore Sam DeGeorge (Saco, Maine/Cheverus), 1 goal, 1 assist
• Sophomore Maddy Wall (Southboro, Mass./Notre Dame Academy), 1 goal
• First-year Reece Leclerc (Gorham, Maine/Gorham), 1 goal (1st career)
• Sophomore Ronia Foecking (Antrim, N.H./ConVal Regional), 0 saves

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Evelyn McEwen, 15 saves

GAME FACTS

• Leclerc scored in her college debut.
• Foecking secured her first college shutout.
• The Purple Knights defeated the Spartans for the first time since Sept. 24, 2017.

THE ACTION

• Harrington scored just 2:21 into the contest, finishing a solo effort after carrying through two defenders.
• DeGeorge doubled the lead at the 16-minute mark, tipping sophomore Sophie Noyes' (Canaan, Maine/Skowhegan Area) pass from the edge of the circle over McEwen and into the left side of the net during a penalty corner sequence.
• Saint Michael's pulled away with a pair of goals in a six-minute span of the third quarter. Harrington's pass in the middle of the circle was deflected by a Spartan over to Wall, who went five-hole on the netminder with 34:35 gone.
• Exactly six minutes later, Leclerc banged home DeGeorge's end-line cross for her first college tally.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday vs. Southern New Hampshire University, 6 p.m.