Box Score

Saratoga Springs, N.Y. – The Skidmore College field hockey team remained undefeated with Sunday's 6-0 non-league win over Nazareth.
 
The Thoroughbreds, ranked fifth nationally, improve to 6-0 and have now won 22 consecutive games at home. The Golden Flyers fall to 1-4.
 
Annie Rosencrans put Skidmore on the board first at the 17:22 mark, lifting a shot over the keeper off a corner insert from Lauren Tobias.  Tobias put the Thoroughbreds up 2-0 in with three minutes remaining in the first half, putting home a rebound for her sixth goal of the season.
 
With 10 second remaining in the half, Rosencrans took possession and sprinted down the field on a breakaway and was able to feed a pass to Ceilidh MacNeill who put one home with 1 second remaining in the half, giving Skidmore a 3-0 lead at the half.
 
The Thoroughbreds continued to control the game offensively in the second half, going up 4-0 at the 49:57 mark when freshman Pauline Searles put home a rebound for her first collegiate goal.  Exactly 40 seconds later, MacNeill made it 5-0 when as she put home a rebound for her second of the game.  The scoring capped at the 55:23 mark with Kelly Blackhurst taking a pass in front of the goal from Anna Wahl and putting it home for her 10^th goal of the year.
 
Haley McDougall earned her second shutout of the season, making two saves.  Shannon Winney made 14 saves, playing 60:10 in her first collegiate start.  Sophia Rhoades made stopped all three shots she faced in the final 9:50.

"Despite early statistical and field domination, it took the Thoroughbreds  17 minutes to get on the scoreboard" said head coach Beth Hallenbeck.  "Once Annie Rosencrans scored on an assist from Lauren Tobias, the floodgates opened.  Lauren Tobias scored off a rebound, and the half ended with a spectacular breakaway from Annie Rosencrans to Ceilidh MacNeill.  Freshman Pauline Searles scored her first collegiate goal in the second half, with Ceilidh MacNeill netting her second of the day off a rebound from the goalkeeper's pads.  Kelly Blackhurst finished the scoring on a feed from Anna Wahl.  The midfield was dominated by Caylyn Sullivan who played well on both ends.  Haley McDougall earned the shut- out in goal."
 
Skidmore outshot Nazareth, 31-4 and held an 18-3 advantage in penalty corners.
 
The Thoroughbreds return to action on Sept. 23, when they host William Smith in a Liberty League contest at 4 p.m.