ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE FIELD HOCKEY
Friday, August 31, 2007
Elizabethtown Defeats Misericordia 3-0
in Season Opener at Muhlenberg
ALLENTOWN, Pa. --- First-year player Liz DeMatteis (Newark, DE/St. Mark's) scored a pair of goals in her first collegiate contest to lead 15th-ranked Elizabethtown College to a 3-0 victory over Misericordia University on the opening day of the Mule Classic at Muhlenberg College on Friday afternoon.
DeMatteis gave the Blue Jays a 1-0 lead with 21:05 elapsed in the contest as she scored off a long hit, and added her second goal of the match with 19:28 remaining as she tipped in a pass from fellow first-year player Julie Foster (Reading, PA/Oley Valley).
Elizabethtown (1-0) closed out the scoring in the match with 11:45 left as junior Andrea Miles (Phoenix, MD/Notre Dame Prep) deflected home a long hit from junior Tiffany Vogel (Annville, PA/Palmyra).
The Blue Jays, who defeated the Cougars (0-1) by an identical 3-0 score in last year's season opener, finished with a 15-3 edge in shots and took seven penalty corners compared to five by Misericordia.
Sophomore Liz Hannegan (Lancaster, PA/McCaskey) made her first career start in goal for the Blue Jays, and did not need to make a save in order to record the shutout. Heather Heun made seven stops in the cage for Misericordia.
The Blue Jays will face host Muhlenberg Saturday at 1:00 p.m. on the final day of the Mule Classic.
Misericordia (0-1) vs. Elizabethtown (1-0)
Goals by period 1 2 Tot
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Misericordia Univ... 0 0 - 0
Elizabethtown Coll.. 1 2 - 3
SCORING SUMMARY:
1. 21:05 ETOWN Liz DeMatteis (unassisted)
2. 50:32 ETOWN Liz DeMatteis (Julie Foster)
3. 58:15 ETOWN Andrea Miles (Tiffany Vogel)
Shots: Misericordia 3, Elizabethtown 15
Saves: Misericordia 7 (Heather Heun 7), Elizabethtown 0 (Liz Hannegan 0)