Sunday, September 29
North Andover, MA
12:00 PM
Lehigh University
(6-4, 1-1)
6
at
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Merrimack College
(0-9, 0-1)
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2
3
4
F
Lehigh
3
1
2
0
6
Merrimack
1
0
0
0
1
Scoring Effort Lifts Lehigh Over Merrimack 6-1
9/29/2024 1:40:00 PM | Field Hockey
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. - Six different goal-scorers led Lehigh (5-4) to a 6-1 win over Merrimack on Sunday afternoon.
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Lehigh scored two goals in the first four minutes of the games, the first one from junior Maddie Noh and the second one from first-year Riley Thurston to put the Mountain Hawks up 2-0.
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With 6:32 left in the first quarter, sophomore Ella Stephenson joined the scoring, putting Lehigh up 3-0.
Merrimack got on the board with 0:18 left in the opening quarter, as Julie Wester decreased Lehigh's lead to 3-1.
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Senior Eleni Kountroubis put one more goal in for Lehigh in the first half, sending Lehigh into halftime leading 4-1.
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Early in the third quarter at 13:35, fifth-year Julia Gatelein scored her sixth goal of the season as Lehigh had a 5-1 advantage. Junior Maddie Kandra extended Lehigh's lead to 6-1 with 6:45 remaining in the third quarter.
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Senior goalkeeper Jenny Canoni played the first half while sophomore Kate Burgess came in for the second half, recording one save. Merrimack's Isabelle Gardiner made five saves.
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Lehigh will next visit Quinnipiac on Sunday, October 6 at 1 p.m. in Hamden, Conn.
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Lehigh scored two goals in the first four minutes of the games, the first one from junior Maddie Noh and the second one from first-year Riley Thurston to put the Mountain Hawks up 2-0.
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With 6:32 left in the first quarter, sophomore Ella Stephenson joined the scoring, putting Lehigh up 3-0.
Merrimack got on the board with 0:18 left in the opening quarter, as Julie Wester decreased Lehigh's lead to 3-1.
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Senior Eleni Kountroubis put one more goal in for Lehigh in the first half, sending Lehigh into halftime leading 4-1.
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Early in the third quarter at 13:35, fifth-year Julia Gatelein scored her sixth goal of the season as Lehigh had a 5-1 advantage. Junior Maddie Kandra extended Lehigh's lead to 6-1 with 6:45 remaining in the third quarter.
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Senior goalkeeper Jenny Canoni played the first half while sophomore Kate Burgess came in for the second half, recording one save. Merrimack's Isabelle Gardiner made five saves.
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Lehigh will next visit Quinnipiac on Sunday, October 6 at 1 p.m. in Hamden, Conn.
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Team Stats
LEHIGH
MERRIMAC
Goals
6
1
Shots
18
7
Shots on Goal
11
3
Saves
2
5
Corners
11
3
Offsides
0
0
Fouls
0
0
Scoring Plays
Noh, Madison
*
1:54
Thurston, Riley
*
3:23
Stephenson, Ella
*
8:28
Julie Wester
*
14:42
Kountroubis, Eleni
Assisted By: Kandra, Maddie
*
15:22
Gatelein, Julia
*
31:15
Kandra, Maddie
*
38:15
Game Leaders
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
1
Shots
4
SOG
2
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
2
SOG
2
Goals
1
Assists
0
Shots
1
SOG
1
Goals
1
Assists
0
Players Mentioned
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