Box Score
October 18, 2008
Field Hockey Improves to 5-1 in ODAC with 8-0 Win
Sophomore Allison Byler had a career-high five goals scored in a 8-0 win over Sweet Briar College Saturday afternoon. (Courtesy Wayne Gehman)
The Eastern Mennonite University field hockey team scored four goals in each of the first and second periods as the Lady Royals improved to 5-1 in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference following a 8-0 shut-out win over Sweet Briar College Saturday afternoon.
Sweet Briar falls to 5-8 overall and 0-5 in the conference.
EMU improves to 10-4 on the season.
The Lady Royals will travel to Maryland on Tuesday, October 21, as they battle St. Mary's College at 3:30 p.m.
Allison Byler (Belleville, Pa./Belleville Mennonite) scored a career-high four goals. Byler's previous high for goals in a game was two.
Alyssa Derstine (Telford, Pa./Christopher Dock) had three goals and an assist while
Linda Cimini (Cape May, NJ/Middle Township) scored the other goal for EMU.
Becky Nolt (East Berlin, Pa./Bermudian Springs) registered four saves in the win.
Byler scored the first two goals of the game in the sixth and 10th minutes to put the Lady Royals on top 2-0. Derstine then went back-to-back on two of her goals, scoring in the 16th and 17th minutes. Byler followed with another back-to-back offensive onslaught with Derstine and Linda Cimini closing out the win. The goal by Cimini was her first of 2008.
EMU out-shot Sweet Briar 34-4 in the contest.
