Box Score LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Lock Haven University field hockey scored three goals in the opening 11 minutes and the Lady Eagles completely dominated Georgetown on the way a 5-0 shutout.
Lock Haven (3-1) won its third straight game and outshot winless Georgetown (0-4) 19-5 on the way to the non-conference win.
LHU jumped on the Hoyas early.
Steph Ebersole (Elizabethtown, Pa./Lower Dauphin) scored her second goal in as many games to put Lock Haven up 1-0 just 1:27 into the game. Just over a minute later it was 2-0 after
Kelly Harsh (Lancaster, Pa./Penn Manor) knocked in a rebound.
Nakira Downes (Bridgetown, Barbados/The Combermere School) scored her first goal of the season in the 11th minute to make it 3-0 and
Rachel Valentine's (Souderton, Pa./Souderton) first goal of the year made it 4-0 at halftime.
Harsh scored her second goal of the game in the 52nd minute when she converted on a penalty stroke.
Three different players registered assists for LHU, including
Taylor Kennedy (Westmont, N.J./Haddon Township),
Brittney Hickernell (Wernersville, Pa./Conrad Weiser) and
Brittany Predmore (Harrisburg, Pa./Susquehanna Township).
LHU goalie
Elaina White (Etters, Pa./Red Land) only needed to turn away two shots as Lock Haven's defense was too much for the Hoyas throughout. Freshman
Rebekah Hershey (Harleysville, Pa./Souderton) was the leader on defense today as LHU limited Georgetown to only five shots on the way to the second shutout-victory of the season.
Lock Haven hosts No. 6 Penn State on Wednesday, September 11 night at 7 p.m.
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Game Notes:
- Lock Haven is coming off a 3-2 OT win at Cornell on Friday. It was LHU's first road game of the year and it marked the second straight season where the Lady Eagles needed OT to beat the Big Red.
- This marked LHU's third straight win after opening the year with a 2-1 loss to No. 1 North Carolina.
- Lock Haven is now 2-1 at home.
- Freshman
Kiersten Cepeda scored the game-winner at Cornell. It was her second game-winning goal of the year.
- Today was the second shutout of the year for LHU.
- The five goals are most scored by the Lady Eagles this season.
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Kelly Harsh now leads LHU with three goals on the season.
