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Field Hockey extends win streak, drops Siena 4-2

Lock Haven jumps on Siena early, wins fifth straight game and remains unbeaten at home (3-0)

9/14/2014 1:51:00 PM

Box Score LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Lock Haven University field hockey team (5-1) scored three quick goals and outshot Siena (0-5) 19-3 on the way to a dominating 4-2 victory today in non-conference action.
 
The win was the fifth straight for the Lady Eagles, who remain unbeaten at home (3-0) on the season.
 
A big difference in the win for Lock Haven was a pair of goals from Brittney Hickernell (Wernersville, Pa./Conrad Weiser).
 
The Lady Eagles jumped all over Siena early, scoring three goals in the first 8:33 of the contest.
 
Hickernell put LHU up 1-0 just 4:06 in after knocking home a long pass in from Stephanie Whiteman (Trincity, Trinidad and Tobago/Bishop Anstey East).
 
Just 1:16 later, Nakira Downes (Bridgetown, Barbados/The Combermere School) beat seven defenders and the goalie to put Lock Haven up 2-0 in the sixth minute of play.
 
Hickhernall's second of the game made it 3-0 just 8:33 into the game.
 
LHU outshot Siena 11-0 in the opening frame, as goalie Mary Drabich's five saves kept the Saints in the game.
 
Lock Haven made it 4-0 in the 53rd minute when Colleen McCabe (Elizabethtown, Pa./Elizabeth) scored her first goal of the season.
 
Danielle DeGroot scored a pair of late goals in the game to get Siena on the board.
 
Steph Ebersole (Elizabeth, Pa./Lower Dauphin) led a tremendous defensive effort.
 
Downes finished with two assists.
 
LHU returns to action on Saturday, September 20 at 11 a.m. when it hosts Saint Louis (A-10 opener).
 
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