Box Score LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Lock Haven University field hockey team picked up its second shutout in three games, as it dominated visiting Towson in every facet of the game on the way to a 7-0 victory.
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Lock Haven (2-1) got a pair of goals from
Lydia George (Carlisle, Pa./Big Spring) and the Lady Eagle defense was sensational, limiting Towson (0-2) to just nine shots.
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Nakira Downes (Bridgetown, Barbados/The Combermere School) added a goal and two assists to help spark The Haven's explosive attack that peppered a pair of Tiger goalies with 20 shots.
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Brittney Hickernell (Wernersville, Pa./Conrad Weiser),
Megan Wenrich (Harrisburg, Pa./Central Dauphin) and
Stephanie Whiteman (Trincity, Trinidad and Tobago/Bishop Anstey East) added goals for Lock Haven, who dominated from the start.
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Hickernell put LHU up for good just 9:25 in and George's two goals less than one minute part late in the first half led the charge. Lock Haven added four second-half tallies.
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Leading the defense for Lock Haven was
Jenna Felice (Endicott, N.Y./Maine Endwell) and goalie
Elaina White (Etters, Pa./Red Land). White finished with eight saves in her second shutout of the year.
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Last year, LHU led all NCAA Division I teams in shutouts per game and they are well on the way to defending the title.
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LHU is right back at it tomorrow (Sunday, September 7) at noon on the road at Georgetown.
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