Box ScoreINDIANA, Pa. - Senior midfielder
Jessica Lawville opened the scoring with her ninth goal of the season as No.7-ranked East Stroudsburg University posted a 4-0 shutout at IUP in PSAC field hockey on Wednesday afternoon.
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Junior forwards
Marisa Miro and
Ally Roth and senior forward
Gabrielle Seibert also scored for the Warriors (3-2, 2-1), who fell 2-1 at defending national champion Shippensburg on Saturday for their only conference loss.
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Lawville, who led Division II with eight goals entering the week, scored 2:36 into the game and Miro gave the Warriors a 2-0 lead at halftime.
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Roth scored seven minutes into the second half and Seibert scored with just under eight minutes remaining to set the final margin.
Junior midfielder
Rebecca Snyder recorded two assists.
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Sophomore
Danielle Ard (64:11) and freshman
Shelby Drissel (5:49) split time in goal and both made two saves for ESU.
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ESU held advantages of 10-8 in shots, including 7-5 in the second half, and 10-4 in penalty corners.
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The Warriors posted their first win at IUP since 2005 and were 1-7 in their previous eight trips to Indiana.
IUP (0-4, 0-3) has scored just two goals this season and has home losses to Mercyhurst (2-1) and Bloomsburg (4-1) on its early-season schedule.
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Roth moved into a tie for fourth on ESU's career goals list (38) with Caitlin Brownley (2007-10), and into a tie for fifth (92) on the career points list with Kim Singleton (1995-98). She has 38 career goals in 42 games for the Warriors.
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ESU travels to Greensburg to face Seton Hill on Saturday at 12 p.m.
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