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EAST STROUDSBURG - Sophomore midfielder Paige Harrold and senior back Emily Howell scored first-half goals, leading No. 4-ranked East Stroudsburg University to a 2-0 win over No. 6 Bloomsburg in PSAC field hockey on Tuesday afternoon at Whitenight Field.

ESU (9-3, 3-1) avenged a 3-0 non-conference loss at Bloomsburg (8-3, 2-1) on September 6, as Harrold scored 13:55 into the game on an assist by junior midfielder Sydney McCarthy, and Howell scored an insurance goal about 12 minutes later.

Senior goalkeeper Danielle Ard made two saves for ESU, which had advantages of 20-8 in shots and 13-6 in penalty corners. The Warriors had an 11-4 edge in shots in the first half.

Lindsay Cassel made eight saves for Bloomsburg.

Harrold scored her second goal of the season and the sixth of her career, and Howell had her sixth goal of the season and the 12th of her career.

Ard moves into third at ESU in career shutouts (18), trailing only Kelly Wagner (31 - 1999-02) and Katie Horst (22 - 1995-98) in the Warriors' record book. She had her 13th career solo shutout in 55 starts, and her sixth shutout (fifth solo) in 12 games this season.

The Warriors posted their seventh shutout this season. ESU entered the week ranked fifth in NCAA Division II in goals against average (0.91).

ESU travels to No. 3 Millersville (9-1, 4-0) for a 12 p.m. game on Saturday. ESU won last year's PSAC championship, its first in program history, with a 1-0 victory over Millersville last fall.


NFHCA Division II Coaches Poll
1. LIU Post (8-0) - 198 points (18 first-place) - previously 1
2. Shippensburg (10-1) - 166 (1) - 3
3. Millersville (8-1) - 156 (1) - 4
4. East Stroudsburg (8-3) - 128 - 2
5. Stonehill (7-2) - 123 - 5
6. Bloomsburg (8-2) - 104 - 6
7. Saint Anselm (8-2) - 86 - 7
8. Kutztown (6-3) - 58 - 8
9. American International (8-3) - 24 - 9
10. Adelphi (6-3) - 18 - NR