Box Score

SEAFORD, N.Y. - No. 1-ranked East Stroudsburg University scored five goals in a span of 4:59 late in the first half and posted a 7-0 win at Molloy in non-conference field hockey on Sunday afternoon.

ESU (6-1), which fell 3-1 at No. 8 LIU Post on Thursday to end an unbeaten start, travels to Millersville (3-1) for a non-conference game on Wednesday. The Marauders were ranked No. 2 in last week's NFHCA Division II poll before falling 6-1 at Shippensburg last Tuesday. The updated NFHCA poll will be released this Tuesday.

Junior forward Bailey Quinn scored two goals and was one of six Warriors who hit the cage.

ESU had a 44-1 advantage in shots, after blanking Molloy 43-0 in shots in a 4-0 win last fall in Molloy's first season as a varsity program.

Junior midfielder Paige Harrold had a goal and an assist in the first half, and senior back Sydney McCarthy had two assists, giving her six goals and seven assists on the season with at least a point in all seven games.

Junior midfielder Karisa Turner opened the scoring on an assist from McCarthy with just 6:11 left in the first half before the Warriors poured it on.

Harrold scored 66 seconds later, assisted by sophomore forward Sara Ober, and set up Quinn's first goal just 49 seconds after that.

Junior forward Makenna Marhefka found the cage 39 seconds later, assisted by senior midfielder Ashley Chioda (first point of the season) for ESU's fourth goal in in a span of 2:34.

Quinn finished the first-half scoring with 1:12 left in the period on an assist from McCarthy.

In the second half, freshman forward Melanie Nicodemo scored on an assist from sophomore Grace Martini, with both players registering their first career points.

Ober finished the scoring with her second career goal on the first career assist by freshman forward Samantha Brutomesso-Clarke.

Senior goalkeeper Halle Frisco and sophomore Maddie Richie both played a half in goal, with neither registering a save.

Tara Byrnes played the entire game in goal and made 16 saves for Molloy (0-6), which has been shut out in five of its first six games.