EAST STROUDSBURG – After trailing 1-0 at halftime, the seventh-ranked East Stroudsburg University field hockey team scored four unanswered goals in the second half to defeat Lindenwood, 4-1, on Saturday at Whitenight Field.
The Warriors (4-2) win their fourth consecutive game while Lindenwood drops to 4-3 overall.
Despite dominating possession for a majority of the game, the Warriors found themselves trailing before junior Hanna Lewis evened the score at 1-1 in the closing minutes of the third quarter. ESU kept the pressure on Lindenwood in the fourth period as senior Morgan Mesenbrink found the back of the net twice and freshman Jady van Gils scored her first career collegiate goal to lift the Warriors to victory
Notables
- Sophomore Amy Supey (4-2) won her fourth straight decision despite only facing one shot from the Lions
- Mesenbrink scored her second and third goals of the season in the fourth quarter and is up to seven for her career
- van Gils picked up her second assist of the year on Lewis' goal and recorded her first career goal with the Warriors with 17 seconds left in the contest
- Lewis picked a great time to score her first career goal with ESU as she netted the game-tying goal at the 42:11 mark in the third
- The Warriors held the advantage in shots on goal, 14-1
- ESU generated 12 penalty corners compared to just one for Lindenwood
How it Happened
11:31| After the Warriors failed to score on a penalty stroke earlier in the first quarter, Lindenwood took advantage of their only penalty corner of the game to take a 1-0 lead. Mia Simpson dished a pass off the set play to Pauline Terwindt who fired a strike into the bottom right corner of the goal past Supey.
42:11 | The Warriors were finally able to get the ball past Lindenwood's Lead Brozovich, who finished the game with 10 saves, when van Gils ripped a shot that was redirected by Lewis in the back of the net to tie the game at 1-1.
47:43 | ESU wasted no time grabbing the lead in the fourth quarter as Mesenbrink jammed a rebound past Brozovich. The senior was set up after junior Lia Parker delivered a strike that caromed off the goalie's pads right onto the stick of Mesenbrink, who finished her shot to give the Warriors a 2-1 advantage.
56:56 | Just a little over nine minutes later, it was déjà vu for Mesenbrink and Parker as the duo combined to score the exact same goal from earlier in the quarter. Parker connected on a hard-hit shot that bounced off the pads of Brozovich which allowed Mesenbrink to clean up a wide open shot for her second goal of the afternoon.
59:43 | In the closing seconds of the contest, van Gils would not be denied her first career goal as the freshman dribbled around a number of Lions' defenders inside the arc before sneaking a shot just inside the right post to extend the Warriors lead to 4-1.
Up Next
The Warriors will have a quick turnaround in between games as they welcome third-ranked Saint Anselm to Whitenight Field at noon on Sunday.
