Upper Montclair, NJ (9/6/03)  - The Montclair State University field hockey team improved to 2-0 on the year with today's 5-1 victory over Washington (MD) College at Sprague Field. 

The Red Hawks took a 3-0 lead after one half of play in upending the Shorewomen (1-2), ultimately lengthening their lead to 5-0 in the second half. 

Senior forward LEA SMITH scored her first two goals of the year for Montclair in the win, giving MSU leads of 4-0 and 5-0.

MSU senior midfielder Megan Ulicny tallied a goal and an assist for the second straight game, while classmate Jen Carbonaro set up three Red Hawk goals. Ulicny scored to put MSU up, 1-0, off a penalty corner at 24:24 of the first half, before setting up freshman forward JEN SOSS for her first career collegiate goal at just over a minute later, also off a penalty corner. 

Senior SARAH LEVINE made it 3-0 for Montclair with 3:40 left in the opening stanza. Smith scored her goals just over 20 minutes apart in the second half, before Washington junior Laura Scimeca broke the shutout bid with only over five minutes remaining in regulation, scoring her third goal of the year in putting home the rebound of a shot by freshman Erin Woolver (Chestertown, MD/Kent County).

 
Senior goalkeeper TRISHA WINKLE posted four saves for the Red Hawks, picking up her 42nd career victory, while senior netminder Zina Hense stopped eight MSU shots. Montclair outshot Washington, 18-7, and out cornered the Shorewomen, 11-4. 

The Red Hawks return to action on Saturday, Sept. 13, when they host The College of New Jersey at Sprague Field in MSU's 2003 New Jersey Athletic Conference opener.