Montclair, NJ – The Montclair State University field hockey team (2-6) was upended by nationally ranked #2 Christopher Newport (8-0), 5-0, on Homecoming Saturday.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Montclair went on the attack off the first whistle, collecting three penalty corners and three shots off of them, including a shot from SADIE EICHLIN that was on goal but denied by the CNU goalkeeper. The Captain's then controlled the tempo for the rest of the period. SYDNEY WHITE made three stops between the fourth and seventh minutes. In the ninth minute, Christopher Newport had a penalty corner opportunity and fired a shot at SYDNEY WHITE, who made the save, but could not recover quickly enough off the rebound, and CNU put in the first goal at 9:46 to take a 1-0 lead.
• The second period was all CNU, who blanked Montclair with zero shots. The Captains scored similarly as the first goal in the 20^th minute of the game when a shot and a save were collected and put in off the rebound to take a 2-0 lead. The lead was extended to 3-0 just about a minute and a half later when a CNU player collected a ball off a Montclair defender in the arc and fired a ball into the top right of the cage.
• Christopher Newport kept the pressure going right out of the halftime intermission. In the 32^nd minute, the Captains played a ball into the arc and a good pass found its way right into the cage in front of White and was touched past her for a 4-0 edge. The only offensive opportunity for Montclair happened in the 38^th minute, when MARISSA CRAIG took a great shot, but had it saved, and the game went 4-0 into the final period.
• CNU put the exclamation point on an emphatic win, when they were awarded a penalty corner and fired in a shot off a pass from the top of the key and went up 5-0. COLLEEN MCGAVIN and BELLA HEISER each saw shots down the stretch, but were unable to capitalize, and the game went final.

INSIDE THE RESULTS

• White tied her season-high in the game with 13 saves on 18 shots faced.
• The Captains outproduced the Red Hawks 25-6 in shots (19-3 shots on goal) and garnered 13 penalty corners to Montclair's six.
• EMMA BIANCO recorded the first defensive save of the season for Montclair in the 14^th minute of the contest.

FROM THE FIELD

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UP NEXT

• Montclair State University will see a quick turnaround as it hosts Washington & Lee on Sunday, September 28. The game is set for an 11:00 a.m. start time.