Box Score GREENSBURG—The Bloomsburg University field hockey team defeated Seton Hill 3-1 Wednesday in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) game.
Stephanie Halsted (Fairfax Station, VA/South County) and
Laura Gerhard (Catasauqua/Catasauqua) scored their first career goals, while
Jaclyn Beasley (Berlin, NJ/Eastern) scored her first goal of the season in the victory.
Seton Hill (4-10, 1-6 PSAC) scored the first goal of the game 12 minutes into the contest to go up 1-0 over the Huskies. Bloomsburg scored the next three goals to clinch the win.
At the 23 minute mark
Eleanor Kirby (Garnet Valley/Garnet Valley) passed to
Stephanie Halsted (Fairfax Station, VA/South County) who found the back of the cage to tie the score 1-1. This was Halsted's first career goal for the Huskies.
In the second half
Jaclyn Beasley (Berlin, NJ/Eastern) scored her first goal of the season seven minutes into the second half with an assist from
Brittany Mathews (Reedsville/Indian Valley) to go up 2-1 over the Griffons.
Laura Gerhard (Catasauqua/Catasauqua) also scored her first career goal in the game when
Angie DeBellis (Zionsville/Emmaus) passed to her in front to push Bloomsburg up 3-1.
In goal
Megan Eppley (Camp Hill/Camp Hill) made two saves for Bloomsburg.
The Huskies, who move to 9-5, 5-2 PSAC, outshot the Griffons 17-4 and held a 16-5 edge in penalty corners.
Bloomsburg returns home for back-to-back games. First the Huskies host second ranked Millersville for continued PSAC competition on Saturday, Oct. 26 at 1 p.m. start. On Sunday, Oct. 27 the Huskies host seventh ranked Limestone at 12 p.m. while honoring the four seniors;
Megan Eppley (Camp Hill/Camp Hill),
Jaclyn Beasley (Berlin, NJ/Eastern),
Brittany Mathews (Reedsville/Indian Valley), and
Samantha Facciolla (Holland/Council Rock South).