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STAC Field Hockey Powers Past Mercy, 2-1

STAC Field Hockey Powers Past Mercy, 2-1

Scoring Summary

1st - 4:52 - Olivia Cerbo (St. Thomas Aquinas)
1st - 7:02 - Hailey Galison (St. Thomas Aquinas)
2nd - 27:00 - Kasey Volz (Mercy)

Game Leaders

Mercy
G: Kasey Volz - 1
A: N/A
Sh: Kasey Volz - 3
Sv: Lauren Viscione - 4
St. Thomas Aquinas
G: 2 Players (#3, #17) - 1
A: N/A
Sh: 4 Players (#3, #9, #15, #17) - 2
Sv: Jessie Hohenstein - 6

Team Stats

Mercy
St. Thomas Aquinas

Shots (on goal)

9 (7)
10 (6)

Saves

4
6

Fouls

0
0

Penalty Corners

6
3
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Posted: Sep 16, 2021

Sparkill, N.Y. – Goals by Olivia Cerbo and Hailey Galison, and a strong defensive effort would lead St. Thomas Aquinas to 2-1 victory over Mercy College on Thursday afternoon at Spartan Field in Sparkill.

The Spartans brought the energy early, coming out fast with an attack that continually worked the ball into the Mavericks half of the field throughout the first 15 minutes of action. Sophomore Olivia Cerbo broke the scoreless tie in the fifth minute, scoring off of a rebound and finding the lower left corner of the net for her first goal of the season.

STAC would double their lead just three minutes later, in the eighth minute, as Sophomore Hailey Galison would find a rebound of her own and put it past Mercy goalie Lauren Viscione, for her first of the season, to make it 2-0 through one quarter of action.

The second quarter would see Mercy outshoot STAC 5-1 in the stanza and the visitors would get themselves on the scoreboard, with three minutes remaining in the frame, via a penalty stroke goal by Kasey Volz to cut the Spartan lead to 2-1 at the halftime buzzer.

St. Thomas Aquinas would play a stifling defensive game in the third and fourth quarters, keeping Mercy to only 4 shots combined over the final 30 minutes of play. STAC goalkeeper Jessie Hohenstein would only have to stop two of those shots, with two others going wide of the net.

Inside the Box Score

  • This was the Spartans first multi-goal game of the 2021 campaign.
  • STAC is now 4-7 in 11 meetings between the two squads since 2015. 
  • Olivia Cerbo and Hailey Galison scored their first goals of the season, which now puts them in a tie for the team lead.
  • Jessie Hohenstein (W, 1-4) made six saves on the afternoon to pick up her first win of the year.
  • STAC has given up 16 goals on 68 shots against in five games, for a goals against average of 3.20.

Up Next
St. Thomas Aquinas (1-4) will now turn its attention towards the conference portion of its slate, which begins on Wednesday, September 22 against Pace University. The Spartans will take on the Setters at 4pm at Spartan Field.