North Coast Athletic Conference action continued Wednesday evening at John P. Papp Stadium, where Allegheny College was a 3-0 winner over The College of Wooster field hockey team.
Allegheny struck first in the 12th minute when a shot played in by
Rhyan Rish hit
Teagan Ressler's stick, went airborne and into the cage. Coming out of halftime, Allegheny was awarded a penalty stroke, which
Bryce Watford converted. Just before the end of the third quarter, Watford played a ball from the wing to the opposite post where
Megan Seymour knocked it in for the Gators' final score of the night.
Wooster's best chances came in the fourth, as that is when the Fighting Scots had three of their four shots. Wooster had the numbers in transition in the 48th minute when senior
Naledi Jani's shot was blocked. The Scots stayed on the attack earning a penalty corner about 40 seconds later. Senior
Audrey McKenna's shot was stopped by an Allegheny defender. Junior
Frankie Zehnal fired off a shot from just inside the circle in the 57th minute that went wide.
Wooster senior
Nono Kauffman made four saves on the night. Only seven of Allegheny's 15 shots in the contest were on target. The Gators finished with a 15-4 edge on shots and a 6-1 advantage in penalty corners.
Allegheny is now 5-3 on the year and ran its NCAC record to 3-0. Wooster dropped to 1-4, 0-2 NCAC.
Next, Marian University (Wis.) (3-2) comes to town for a noon contest on Saturday, September 26.
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