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Buckwalter
Too Much
For
Mustang's,
6-2
Sarah
Buckwalter
scores a
hat
trick
against
Morrisville
State
today.
Box
Score
Houghton,
N.Y. -
Freshmen
Sarah
Buckwalter
(Lititz,
PA/
Lancaster
Mennonite)
scored
three
goals in
the
Highlander’s
6-2
field
hockey
win over
the
Morrisville
State
College
Mustangs
today.
Houghton
overcame
wet and
slippery
conditions,
asserting
its
dominance
on the
offensive
end by
outshooting
the
visitors
25-3 and
leading
19-1 in
corners.
Buckwalter
was
first on
the
board
for the
Highlanders,
scoring
off a
defensive
rebound
from
Mustang
goalkeeper
Stephanie
Smith
(18:33).
Senior
Elizabeth
Mueller
(Lancaster,
PA/ J.P.
McCaskey)
collected
two
assists
on the
day, her
first
from a
deflection
by
Houghton’s
Jenny
Huyett
(Stevens,
PA/
Garden
Spot) in
the 32nd
minute
to give
Houghton
a 2-0
halftime
lead.
Buckwalter
would
add two
more
goals to
open the
second
half,
both
coming
from
breakaways,
in the
43rd and
47th
minute
of play,
to
extend
the
Highlanders
lead to
4-0.
The
Mustangs
made the
most of
their
few
opportunities,
breaking
into the
scoring
column
when
Jennifer
May
finished
a
well-timed
pass by
teammate
Lauren
Bordonaro
at
59:17.
Houghton
fired
back off
Emily
Leonard’s
(Middleboro,
MA /
Middleboro)
goal,
delivered
by
Mueller
for her
second
assist
of the
afternoon.
The
Mustangs
had one
more
goal, by
Jennifer
Caffarelli
at
62:28.
The
Highlanders
closed
out the
scoring
when
Ashley
Hoffman
(Webster,
NY/Webster)
snapped
in a
wrist
shot
from the
corner,
assisted
by
Huyett.
“We
never
let up
today,”
said
Highlander
Head
Coach
Darlene
Wells.
“It’s
something
we have
continued
to
improve
upon all
season
and I
was
pleased
with our
effort
today.”
The
Highlanders
improve
to 8-9,
with one
game
remaining
in the
regular
season.
They
face
NCAA
Div. III
opponent
University
of
Scranton
Saturday
afternoon
at 2:00
pm.
Houghton College
has deep
and
solid
roots in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, where our
teams use their commitment to excellence, both on the field-of-play
and
in the classroom, as a platform for their strong and
unique emphasis on Sports Ministry. Their goal is to make a difference
for the Kingdom
on campus, in Allegany County,
in the Northeast and
around
the world.
Houghton is one of only 13 institutions who have been hand-selected
by the NAIA to serve as "Champions of Character" Program Centers, opening the door
for Houghton to be a leader,
both in the Northeast and
nationally, in character education.
Through hands-on,
innovative community outreach initiatives, Houghton coaches and
student-athletes
are working together to change the culture of sport and
to change our culture through sport.
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