Box Score Skidmore College field hockey senior
Kelly Blackhurst (North River, N.Y./Johnsburg) became the program's all-time leading scorer with a pair of goals in a 5-1 win Saturday at Wheaton College.
With the majority of her senior season ahead of her, Blackhurst has 81 goals and 42 assists for 204 points, two more than
Christine Kemp '11. She is 23
rd all-time in NCAA III scoring and is second all-time among Liberty League players.
Skidmore, ranked 15
th nationally is 4-1, while Wheaton falls to 3-3.
Sophomore forward
Dani DeGregory (Greenwich, N.Y./Greenwich), junior midfielder
Sam Revera (Miller Place, N.Y./Miller Place) and freshman midfielder
Krista Lamoreaux (Avon, Conn./Gunnery) rounded out the scoring for the Thoroughbreds.
Wheaton senior forward Jenna Rocha (Rehoboth, Mass./Dighton-Rehoboth) netted the Lyons' lone goal at the 64:14 mark.
Junior goalkeeper Madison Wolters (Marstons Mills, Mass./Barnstable) turned away a game-high eight shots in net for Wheaton, while classmate Dana MacDonald (Belmont, Mass./Belmont) recorded two defensive saves and junior Andrea Winn (Westwood, Mass./Westwood) had one.
Skidmore junior goalkeeper
Haley McDougall (Saratoga Springs, N.Y./Saratoga Springs) stopped two shots to claim her 35th career win.
Ahead 3-0 in the second half, Blackhurst wristed her first goal of the game past Wolters into the lower right corner of the cage off a feed from junior forward
Sofia San Marco (West Harrison, N.Y./Harrison) to tie the all-time points record.
Blackhurst, who recorded 13 shots total in the game and six on net, finally broke through for her 204th career point at the 66:56 mark sending home a pass by DeGregory that came from outside the right-hand portion of the circle.
Skidmore outshot Wheaton, 35-4, and won the penalty corners matchup, 18-1.
The Thoroughbreds visit Babson tomorrow for a non-conference matchup beginning at 1 p.m.