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Skidmore College Athletics

Carrie Hughes
Matt Milless
Carrie Hughes
3
Winner ROC ROC (8-2, 2-0 Liberty)
2
SKIDMORE SKIDMORE (7-3, 1-1 Liberty)
Winner
ROC ROC
(8-2, 2-0 Liberty)
3
Final
2
SKIDMORE SKIDMORE
(7-3, 1-1 Liberty)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
ROC ROC 1 0 1 1 3
SKIDMORE SKIDMORE 1 0 1 0 2

Game Recap: Field Hockey |

Yellowjackets edge Thoroughbreds, 3-2

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.— The University of Rochester thwarted a Skidmore comeback for a 3-2 Liberty League field hockey win Saturday afternoon at Wagner Park.  The Thoroughbreds are 7-3 overall and 1-1 in league play. The Yellowjackets are 8-2 and 2-0.
  • Skidmore took a 1-0 lead when Carrie Hughes converted a penalty stroke 2:13 into the game. Rochester answered less than a minute later when Nikki Mercer finished a pass from Maeve Fogerty at 3:11.
  • Mara Heppard put the Yellowjackets in front 2-1 at 43:00. The Thoroughbreds responded when Hughes scored on another stroke for her 16th goal of the season at 44:28.
  • Mercer tallied her second of the game from Anya Arseneau at 54:37. That would prove the game winner for Rochester.
  • UR outshot Skidmore 14-9 and had an 8-3 corner advantage.
  • Victoria Bodnar had eight saves for the Thoroughbreds.
  • UP NEXT: Skidmore is at Williams College on Oct. 6 for a 6:30 p.m. game.
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