SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. – Four different Thoroughbreds scored and three goalkeepers combined on the team's first shutout of the season as the Skidmore College field hockey team defeated Oneonta, 4-0, Wednesday afternoon at Wagner Park. The win snapped a three-game skid and moved Skidmore to 5-6.
- Skidmore needed just 39 seconds to take the lead. Erin Ohlenbusch set up Gianna DiGioacchino off a penalty corner with a behind-the-back pass, and DiGioacchino blasted the finish from the top for her second goal of the season and the eventual game winner.
- Emma Houff doubled the advantage at 9:35. Catie O'Rourke tipped the ball toward the post, where Houff redirected it home for her fifth goal of the year.
- The Thoroughbreds carried the 2-0 lead into halftime after outshooting Oneonta 15-3 and holding an 8-3 advantage in penalty corners over the first 30.
- After a scoreless third quarter, Ohlenbusch pushed the lead to three at 48:09. Ella Costa delivered the penalty corner and Ohlenbusch fired inside the right post from the top for her fifth goal of the season.
- Madeleine Tucker completed the scoring at 53:17 with her second goal of the year, finishing inside the near post off a feed from Colby Paul.
- Skidmore finished with a 28-5 advantage in shots, including 13-2 on goal, and held a 14-6 edge in penalty corners.
- Oneonta goalkeeper Eva Klessel made nine saves.
- Allison Morgan played the opening 30 minutes and made one save to earn the win; her first of the year.
- Nicole Sylvestri handled a scoreless third quarter before Lily Dreyfuss made one save over the final 15 minutes to complete the three-goalkeeper shutout.
- Costa's eighth assist of the season gives her a team-high 22 points. Ohlenbusch is up to five goals and five assists for 15 points, while Houff has five goals.
- The Thoroughbreds now have five players with five or more goals.
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Skidmore remains at Wagner Park on Saturday, Oct. 10, at 2 p.m. to host Rochester in Liberty League action. The afternoon features the team's Breast Cancer Awareness Game.