Greta Nauck Leads No. 14 Hens Past Ohio State, 5-2

Saturday, August 27

Rullo Stadium

12:00 PM

University of Delaware

(1-0)

Ohio State

(0-1)

Ohio State

Delaware

8/27/2016 3:39:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

By: Delaware Athletics

NEWARK, Del. – Sophomore Greta Nauck (Krefeld, Germany/Gymnasium am Moltekeplatz) came off the bench to explode for a career-high four goals Saturday afternoon as No. 14 Delaware picked up the 5-2 victory over No. rv Ohio State at Fred P. Rullo Stadium in the season lid-lifter for both squads.

The first half of play provided the majority of the offensive action for both teams as the Blue Hens held a 4-2 lead at halftime.

Redshirt junior Kayla Devlin (at left; Annapolis, Md./Annapolis) collected the first goal of the season in the eighth minute before Nauck gave the Hens (1-0) the 2-0 advantage less than two minutes later.

Casey Cole got the Buckeyes (0-1) on board just 40 seconds afterwards before Nauck responded with back-to-back goals in the 13^th and 14^th minutes. Maddy Humphrey tallied the final score of the first half to bring OSU within two at the break.

Nauck posted the lone tally of the second half with a penalty stroke in the 60^th minute.

Junior Emmeline Oltmans (Baarn, The Netherlands/Het Baarnsch Lyceum) registered three saves for the Hens while senior Maura Zarkoski (Eagleville, Pa./Villa Maria) recorded a defensive save.

Rolf van de Kerkhof
“There were a lot of good parts today, but also things we need to clean up. That's the joy in starting a new season. Our game plan was to start hard, go after it and hit a few hard punches. We were able to do that, which allows us to have a little bit more breathing room so to say as the game moves on. This was a great start to our 2016 season.”

Kaitlyn Zook all made their Blue Hens debut against OSU.
     · Taylor Lister (at right) dished out her first assist of the season versus the Buckeyes.
     · Greta Nauck previously collected a career-best three goals against Towson on Oct. 23, 2015.
     · Anne Wilkinson '86 returned to her alma mater as the Ohio State head coach. A 2000 inductee into the UD Athletics Hall of Fame, Wilkinson was a dual-sport athlete for the field hockey and lacrosse teams and helped guide Delaware lacrosse to the 1983 national championship.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
     · Sunday, August 28 – Ohio State at No. 14 Delaware – Noon – Fred P. Rullo Stadium (Newark, Del.)
     · Friday, September 2 – No. 14 Delaware at No. 20 Old Dominion – 6 p.m. – L.R. Hill Sports Complex (Norfolk, Va.)
     · Sunday, September 4 – No. 14 Delaware at No. 5 Virginia – 1 p.m. – Turf Field (Charlottesville, Va.)

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Please contact Maggie Hayon | mhayon@udel.edu | O: 302-831-6389 | C: 302-379-9182