Late Push Gives No. 9 Hens 4-1 Win at Miami

Sunday, August 26

Oxford, Ohio

11:30 AM

University of Delaware

(2-0)

Miami (OH)

(1-1)

Team	1	2	Final F
DELAWARE	1	3	4
MIAMI	1	0	1

Senior Greta Nauck

Photo by: Mark Campbell

8/26/2018 1:33:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

OXFORD, Ohio – Senior Greta Nauck registered career goals number 70 and 71 Sunday as the No. 9 Blue Hens topped Miami, 4-1.

The win marked the second straight to open the year for Delaware while Miami falls to 1-1 overall.

The first half ended with a 1-1 tie after senior Lisa Giezeman captured the first tally of the day, and her second of the season, before Estel Roig posted the Redhawks' lone goal of the game just a minute later.

Freshman Laurien Vink collected her first career goal in the 53^rd minute while Nauck went back-to-back to seal the victory in the final eight minutes of play.

Senior Sydney Rhodes logged two saves with one goal allowed in 70 minutes in the cage.

POST-GAME QUOTES
Head Coach Rolf van de Kerkhof
"Congrats to the team for finding a way to pull out the win in a hard-fought battle today. The players group continues to learn on how to play DEHO together, something requiring time and experience with the many new faces. Going 2-0 in the opening weekend also confirms that the commitment they made individually and as a players group over the summer to their training program and field hockey was the right decision as it has put them in an excellent position to move forward from but now as a team."

HEN SCRATCHINGS
   ·   The Blue Hens take the 1-0 series advantage over Miami.
   ·   Lisa Giezeman moved up in the Delaware career rankings and is now 18^th all-time with 75 points.
   ·   Greta Nauck's 71 career goals is good to tie for seventh in CAA history while her 165 career points is ninth all-time.
   ·   Tessa Verweijen picked up her first career assist off of Laurien Vink's goal in the 53^rd minute.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
   ·   Friday, August 31 – No. 18 Saint Joseph's at No. 9 Delaware – 6 p.m. – Fred P. Rullo Stadium (Newark, Del.)
   ·   Monday, September 3 – No. 8 Louisville at No. 9 Delaware – 1 p.m. – Fred P. Rullo Stadium (Newark, Del.)
   ·   Saturday, September 8 – No. 9 Delaware at No. 4 Maryland – 11 a.m. – Maryland FH Complex (College Park, Md.)

MEDIA CONTACT: Maggie Hayon, Assistant Athletics Communications Director | mhayon@udel.edu | O: 302-831-6389 | C: 302-379-9182