Scoring Surge Pushes No. 11 Hens Over No. 25 Huskies in CAA Opener

Sunday, October 6

Dedham, MA

12:00 PM

University of Delaware

(8-2, 1-0CAA)

Northeastern

(6-4, 0-1CAA)

Delaware

Northeastern

Freshman Ashlyn Carr

Photo by: Mark Campbell

Scoring Surge Pushes No. 11 Hens Over No. 25 Huskies in CAA Opener

10/6/2019 2:58:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

DEDHAM, Mass. – Delaware came out firing and closed with a bang Sunday afternoon as the No. 11 Blue Hens cruised to the 5-1 victory over No. 25 Northeastern in the Colonial Athletic Association opener at Dedham Field.

UD saw goals from four different players while six total Blue Hens captured a point in the victory.

Freshman Ashlyn Carr led the way with a season-high two goals while sophomore Grace Hoepfner and juniors Sophie Giezeman and Femke Strien also tallied scores.

The Hens, who had scored just one first quarter goal entering the game, quickly saw an opening goal from Hoepfner before Carr gave Delaware the 2-0 advantage after 15 minutes.

UD continued fourth quarter dominance this season with three goals and are now outscoring opponents 11-4 in the final stanza of the game this year.

Redshirt senior Sydney Rhodes logged two saves while allowing zero goals in 51 minutes of action to lower her season GAA to 0.82. Sophomore Lizzie Gaebel came in in relief and posted one save with one goal allowed.

POST-GAME QUOTES
Head Coach Rolf van de Kerkhof

With the energy that we brought today, we knew it was going to be a special day. #BlueHens

🗣 @UDFHRvdK pic.twitter.com/fL6EgezrEa
— Delaware Field Hockey (@DelawareFH) October 6, 2019

HEN SCRATCHINGS
· Kate Gourley posted her first career assist on Grace Hoepfner's goal in the fourth minute.
· The Blue Hens have won a program-record 19 straight CAA regular season games.
· Delaware last started a season with an 8-2 record during the 2016 campaign.
· The Blue Hens registered a season-best 12 points and five goals against Northeastern.
· The Hens have won nine straight over the Huskies and are now14-17 all-time versus NU.

UPCOMING SCHEDULE
· Sunday, October 13 – No. 11 Delaware at No. 3 Connecticut – Noon – George J. Sherman Family Sports Complex (Storrs, Conn.)
· Friday, October 18 – Towson at No. 11 Delaware – 5 p.m. – Fred P. Rullo Stadium (Newark, Del.)
· Sunday, October 20 – No. 11 Delaware at Penn – 1 p.m. – Ellen Vagelos Field (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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