Field Hockey wins pair, makes final playoff push
The Saturday afternoon away game was an important late season matchup. Going into the game Hopkins was ranked 14th in the nation and the 18th ranked Christopher Newport Captains were 10-3 on the season.
This was the last out of conference game on the regular season schedule for the Blue Jays who hope to qualify for the NCAA tournament.
The Blue Jays started strong. Sophomore Amy Wharton scored the only Hopkins goal of the first half - unfortunately it was the only goal that the Blue Jays would put in the net. The goal came with less than five minutes remaining in the first half and was assisted by Vandersall.
Motylinski elaborated on the intensity the Blue Jays brought to Christopher Newport, "We knew going into the CNU game that it was going to be a hard fight… but we played at a high level the whole game."
Christopher Newport responded quickly and tied the game going into the half at 1-1. The second half belonged to the home team, scoring two more goals, and blanking all four of Hopkins' shots.
According to Henn, "As our Coach [Meghan Fraser] told us at the end of the game, she couldn't have asked us to do anything more as a team." Gabbi continued. "Our defense was extremely solid."
The team has two games left before conference tournament play. The first against McDaniel and the final against Ursinus, who sits atop the Centennial Conference leader board with an undefeated 8-0 record.
"Our goals for the season are still attainable," Motylinksi said. "And our minds are set on winning the rest of our conference games and performing at our highest level in the conference tournament."
This was the last out of conference game on the regular season schedule for the Blue Jays who hope to qualify for the NCAA tournament.
The Blue Jays started strong. Sophomore Amy Wharton scored the only Hopkins goal of the first half - unfortunately it was the only goal that the Blue Jays would put in the net. The goal came with less than five minutes remaining in the first half and was assisted by Vandersall.
Motylinski elaborated on the intensity the Blue Jays brought to Christopher Newport, "We knew going into the CNU game that it was going to be a hard fight… but we played at a high level the whole game."
Christopher Newport responded quickly and tied the game going into the half at 1-1. The second half belonged to the home team, scoring two more goals, and blanking all four of Hopkins' shots.
According to Henn, "As our Coach [Meghan Fraser] told us at the end of the game, she couldn't have asked us to do anything more as a team." Gabbi continued. "Our defense was extremely solid."
The team has two games left before conference tournament play. The first against McDaniel and the final against Ursinus, who sits atop the Centennial Conference leader board with an undefeated 8-0 record.
"Our goals for the season are still attainable," Motylinksi said. "And our minds are set on winning the rest of our conference games and performing at our highest level in the conference tournament."
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