BLOOMINGTON, IN - Junior Shannon Leonard (Pointe Clair, Quebec) scored six times as Hartwick defeated Bucknell University 16-7 on Friday night at Indiana University's Counsilman Billingsley Aquatic Center in the CWPA Eastern quarterfinals. The victory for the Hawks puts them in tomorrow's semifinal round at 5:20 p.m. against either the host Hoosiers or Harvard. Michigan will oppose Maryland in the other semifinal.
The Hawks led 5-2 after one period of play with Allyssa Analytis (Montreal, Quebec) netting two goals and Leonard, Lily Martinez (Commerce, CA) and Charlotte Mensink (Nijverdal, Netherlands) tallying once. Leonard then keyed a 7-2 Hartwick run over the middle two quarters as the Hawks opened up a 12-4 lead heading into the final period.
Leonard tallied twice in the second quarter for the Hawks' only two goals. She then registered a goal on a 6-on-5 and netted her fourth straight for a 9-4 lead in the third quarter. Kristen Wagner (Orange, CA), Jemma Dendy Young (Cape Town, South Africa) and Martinez added to the Hartwick lead later in the period.
In the fourth, Mensink scored and Leonard added her sixth as the Hawks increased the edge to ten, 14-4. Lisa Bass (Montreal, Quebec) scored later in the stanza and Mensink tacked on her third of the night to close out the 'Wick scoring and the victory.
Jess Dorman (Auckland, New Zealand) made 12 saves in the opening 28 minutes in goal, for 'Wick. Hayley Cox (El Segundo, CA) stopped three in the final four minutes of action.
Bucknell University - 2 - 2 - 0 - 3 = 7
No. 12 Hartwick College - 5 - 2 - 5 - 4 = 16
Hartwick Goals: Shannon Leonard (6); Charlotte Mensink (3); Lily Martinez (2); Allyssa Analytis (2); Lisa Bass; Jemma Dendy Young; Kristen Wagner
Bucknell Goals: Krystle Morgan (2); Hallie Keenan; Kandis Canonica; Mackenzie Ferry; Heather Smith; Julianne Valdes
Saves: Hartwick - Jessica Dorman (12, 28:16), Hayley Cox (3, 3:44) ; Bucknell - Brittany Connell (4)
Exclusions: Hartwick - 12 ; Bucknell - 7
Advantage Opportunities: Hartwick - 2-for-7 ; Bucknell - 3-for-12
Sprints: Hartwick - 4-for-4 ; Bucknell - 0-for-4
