ONEONTA, N.Y. – The Hartwick College field hockey team celebrated Senior Day with a dominant 4-0 shutout victory over Oswego State on Saturday afternoon at Wright Stadium. The Hawks scored once in each of the first two quarters before adding two insurance goals in the fourth to secure the win. All four goals and all four assists came from Hartwick seniors.
Senior
Kylie Krawiec (Burlington, N.J./Burlington Township) led the way with two goals, while seniors
Hope Angioletti (Hopewell Junction, N.Y./John Jay) and
Natalie O'Malley (Pleasantville, N.Y./Pleasantville) each added a goal. Senior
Katelyn Klotz (South Glens Falls, N.Y./South Glens Falls) recorded three assists, while senior
Dani Hand (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury) assisted on the opening goal.
Hartwick's defense held Oswego to just three shots, including one on goal, to earn the combined shutout. Senior
Ava Reynolds (South Glens Falls, N.Y./South Glens Falls) started in goal, followed by
Cassie Dodenhoff (Islip Terrace, N.Y./East Islip) in the third quarter and
Sydney Thomas (Windsor, Conn./Windsor) in the fourth. Dodenhoff made the Hawks' lone save of the afternoon.
The Hawks controlled play throughout the contest, finishing with a 32-3 advantage in shots and a 19-1 edge in shots on goal. Hartwick also earned 12 penalty corners compared to one for the Lakers.
With the victory, Hartwick improves to 8-5 overall, while Oswego falls to 5-9. Hartwick is next in action on Wednesday, Oct. 21 when they travel to Sage for a Empire 8 battle at 6 p.m.
Hartwick opened the scoring at 13:47 in the first quarter when Krawiec found the back of the cage off an assist from Hand. Krawiec had a brilliant backhand, behind-the-back shot that she was able to bury in the left corner of the cage after Hand's strong pass into the circle.
Angioletti doubled the advantage at 19:58, finishing a play set up by Klotz to give the Hawks a 2-0 lead at halftime. The Hawks were able to set up their offense off a penalty corner, allowing Klotz to find Angioletti wide open in the circle for the easy score and her 12
th goal of the year.
After a scoreless third quarter, Krawiec struck again at 54:32 off another assist from Klotz. Klotz blew up a play outside of the circle and took the ball into the circle before dumping off to Krawiec for another easy score.
O'Malley capped the scoring at 59:13, once again assisted by Klotz as the senior intercepted a pass once again to set up another senior. The goal was O'Malley's second of the season, as Hartwick closed out the 4-0 Senior Day victory.
