Three Seahawks Notch Three Points Each in St. Mary’s Season-Opening Win
Samantha Locke
Owings Mills, Md. - Senior defender Julia Puzak (Arnold, Md./Broadneck), sophomore midfielder Samantha Locke (Bethesda, Md./Bethesda-Chevy Chase), and freshman forward Lauriann Parker (Woodbine, Md./Glenelg) each tallied a goal and an assist in leading the St. Mary's College of Maryland field hockey team to a season-opening 4-0 blanking of Stevenson University Tuesday night. Tonight's contest was also the Capital Athletic Conference opener for both squads.
The Seahawks (1-0, 1-0 CAC) notched a 1-0 lead at 11:15 as Parker finished off a cross in front of the cage from Puzak for her first collegiate goal. Freshman forward Ali McIntosh (Stevensville, Md./Kent Island) gave St. Mary's a 2-0 halftime advantage as McIntosh completed Parker's cross from outside the circle at 29:09 as she tallied her first collegiate goal as well.
Locke and Puzak traded spots in the second half as Puzak scored off an assist from Locke on a penalty corner at 55:31. Locke added the finishing touch at 63:59 as she redirected a loose ball in front.
Stevenson (0-1, 0-1 CAC) was held to just three second-half shots as St. Mary's finished the contest with a 22-3 shot advantage. The Seahawks also dominated penalty corners with a 15-1 margin.
Junior goalie Emma Lauhoff (Wayne, Pa./Radnor) made just one save en route to her first shutout of 2009.
Junior Kara Zimmerman (Odenton, Md./Arundel) notched 12 saves with three goals allowed in 63 minutes, while sophomore Megan Sadowski (Fallston, Md./Fallston) made one stop and gave up one goal in seven minutes.
The Seahawks will return to action this Saturday, September 5 when St. Mary's travels to Salisbury, Md. to face 14-time defending CAC champion, No. 6 Salisbury University.
