September 18, 2010

Box Score

FARMVILLE, Va. - The Longwood University field hockey ran past visiting La Salle University 6-1 on Saturday afternoon at the Athletics Complex in Farmville. The Lancers scored four goals during a seven-minute stretch in the second half to put the match out of reach. Freshman Stacey de Grandhomme | Cape Town, South Africa (Table View) scored three goals in her collegiate debut while senior Lauren van de Kamp | Midlothian (Trinity Episcopal) added one goal and one assist. Longwood (2-5) returns to action on Wednesday, September 22, when it travels to Harrisonburg to take on James Madison University at 7 p.m..

“It feels good to get the monkey off our backs” said third-year head coach Iain Byers. “We've been working on scoring all week in practice. Stacey had a great debut with three goals. Now it is time for us to aim for consistency and repeating performances like this.”

Longwood fell behind after a goal by Neelam Kumar to put La Salle (2-5) ahead 1-0 in the seventh minute. de Grandhomme scored her first collegiate goal four minutes later from the right post to tie the match at 1-1. Sophomore Brittany Diaz | Chesapeake (Western Branch) added her first collegiate goal in the 26th minute on a deflection on the right post off a pass from junior Olga Knop | Berlin, Germany (Werner-von-Siemens-Gymnasium). Longwood out-shot La Salle 12-2 in the first half and had an 8-1 advantage on penalty corners.

The Lancers put the match out of reach with a four-goal flurry in the second half. van de Kamp took a pass from Knop and scored from the left post in the 45th minute to push the lead to 3-1. de Grandhomme scored her second goal of the match after taking a pass on a breakaway from junior Amanda Babineau | Stafford (Mountain View) and taking a diving shot by the right post that slipped behind the goalkeeper. de Grandhomme added her third goal of the match on a hard shot that came after a corner. van de Kamp sent the ball to junior Sarah Bietsch | Chambersburg, Pa. (Chambersburg Area) who set the ball up for de Grandhomme who sent a rocket-shot through the Explorers' defense. Sophomore Taylor Bender | Harrisburg, Pa. (Central Dauphin) took a pass from senior Andrea Bastiaanse | Granby, Conn. (Granby Memorial) scored her first goal of the season in the 51st minute to make the final score 6-1.

Longwood out-shot La Salle 19-5 and had a 13-5 advantage in penalty corners. Sophomore goalkeeper Kaye Goulding | Tickhill, England (Wakefield Girls) had one save and allowed one goal in 49:18 before sophomore Amy Lewis | Lewisville, N.C. (Forsyth Country Day) entered to play the final 20:42 of the match. The Explorers' Emma Ruth gave up six goals with six saves.