University of Richmond
Appalachian St
No. 10 Richmond Tops Mountaineers On Senior Day
10/30/2004 | Field Hockey
Oct. 30, 2004
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND, Va.. - The 10th-ranked Spider field hockey team sent its two seniors off in style, topping Appalachian State, 5-0, Saturday afternoon at Crenshaw Field. The Spiders broke three records on their way to the ninth-consecutive win in 2004. Seniors Laura Hur and Danica Haupt, who were recognized before the game, played important roles in the team moving to a mark of 15-2 overall. Appalachian State fell to 5-12 overall with the loss.
"I think today was a great conclusion to the end of the regular season," head coach Ange Bradley said. "Everyone got to play and we did an amazing job. It was a complete team effort."
Junior Whitney Wells helped the Spiders take the lead in the seventh minute of the game when she took the ball off a restart and attacked from the left side. The Clayton, Del., native then took a shot from the left and directed it past the keeper to the right corner.
Junior Holly Cram posted Richmond's second goal of the game at the 25:16 mark, using a corner push-in from junior Allie Howard. The goal, Cram's 23rd of the season, broke the school's single-season goals mark held by Dawn Reyerson since 1993.
Richmond not only led at halftime, but was outshooting the Mountaineers, 9-1. The Spiders were also awarded seven corners in the first half to just one for Appalachian State.
Freshman Shannon Taylor scored Richmond's first second-half goal in the 37th minute. She used brilliant passes from sophomore Amanda Florio and junior Lesley Russell to net her ninth goal of the season. Taylor's goal, the 64th of the season for the Spiders, broke the single-season team goals mark of 63 set by last season's team.
Cram went on to score two more times, the first, her second of the game, came on an assist from freshman Ashley Loh in the 57th minute. Cram's final goal came off a penalty corner at the 63:02 mark. Hur and Howard picked up the assists on the push and stop for the Spiders.
Junior Michelle Swartz garnered her ninth shutout of the season, which ties the most ever in single-season at Richmond. The last time it happened was in 2002 when Swartz shutout nine opponents as a freshman.
"We accomplished a lot of little goals besides the big goal of winning the game," Bradley added. "We feel good heading up to Massachusetts for next week's championships."
 The 10th-ranked Spiders head to Massachusetts next weekend for the Atlantic 10 Championships.  |
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