SALISBURY, Md. – The 15th-ranked Salisbury University field hockey team concluded its three-game homestand on Wednesday night with a 5-0 victory over the Catholic Cardinals.

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HIGHLIGHTS

HOW IT HAPPENED

• It took 33 seconds for Salisbury to get on the board. Molly Reardon brought the ball along the end line and sent the ball in the arc. McKenzie Jamison got a stick on the bouncing ball in the arc and pushed the ball past the keeper near side for the opening goal of the contest.
• In the seventh minute, Salisbury kept the pressure on Catholic with a penalty corner. Julia Frankis' initial shot was saved by the keeper then the rebound was saved by Catholic's Grace Jung before Jamison scooted the ball over to Reardon in front of the cage to double the SU advantage in the first quarter.
• Salisbury put away two goals in the third quarter to extend its advantage to 4-0. Catholic failed to clear the ball on a penalty corner. McKenzie Mitchell sent a ball from the far side of the field to an open Allie Davis on the near side, who one-timed the ball into the open cage in the 39th minute. Less than five minutes later, a penalty corner play was finished by Mack Dinopoulos on assists by Maci Long and Emma Jeffries.
• Elle Wood iced the game in the 56th minute after she gathered her own rebound and blasted the ball into the back of the cage.

SALISBURY GAME NOTES

• McKenzie Jamison and Molly Reardon paced the Salisbury offense with a goal and an assist in the opening quarter of the contest. Jamison has scored in four of Salisbury's five wins so far in 2021.
• Mack Dinopoulos, Allie Davis and Elle Wood each tallied a goal in the win.
• Salisbury outshot Catholic, 17-5, including 12 shots on target.
• Dom Farrace stopped three shots to register her fourth shutout of the season and 20th of her career to tie Tressie Windsor for eighth in program history.

CATHOLIC GAME NOTES

• Grace Jung registered a defensive save for the Cardinals.
• Meave McCarthy and Maysen Elliott each recorded three saves in goal.

UP NEXT

• Salisbury heads north to the Philadelphia suburbs to take on the Gwynedd Mercy Griffins on Saturday, Oct. 2
• Push back is set for 1 p.m.