Cougars Roll Past Castleton State, 6-0
UNION, N.J. (10/12/06) - Kean University
freshman Brittany Gibbs (West Deptford, N.J.)
scored two goals to lead the Cougars to a 6-0 victory over
Castleton State College, this afternoon in field hockey action.
With the win, the Cougars improved to 6-5, while the Castleton
suffers their seventh loss of the year and fall to 4-7.
Kean raced out to a 2-0 first half behind goals by Vicki
Egerer (Washington, N.J.) and Caitlin Slemmer
(Glendora, N.J.), with Katie McGee (Cherry Hill,
N.J.) assisting on both goals. Early in the second half
the Cougars broke the game open when Gibbs scored back-to-back
goals 10 minutes into the period. Freshman Julie Bachovchin
(Piscataway, N.J.) scored her fourth goal of the season
assisted by Gibbs at the 65:26 mark of the game. Two minutes later
Eliza Frake (Burlington City, N.J.) capped the
scoring when she pushed home a rebound off a shot by Liz
Margiotta (Berkeley Heights, N.J.).
Kean out shot Castleton State 22-9 in the win, while the Cougars
held an 18-5 advantage in penalty corners. Cougar freshman goalie
Jenni Barry (Berkeley Heights, N.J.) made six
saves in the win, while Jessica Viens (Waterbury,
Vt.) stopped 9 shots for Castleton.
The Cougars return to action on Saturday, October 14 when they
travel to play Philadelphia Biblical College in a match-up at noon.