Sept. 30, 2005

Box Score

VILLANOVA, Pa. - The No. 15 Villanova field hockey team (9-2, 2-0 Big East) handily beat the La Salle Explorers (2-9) Friday night at Villanova Stadium. Both Megan Foster (Berlin, N.J./Bishop Eustace) and Allison Boris (Shavertown, Pa./Lake Lehman) scored multiple goals as the `Cats won 6-1.

Villanova came out on fire scoring a goal just two minutes into the game. Rory Rogers (Rosemont, Pa./Sacred Heart Academy) dribbled the ball down the center which sucked the La Salle keeper, Ellen Axelson, out of the net and allowed Megan Foster the opportunity to make it 1-0. Foster then scored her second goal of the night off of a rebound from Roger's shot to go ahead by two. The junior forward now has fifteen goals for the year.

La Salle answered with a goal in the 23rd minute by Amy Comstock off of a penalty corner, but the Wildcats were too much for La Salle as Villanova came back with a 4-0 run. Rogers started it off with goal sneaking the ball past Axelson during a scramble before the teams went to the locker rooms.

Villanova used its momentum from the first half to take over in the second. Boris tallied back to back goals in the 41st and 42nd minutes with Sara Schmidt (Mullica Hill, N.J./Wilmington Friends) and Rogers on the assists. This marked the freshman's second and third goals of the season.

Forward Lauren Campanelli (Langhorne, Pa./Neshaminy) finished the night off for the Wildcats scoring her fifth goal of the year off of a penalty corner from Foster.

Goalkeeper Erin Scott (Malvern, Pa./West Chester East) had the win for `Nova with one save while Axelson had six. Villanova was also able to take fifteen shots and nine penalty corners to La Salle's six and three.

The No. 15 Wildcats are back in action on Sunday when they take on Ivy League leader, Princeton, in New Jersey at noon.