Senior defender Safi Stimely scored twice, the first multi-goal game of her career, as the St. Mary’s College of Maryland field hockey team beat Meredith College 5-3 on Saturday, Oct. 10, in St. Mary’s City.
The non-conference win moved the Seahawks to 5-6, according to the college’s game recap. Meredith fell to 3-6.
Three goals in three minutes
Meredith struck first. Marissa Tilgner tipped in a deflection from Alicia Hunter at 6:53, and the Avenging Angels led 1-0 after the first quarter.
St. Mary’s answered with three goals in about three minutes of the second quarter. Stimely, of Linthicum and a Broadneck High School graduate, converted a penalty stroke at 20:31. Sophomore midfielder Shelby Wurzburger of Hampstead scored the first college goal of her career at 22:05, and junior forward Olivia Schwendeman of Marriottsville made it 3-1 at 23:50.
The Seahawks had a chance to go up 4-1 early in the third when they drew a second penalty stroke. Meredith goalkeeper Lyla Burdine stopped the attempt by sophomore forward Josie Mascolo of Leonardtown, a St. Mary’s Ryken graduate.
Stimely scored again at 40:59 on a shot into the lower far corner. Sophomore forward Kristina Wujciak added her first goal of the season at 43:00 for a 5-1 lead.
Meredith’s late push
Meredith scored twice in the fourth quarter. Maya Kirstein finished a pass from Tilgner at 51:36, and Megan Ingenito converted a penalty stroke at 57:52 to cut the lead to 5-3 with 2:08 left.
Meredith earned one last penalty corner with six seconds left, and St. Mary’s cleared it to close out the win.
By the numbers
- Shots: St. Mary’s 31, Meredith 9 (16-5 on goal)
- Penalty corners: St. Mary’s 22, Meredith 5
- Mascolo led St. Mary’s with 10 shots, four on goal.
- Junior goalkeeper Sophia Kent allowed one goal in 45 minutes. Senior captain Caroline McDonald played the fourth quarter and allowed two.
- Burdine made 11 saves for Meredith.
Full stats are in the box score.
Up next
St. Mary’s plays at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13, in a United East Conference game. The Seahawks then host Immaculata at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, at JLR Stadium.
Mascolo scored twice when St. Mary’s opened United East play with a 9-1 win at Gwynedd Mercy on Oct. 3.
