DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (Oct. 20, 2021) – Powered by a career-high six points from sophomore Ally Schreck (Miller Place, N.Y./Miller Place), the Mercy College field hockey team earned a 6-1 victory over NE10 foe Molloy College on Wednesday afternoon at Mercy Field.
The Mavericks (4-9, 3-7 NE10) match their win total from 2019 and have won two games in a row for the first time since 2018. The six goals are the second most scored in a game in program history and the five-goal victory is the largest margin of victory in school history. The Lions (0-11, 0-9 NE10) remain winless on the year and drop both meetings to Mercy this season.
Schreck had a career-high two goals and two assists and now has four goals and three assists on the year. Graduate student Nicole Cotton (West Islip, N.Y./West Islip) had a goal and an assist and now has a team-high five goals. Sophomore Kelly Rosenfeld (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa) recorded her first collegiate goal and had an assist and juniors Alyssa Sacco (Patchogue, N.Y./Patchogue-Medford) and Katie Kreider (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township) also scored. Freshman Kasey Volz (Lake Grove, N.Y./Sachem North) and sophomore Rieley Fitzgerald (Kingston, N.Y./Kingston) added assists and senior Lauren Viscione (Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg) made two saves to earn the win in goal.
Molloy was led by Hailey Fiordiliso who scored and by Kelsey Price who made a game-high five saves. Ally Saigh made two saves in the first half to take the loss.
Mercy got the offense started early as Rosenfeld made it 1-0 in the 5th minute. Rosenfeld took a penalty corner and Schreck fed her the ball from the top and Rosenfeld fired the ball into the back of the cage to give the Mavericks an early lead. Molloy evened the score in the 13th minute when Fiordiliso scored. However, the Mavericks responded just under a minute later as Volz sent a pass to Cotton and Cotton shot from the right side into the goal to make it 2-1. Viscione made two saves to close out the quarter and Mercy held a 2-1 lead after one quarter.
The Mavericks wasted little time in scoring in the second quarter as Schreck scored her first goal in the 17th minute after a cross from Fitzgerald to make it 3-1. It stayed 3-1 until the 20th minute when Sacco scored following a pass from Rosenfeld right in front of the goal to give Mercy a 4-1 lead. It remained 4-1 at halftime with Mercy controlling the action.
Schreck picked up her second goal of the game in the 35th minute when Cotton sent a cross from right to left and Schreck put it into the net to give Mercy a commanding 5-1 lead.
Kreider found the back of the net in the 57th minute, off an assist from Schreck, to put Mercy ahead 6-1. The Mavericks defense did not allow a shot in the fourth quarter and came away with the win.
Mercy held a 16-5 edge in shots and a 6-3 edge in penalty corners.
Head Coach Marissa Spinazzola and the Mavericks resume action on Saturday, October 23rd when they host No. 4 Assumption at 1 p.m.
