Wilmington Christian 1 Lauren Jones
Concord 2 Kimmy Schlezes both

One down, two to go, in the Raiders’ three game acid test. For the third year in a row, Concord carried the play and dominated the stat book against WCS; this time they won the game!

McKean 0
Padua 1

Panda’s reverse last season’s opening day outcome.

Mt Pleasant 0
Archmere 7

Auks off to a flying start. Kate Dougherty scored on the first shift. Karla Senior the season’s first hat trick.

Rising Sun 1
William Penn 2 Erin Marihugh the game winner.

Come from behind win over dangerous out -of -state foe.

Holly Grove 0
Seaford 4

Four different goal scorers, dominating display.

Sussex Tech 0
Laurel 1

Candace Gaull from Katie Ward.

Home teams a perfect six-for-six on the day. St Mark’s at CR today.

Milford 0
Caravel 2

In the Battle of the Bucs, Heather Richardson broke a scoreless tie then assisted as Meredith Brown converted a PC to put the game away. GK Megan Manubay was flawless on a slow day at the office. Holly VanAuken a force for the southern Bucs.

St Mark’s 1
Caesar Rodney 2

St Mark’s and CR always start the season with a humdinger and 2003 was no exception.

The Riders edged the Spartans 2-1 behind Sydney Leone’s goal and assist. Ms Leone’s strike gave CR the early lead. Nikki Bosso equalized for the Spartans at the halftime whistle. With no time on the clock, Ms Leone and Casey Howard combined to give CR their third win in a row over the Spartans.

College News

Stephanie Swain and Amanda Warrington have had an immediate impact at Rullo. Both have started all four games for the 3-1 Hens. SS has two goals on three shots, AW an assist.

Jessica Cowperthwait is 4-0 in the cage for Hofstra with one shutout and just three goals allowed.

Jackie Ciconte has scored four goals in four games for the unbeaten Terps.

Kerry Falgowski (3g, 1a), Ashley Judge (4 starts) and Amber Chambers are continuing the DE presence in Chapel Hill.

Michele Rigby had the game winner in PSU’s 2-1 win over UConn yesterday.

Julia Drewes has started all four games for the Stanford Cardinal.

Ashley Smeltzer had her first collegiate goal in MSU’s laugher Sunday at the Temple Invitational.

Andrea Schlezes has scored three goals for Towson and leads younger sister Kimmy, 3-2 on the season.

Messiah topped William Smith 3-0, on goals by Danae Chambers and Kelly Stanwell.

Kim Camponelli is McDaniel’s all-time points leader with 24 goals and 43 assists.

Kate Lester was named the Washington & Lee’s top freshman athlete for the 2002-2003 school year.

Padua 4
McKean 0

Pandas race to 2-0 start with two shutout victories.

Ursuline 2
A I du Pont 1

Ursuline a come from behind win on Jen Norris’ goal from Tara Rodack.

Whitney Turnbull for AI.

Red Lion 1
Charter 2

Anna Tadlock right after halftime for RLC. Katie Zarroli from Callahan wins it for CSW. Stephanie Myrick a force field in the cage for Charter.

William Penn 4
Friends 0

Quakers deaned, once by Laura, twice by Tricia.

 

Wilmington Christian 3
McKean 0

Lisa Van Dyk two and Katie Love.

 

In Monday’s three shutouts the victims combined for a grand total of 0 shots.

Henlopen Conference in action today.

Tower Hill 3
Concord 2

What a match! Sixty magnificent minutes of end-to-end, non-stop action. Paige Schmidt won it for Tower on a PC in the dying minutes but not before Concord had the Hillers down 2-1 late, very late.

The Hillers struck early through Leigh Giacco but this was not a foreshadowing, far from it. Concord’s pace on attack was devastating, especially Kelly Fox and Kim Schlezes. Brandywine and Mount Pleasant will rue the day these legacies strayed. Time and again a Tower attack would break down and in an instant the Raiders would be fast breaking with numbers in the other direction. After several Concord near misses, Ms Fox equalized on just such a Raider riposte.

At the intermission it was back to the drawing board for Tower and the second stanza commenced with new personnel in a new, more defensive alignment. Still Concord kept coming. More fast breaks, more good chances. The Raiders were rewarded when a thrust down the right flank saw the ball crossed to Jackie Allmond who made no mistake. Ms. Allmond has faced the Hillers three times and scored in each encounter. That’s a claim, few, if any, others can make.

The crowd sensed an upset but Tower fought back like champions and Alex Albright finished a Tower fast break to level the game at two. Memories immediately recalled last season’s 3-2 OT encounter but Paige had other ideas. All afternoon she was dangerous on the PC but her shots were uncharacteristically high and battered the Concord defenders. When the Hillers forced a series of late corners, Concord was living on borrowed time. The inevitable finally happened as a Schmidt shot from the top of the circle found the mark.

The Raiders immediately resumed the attack, winning a corner of their own, but the restart went to midfield and the whistle soon sounded ending a sensational sporting spectacle.

Friends 1
Brandywine 3

Bulldogs end a three-year drought vs. WFS behind Lindsey Frye’s first half goal and assist. Friends has conceded 7 goals, more than in the entire 2002 regular season.

Newark 2
Padua 2

‘Jackets rally from a two-goal hole in the second half and send it into OT in the final seconds.

RedLion 1
Wilmington Christian 3

Katie Love the game winner and an assist.

Cape Henlopen 6
Woodbridge 2

Cape comes out firing. Laura Olenderski debuts with a pair of goals. Lisa Williams two goals and an assist, Dom Scott and Amanda Haxton one and one. The two goals allowed are the most since 2001’s debacle at Smyrna.

Polytech 0
Lake Forest 6

No surprise here! Taryn Neeman two, Amanda Fisher one and one.

Delmar 2
Sussex Tech 0

Kennedy Keenan and Amanda King for the Wildcats.

Concord 1 (OT)
William Penn 1

Shannon Bradley and Amy Dencker exchange first half goals. For Concord a very tough two afternoons, Tower then Penn, but 2003’s 1-1-1 start looks a lot better than 2002’s 0-3!

Ursuline 0
St Mark’s 2

Katelyn Falgowski her first, with many more to come for the Spartans. Also Jenna Logan from KF.

Tatnall 5
A I duPont 0

Caitlin Robbins’ pair leads the offensive explosion. Most goals for the Hornets since the days of Mayhart and Ciconte!

Sussex Central 0 (OT)
Cape Henlopen 1

Amanda Haxton for the Vikings who dominated everything but the scoreboard in avenging 2002’s early tournament exit.

Seaford 2
Smyrna 1

Samantha Fitzgerald and Lauren Kjos for unbeaten Jays. Kalyn Wolpert for the Eagles.

Laurel 6
Woodbridge 1

Candace Gaull three of ‘em, Kristina Ward two and an assist.

Today’s Main Event

Lake Forest at Tatnall Southern Spartans come north. Last season’s biggest upset was Tatnall’s 3-2 OT shocker behind Cathy Perrotto’s hat trick. The rematch should be a good one.

St Andrew’s 0
Tower Hill 3

Leigh Giacco all three in rain-shortened affair.

Brandywine 3
McKean 0

Lindsey Frye notches her second game winner of the week. Highlanders goalless in three outings.

Dover 9
Polytech 0

Cari Browning, Kim Cosetti and Jess Vaughn two each.

Amanda Jacobs (Tatnall) turned away four shots as Pennsylvania won their first game of the season 1-0 over St Joseph’s.

Whitney Wells (Smyrna) had a busy week scoring three goals and adding an assist as the Richmond Spiders defeated Stanford and William and Mary.

Whitney Plaster (WCS) scored two goals in her first collegiate game as Gordon topped MIT 2-0.

Sara Schmidt (Friends) scored her first goal as a Wildcat in Villanova’s 3-2 OT loss to VCU.

Liz Lingo (St Andrew’s) picked up an assist in her first game for the Connecticut College Camels, a 3-0 win over Smith.

Brenna Dolphin’s (Archmere) first college goal was the game winner as Franklin and Marshall upset 4^th ranked Lebanon Valley 2-1.

Danae Chambers (WCS) scored the only goal in 2^nd ranked Messiah’s 1-0 OT win at Dickinson.

Victoria Davis (Friends) has scored two goals for the 13^th ranked Skidmore Thoroughbreds.

Delawareans played prominent roles in 6^th ranked McDaniel’s recent 3-0 win over Lynchburg. Kristen Ramey (Christiana) scored two goals and Melanie Thompson (CR) one with Kim Camponelli (Wm Penn) contributing an assist. Ms Camponelli was the Centennial Conference’s Player of the Week last week.

Jackie Ciconte (Tatnall) bagged a pair as 3^rd ranked Maryland christened their new hockey complex by winning the Terrapin Invitational with twin 7-0 victories over Rutgers and Pacific.

Delmar alums Brittany Elliott (2g, 1a), Lindsey Elliott (1g), Erin Budd (1g, 1a) and Tracey Lloyd got 5^th ranked Salisbury off to a good start against St Mary’s last week, 4-0.

The Gulls captured the Sea Gull Invitational this weekend.

Archmere 1
Tower Hill 4

Game three is too early for a classic #1 vs #3 confrontation and we didn’t get one. The Hillers practiced their penalty corners all afternoon converting 4 of 28, three by Paige. Tower’s PCs are a bit one-dimensional this season. Archmere defended gamely and GK Lauren Tosi was outstanding but the Auks were betrayed by their 16-yard hits. The 16-yard hit must relieve the pressure not turn the ball over inside the 25. The game was as one-sided as the stats would indicate, shots 27-2, corners 28-4, saves 16-0!

St Mark’s 1
Tatnall 0

Jenna Logan’s second of the season was the only tally.

Caesar Rodney 6
Seaford 0

Rae Everson scored early and Casey Howard scored often, three goals in the final five minutes of the first half. Kate Windett chipped in three assists. CR at Cape Thursday, weather permitting!

Cape Henlopen 3
Indian River 1

Laura Olenderski, Sam Coveleski and Lisa Williams for Cape. Leigh Ann Ambrose a late consolation goal for IR.

Brandywine 2
A I du Pont 1

Amy Wisniewski’s two second-half goals erased AI’s early lead. Jill Regester for AI. Brandywine’s young guns quiet so far.

McKean 0
Middletown 1

Joan Jett hit the right note for Mtown. Highlanders have yet to score a goal.

Wilmington Christian 2
Friends 0

Jessi Zapata’s goal in the dying seconds of the first half, a cruel blow. Monica Sawaya the insurance.

St Elizabeth 2
Padua 1

Attack of the Ashleys, Nowell, DiSabatino and Pupillo. Lindsey Hanson for the Pandas.

Smyrna 10
Polytech 0

Six Eagles hit the mark.

Milford 3
Delmar 2

Jaime Bahder and Janelle Wilkins gave the Bucs and early lead. Wildcats Ashley Campbell and Kennedy Keenan equalized before Ms Wilkins struck again with the game-winner. Delmar’s first loss.

Laurel 4
Sussex Tech 1

Candace Gaull and Katie Ward two each, Casey Ralph two assists. Ms Gaull seven on the season.

Jessica Cowperthwait (Friends) won two more games this week in the cage for Hofstra as the Pride (8-0) are off to their best start ever.

Davidson’s Courtney Hughes (Laurel) converted a penalty stroke in the Wildcat’s 3-1 win over Miami.

Andrea Schlezes (Mt Pleasant) scored the OT game-winner as the Towson Tigers edged LaSalle. On Sunday, Ms Schlezes assisted on the game-winning goal against Maine.

Jackie Ciconte (Tatnall) scored in all three of the Terps’ wins this week with two against Drexel and one each against #4 Michigan and Harvard. Ms C scored her four goals on just six shots.

Karen Pettyjohn (Sussex Central) has started every game during her four years at Rider University. The Broncs are currently 5-2.

Courtney Cordeiro (St Andrew’s) scored in Denison’s 4-1 victory over Kenyon.

Brittany Croll (Indian River) caged 4 in Franklin & Marshall’s 5-2 win at Elizabethtown. Teammate Brenna Dolphin (Archmere) was Co-Player of the Week in the Centennial Conference.

Andrea Fleming (Milford) scored three and added an assist as Lynchburg topped Bridgewater College 4-2. Christina Gabriel (Indian River) scored for Bridgewater.

Richmond’s Whitney Wells (Smyrna) was selected the Atlantic 10 Player of the Week and the ECAC Co-Player of the Week.

Sarah Smith (Seaford) and Mandi Collins (Glasgow) scored goals for Neumann in wins over Immaculata and Rosemont.

Delmar’s Cats continue to run wild for Salisbury. In an 8-1 thumping of Johns Hopkins, the Elliotts, Lindsey and Brittany, scored three goals each while Erin Budd contributed two assists.

Lindsey Seedorf (Caravel) assisted on the OT game-winner as the Elmira Soaring Eagles taloned Vassar 2-1 at the Vassar Tournament.

Michele Rigby (Caesar Rodney) struck twice as the Nittany Lionesses scored a school- record 12 goals in PSU’s pasting of St Joseph’s.

Middletown 1
Caravel 8

Bucs had plenty of goals stored up after being idle 2+ weeks. Heather Richardson four, Lindsay Niggebrugge (2g, 1a) and Meredith Brown (1g, 1a). Melissa Aronson for Mtown.

Red Lion 0
Lake Forest 3

Spartan shooting gallery opened for business with a 38 shot barrage! Dani Vincent a pair, Ashley Carey (1g, 2a). Spartans unscored upon in ’03.

Glasgow 1
Christiana 0

St Elizabeth 2 (OT)
Ursuline 1

St E’s late surge too much for the Raiders. Midfielder Jessica Speary scored late to level at one and again in OT to win it. Vikings are 3-0 with all three wins by identical 2-1 scores. Third tough defeat for the Raiders who are still seeing red after Saturday’s 2-0 loss at St Andrew’s.

Lake Forest 3
Dover 1

Jessica Contellino, Colleen Gleason and Danielle Vincent. Lake is 3-0 with Seaford up Friday. Dover’s Maggie Scarborough scored the season’s first goal against Lake on a stroke.

Concord 8
Dickinson 1

Raider sophs Kelly Fox and Kimmy Schlezes run wild with matching hat tricks and two assists each. The first of many BHC laughers for Concord.

St Elizabeth 4
Glasgow 0

Four different scorers as Vikings improve to 4-0

Middletown 4
Christiana 0

Melissa Aronson’s threesome powers Cavs.

Indian River 3 (OT)
Tatnall 3

Tatnall jumped out to a 3-0 lead before Jessica Spencer went to work for IR. Her first, just before orange time, got the Indians back in the game. She added two more late to draw the match.

Episcopal 0
Tower Hill 3

Alex Albright struck twice and Paige added a goal and an assist as Tower goes 5-0. Tower GK Kluger made her first save in two weeks. For EA it’s wait until Lax season!

A I du Pont 0
Friends 3

It’s like 2002 as Friends enjoys an unbeaten week, dominating AI behind goals by Jenny Pincus, frosh Elissa Cashman and captain Colleen Farrell.

Glasgow 1
Sanford 7

Sanford, blanked by Archmere and Tower, attacked the net versus Glasgow. Megan Hihn caged four in the first half and added a fifth for good measure in the game’s final minutes!

Mt Pleasant 0
Brandywine 2

Amy Wisniewski and Lindsey Frye with a goal and an assist each. MP GK Jackie Green was sensational keeping the Dogs at bay for 35 minutes and stopping 26 of 28 shots.

Polytech 0
Cape Henlopen 6

Brooke Bennett two, Amanda Haxton one and two assists, Mallory Talbott her first for 5-0 Cape.

Smyrna 2
Laurel 5

Bulldogs go 5-1 behind the Wards: Katie two goals, Kristen one goal, two assists. Candace Gaul scored her eighth. Jami Gobao one and one for the Eagles

Sussex Central 0
Milford 1

Julie Wyatt the game’s only goal. The Bucs (4-1) are a southern surprise this season.

Delmar 1
Woodbridge 0

Kennedy Keenan’s goal, eight minutes in, assisted by Lisa Wright, was all the Wildcats needed to get past the Blue Raiders and level their record at 3-3.

McKean 2 (OT)
A I du Pont 1

Brittany Shubra converted a stroke for the Highlanders’ first goal of the season and Jenna Luker scored in extra time as Mckean won for the first time. Jill Regester’s goal for AI was her second of the season.

William Penn 5
Middletown 0

Penn exploded for thee goals in the first five minutes en route to a 5-0 half time lead. Erin Marihugh, two and one, Tricia Dean, two, Danielle Schneider, one, and Stephanie Taylor two assists.

Newark 2
Christiana 0

Jessica LaPointe scored the game-winner and assisted on Molly Alberici’s goal.

Ursuline 2 (OT)
Padua 2

Lauren Kulesza both for the Pandas. A goal and an assist for Tara Rodack and the littlest raider Pietrobono.

Sussex Tech 0
Caesar Rodney 4

Casey Howard had a hand in all of ‘em, scoring one and assisting Sydney Leone, Rae Everson and Jaimie Brittingham on theirs. CR 5-0.

Seaford 0
Lake Forest 4

A Neeman started the festivities with a stroke. Colleen Gleason, Ashley Carey and Dani Vincent, with a pair of assists, joined the fun.

What’s wrong with Seaford? Last year the Jays missed the tournament but went 2-5-1 against tournament teams, beating state finalist Delmar and Smyrna and drawing CR. Six of their seven defeats were by one goal, the seventh by two. This season in two encounters with certain tournament

Womensfieldhockey.com selected UD’s Erica Labar (William Penn) D1 Player of the Week and Hofstra’s Jessica Cowperthwait (Friends) D1 Rookie of the Week. Lynchburg’s Andrea Fleming (Milford) was named to the D3 Honor Roll for the week.

Beth Sackovich (Tower Hill) was the first opponent to score against UConn in Storrs, as Harvard topped the Huskies 3-2.

Courtney Hughes (Laurel) assisted as Davidson upset #16 Richmond.

Andrea Schlezes (Mt Pleasant) picked up a goal and an assist in Towson’s 5-3 win over Longwood.

#3 Maryland edged #10 Princeton 3-2 in OT. Jackie Ciconte (Tatnall) scored her 11^th of the season to put the Terps up 2-0. Princeton, featuring Hilary Schmidt (Tower Hill) and Maren Ford (Cape Henlopen) struck twice to tie in the waning minutes of regulation behind Ms Ford’s goal and assist.

Second-ranked UNC (9-1) with Amber Chambers (Dover), Kerry Falgowski (St Mark’s) and Ashley Judge (Concord) fell 2-1 in OT to top-ranked, defending national champions Wake Forest.

IUP defender Marley Brown registered her first assist in the Indians’ 4-0 win over Catawba.

Tasha Chase (Laurel) scored twice for Bridgewater College against Hollins in a 7-0 romp.

Danae Chambers (Wilmington Christian) scored her tenth goal and Lauren Humpton (Sussex Tech) her first, as well as adding an assist, as third-ranked Messiah beat Juniata 3-1.

Junior Sarah Smith (Seaford) scored Neumann’s only goal in a 2-1 loss to Eastern.

Betsy Nickle (Tower Hill) has picked up two assists for Smith College this season.

Midfielder Caitlin Meara’s (Concord) first goal of the season gave Susquehanna a 2-1 win over Elizabethtown. Jacqui DeLorbe (Mt Pleasant) picked up an assist in the Crusaders’ second win of the week, over Notre Dame.

GK Zina Hense (Cape Henlopen) was the heroine as Washington College shocked top-ranked, defending national champions Rowan, 2-1 on strokes. Ms Hense stopped 20 shots and four of five stroke attempts as the Shorewomen handed the Profs their first loss in two seasons.

Kim Camponelli (William Penn) converted a late stroke to defeat Muhlenberg 2-1 and end a two-game losing streak for the Green Terror.

Becky McCall (Dover) scored the only goal of the afternoon as York nipped Dickinson.

Three OT thrillers, with the Henlopen Conference going 2-0-1

William Penn 3 (OT)
Seaford 4

Finally! Seaford fell behind early on Shannon Bradley’s goal and when Stephanie Taylor made it 2-0 just before the interval, the pessimists were muttering, "Here we go again." But the Jays rallied, twice. Sam Fitzgerald and Heather Bleile made it 2-2 before Erin Marihugh gave Penn their second lead of the game with only six minutes remaining. Bitty Hood notched the season’s most dramatic goal with only one tick left on the clock. Six minutes into extra time, Heather Bleile struck again and the Jays had at last taken flight.

St Andrew’s 0 (OT)
Milford 1

Barbara Fry bagged her second game-winner of the season, from Holly Van Auken. A red-hot keeper, Lindsey Moffet, offset the Cardinals’ edge in shots and corners.

Dover 1 (OT)
Sanford 1

Sanford’s’ goal machine, Meghan Hihn and Amanda Devine exchanged first-half tallies. The Warriors kept knock, knock, knockin’ on Dover’s door in the second half but couldn’t get another. Watching Sanford is watching "The Young and the Restless."

They are very young, with only one senior on the field, and very quick to the ball, especially in the front and midfield. For a young team, they are surprisingly resilient and survived three late body blows Saturday. Their senior scorer was sidelined for a stretch by a high ball (high free hits blighted an otherwise well played game), a second player was carried off after OT collision and a third was yellow carded, rather harshly, in OT, forcing them to play a man down for half of the extra ten minutes. Sanford is an exciting team, very much on the come. The Senators are now 2-1-3 with three ties 1-1.

Cape Henlopen 0(OT)
Wilmington Christian 0

A rare, non-Rullo appearance in NCC saw the Vikings head home empty-handed despite an edge in possession and territory, shots and corners. An edge, which strangely didn’t generate the scoring chances one would expect. In fact, the most dangerous moment occurred just before halftime when a WCS shot rocketed across the goalmouth just missing the open corner. Cape dodged a second-half moment of menace when an unusual "delay of game" penalty reversed a 16 yard hit and gave the Warriors a free hit into the circle, catching the Viking defense unaware. Seniors were in short supply in the overtime as Cape continued to carry the play but the Warrior defense kept them at bay.

Caravel 1(OT)
Concord 1

The Concord Raiders bring out the best in CA keeper Megan Manubay. Last season MM blanked Concord 1-0, making a season-high 18 saves while facing 24 shots and 25 corners. 2003 saw more of the same. The Bucs jumped out on top when Sandra Casti tipped home Lindsay Niggebrugges’ crossed ball. Amy Dencker converted a Concord corner to tie. In the second half and in OT, Concord poured on the pressure but couldn’t get #2 as Ms Manubay, employing her usual aggressive style, stopped 15 shots.

Concord – Brandywine Wednesday.

McKean 1
Newark 0

Kasey Blumenfeld from Brittany Shubra as the Highlanders win two in a row

Mt Pleasant 0(OT)
Sussex Central 0

A second scoreless North – South meeting. Mount GK Jackie Green with double-digit saves once again. The Mounties are winless and have yet to score a goal this season but have faced stiff opposition – Archmere, Concord and Brandywine. The weather has conspired to postpone likely Ws. October can only get better!

Red Lion 3
Glasgow 1

Erica Crile two for the Lions.

St Elizabeth 6
Christiana 0

A goalfest for the unbeaten Vikings (5-0). Shannon Sowden and Kristen Walther two each, Ashley Nowell one with two assists. The real test comes Friday – Archmere.