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Rachael Scaramuzzino
Richard Smith
0
Keuka College KEUKA (2-11, 1-1 NEAC)
8
Winner Utica College UTICA (6-9, 3-3 Empire 8)
Keuka College KEUKA
(2-11, 1-1 NEAC)
0
Final
8
Utica College UTICA
(6-9, 3-3 Empire 8)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Keuka College KEUKA 0 0 0
Utica College UTICA 5 3 8

Game Recap: Field Hockey |

Pioneers Score Early and Often to Down Keuka

UTICA, NY- Five different players scored as the Utica College field hockey team cruised to an 8-0 victory over visiting Keuka College in non-conference action Wednesday afternoon. 
 
The Pioneers have now won three of their last four and look to ride that momentum into a huge Empire 8 Conference contest against Ithaca College on Saturday.  Game time is scheduled for 11 a.m. at Charles A. Gaetano Stadium.
 
Senior Colleen Dowling (Fairport, NY/Fairport) got things going just 1:18 into the contest on a great individual effort as she netted her third goal of the season, unassisted.  Dowling ran down the right side and fired a low shot that was stopped by the Keuka keeper, the rebound however, popped right back to Dowling who buried the second chance to give Utica the 1-0 lead. 
 
The score remained the same over the next 23 minutes until junior Meghan McCormick (Ava, NY/RFA) converted on a penalty stroke to give Utica the two-goal cushion.  McCormick found the back of the net again just 1:26 later as she rifled home a pass from Dowling off a corner for her team-leading sixth goal of the season.
 
The Pioneers were not done yet as junior Rachael Scaramuzzino (Utica, NY/Whitesboro) netted a pair of goals, the first and second of her career, just two and a half minutes apart to give UC a 5-0 lead at the half.  Dowling and Brittany Evans (East Syracuse, NY/East Syracuse Minoa) assisted on Scaramuzzino's tallies. 
 
Sophomore Maria Orsino (Sauquoit, NY/Sauquoit) found a wide open Jessica Belt (Webster, NY/Webster-Schroeder) in front of the Keuka goal for Utica's sixth tally of the day at 47:26.  Then, sophomore Madison Williams (Prospect, NY/Holland Patent) scored her first career goal as she put in a rebound from classmate Gianna Cavalier (Northport, NY/Commack ) and the Pioneers took a 7-0 lead.  Belt and Orsino connected again in the 68th minute to cap off the scoring. 
 
Senior Caitlyn Strapach (Union Springs, NY/Union Springs) had a quiet day, but stood strong when called upon.  She finished with two saves for her first career shutout.  Keuka's Elizabeth Sherman racked up 21 saves in net for the Wolfpack. 
 
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