Blazers Blank Albertus Magnus 7-0

Chicopee, MA – The Elms Blazers field hockey team blanked the Albertus Magnus Falcons in a 7-0 win yesterday afternoon for their second GNAC appearance.

THE BASICS:

SCORE: Elms 7 | Albertus Magnus 0
RECORDS: Elms (1-1-0, 1-1-0 GNAC) | Albertus Magnus (0-2-0, 0-1-0 GNAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The Blazer burst out of the gates in the first quarter, scoring four quick goals in the opening 15 minutes. Elms saw first-quarter tallies from Erin Thibodeau (East Longmeadow, MA), Melanie Ward (Wilbraham, MA), Carissa Ramirez (San Diego, California), and Katie Jones (San Diego, California).

Albertus settled in during the second quarter, holding Elms scoreless in the frame. Albertus goalie, Mikayla Lyston racked up eight saves in the second quarter, finishing the first half with 18 stops.

The Blazers added one more goal in the opening seven minutes of the third from Ward, to take a 5-0 advantage into the fourth. Two more fourth-quarter scores from Ramirez and Shea iced a 7-0 win for Elms.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- Katie Jones, Melanie Ward, Carissa Ramirez, Sam Bonneau, Cierra Brundage, Erin Thibodeau and Haile Shea all saw shots.

- Nora Newman finished the day with three saves.

FROM THE DESK OF COACH LAPAR:

"I am proud of the team for a great win this Saturday. We came out with fire, put ourselves ahead and then continued to play smart. During film from our last game (Colby-Sawyer) a huge adjustment we wanted to make was finding the simple pass while recognizing the time and space we have. I think we were able to accomplish that during this game and it paid off, not only with possession, but with efficient energy. We have a week to work on a few more adjustments so that we can capitalize again against Roger Williams this coming Saturday."

UP NEXT:

- The Blazers hit the road for a matchup against Roger Williams University for a 12PM start.

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