Lions roll to fourth straight victory

Leigh Mitchell scored twice in the win.

Purchase, NY… The College of New Jersey field hockey team rolled to its fourth straight win as the Lions posted a 6-0 shutout at Manhattanville College on Saturday.

The second-ranked Lions are now 4-0 on the season, while the loss dropped the Valiants to 1-2.

TCNJ exploded for four goals in the opening half as senior Katie Reuther (Toms River, NJ/Toms River North) got things going with her first of the season. Sophomore Leigh Mitchell (Mt. Laurel, NJ/Lenape) made it a 2-0 game before freshman Alex Okuniewicz (Toms River, NJ/Toms River South) added another goal for the Lions. Junior Gabby Cafone (Fairfield, NJ/West Essex) gave the Lions a comfortable 4-0 scoring with 47 remaining in the opening period.

In the second half, Okuniewicz added her second marker of the game on a penalty stroke and Mitchell closed out the scoring knocking in rebound midway through the period.

Goaltenders Shannon Syciarz (Garwood, NJ/Arthur L. Jackson) and Sammi Brach (Belle Mead, NJ/Montgomery) combined on the shutout with Syciarz making one save and Brach had four.

TCNJ has a break in the schedule as the team doesn't play again until Saturday, September 20 when they are at FDU-Florham to face the Devils in a 1 p.m. start.

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