MAHWAH, N.J. – The No. 23 TCNJ field hockey team continued its dominance of early NJAC play with a 8-0 rout of conference rival Ramapo on Saturday.
Nika Eschmann scored two goals for the Lions (8-3, 3-0), who extended their winning streak to four with a third consecutive conference win by the same 8-0 spread.
Megan McGavin and
Natalia Simcak each netted their first career goal for TCNJ, which also got a goal and an assist apiece from
Prisha Dhruve,
Jadyn Huff, and
Rachael Tetzlaff.
The Blue & Gold connected with the back of the cage three times in each of the first two quarters.
Kendal Justus got the fireworks started about four minutes in, finishing a feed from Dhruve for her first goal of the season.
Eschmann scored four minutes later to continue her recent streak of red-hot play, converting a pass from Tetzlaff to make it 2-0 before Huff's penalty stroke gave TCNJ a 3-0 lead in the final minute of the first.
Dhruve scored 2:34 into the second on an assist from
Codie Sciacca, with Tetzlaff and Eschmann adding goals later in the frame.
McGavin opened her collegiate account 100 seconds into the second half, getting one past the keeper for her first career goal and a 7-0 lead, and Simcak netted the first goal of her career with 4:26 remaining in the fourth quarter to round out the scoring.
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
- TCNJ outshot the Roadrunners, 28-1, and put all but one of their attempts on cage
- The Lions earned eight corners while conceding just one
- Ramapo goalie Emily Getz racked up 18 saves
STANDOUT LIONS
NOTES
- Eschmann has scored a goal in five straight games and recorded a point in six straight
- Justus' goal was the second of her career
- Huff extended her career goal tally to an even 30
- Ines Sawyer, a study-abroad student from England, made her collegiate debut for TCNJ
UP NEXT
- The Lions host New Paltz on Saturday, October 17
