Lynchburg, Va. -- University of Lynchburg's field hockey team scored thrice in the waning minutes to secure a key 4-1 Old Dominion Athletic Conference win over Shenandoah Wednesday evening at the Liberty University Field Hockey Complex.
Sophomore forward Emily Dudley (Westminster, Md.) scored two of the host Hornets' three second-half goals, both assisted by senior forward Nikki Simpao (Stafford, Va.).
Sophomore forward Jackie Lerro (Royersford, Pa.) chipped in another on sophomore midfielder Alex Rebman's (Mechanicsburg, Pa.) first-career assist. Senior forward Kayla Copeman (Williamsburg, Va.) added Lynchburg's other goal.
SU goalkeeper Isabella Morande made seven saves.
Lynchburg out-shot its guest, 29-8.
THE RUNDOWN
Final: Lynchburg 4, Shenandoah 1
Records: Lynchburg (7-5, 3-0 ODAC), Shenandoah (9-4, 2-2 ODAC)
Venue: Liberty University Field Hockey Complex, Lynchburg, Va.
HOW IT HAPPENED
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The hosts got on the board first, thanks to Rebman's 19th-minute trackdown of a loose rebound, which she shoveled to Lerro for the opening goal.
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Shenandoah evened the tally just before halftime, when Kelsey Jones took Taylor Hayes' feed and finished shortly after a penalty corner.
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Lynchburg controlled most of the second half and finally broke the tie in the 59th minute, when Simpao played a ball into space in the center of the circle, and Dudley chased it down and slapped it into the back of the cage.
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Two minutes later, Copeman drove the ball along the right endline and heaved it into traffic, where it caromed off a defender's foot and went in.
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Lynchburg added the icing in the 64th minute, as Dudley and Simpao repeated their magic from a few minutes earlier.
LOOKING AHEAD
Lynchburg will play its third game of the week Friday at Dickinson. The Hornets and Red Devils square off at 3:30 p.m. in Carlisle, Pa.
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