NORFOLK, Va. – The Old Dominion Field Hockey team extended its win streak to four games Friday night after defeating Georgetown 5-0 at the L.R. Hill Sports Complex. Sanci Molkenboer scored two goals and added an assist in the win.
Old Dominion (6-5, 3-1) opened the scoring one minute and 30 seconds into the game when Sacha de Gier found Molkenboer for the goal. ODU extended its lead over Georgetown with three minutes left to play in the first quarter as Molkenboer found Marlon de Bruijne for the goal. In the second quarter one saw one goal which belonged to ODU as de Bruijne assisted de Gier giving ODU a 3-0 advantage of Georgetown.
The Monarchs would add a fourth goal when Emily Tammaro sent a penalty corner into Rina Tsioles who stopped the ball for Anna Miller, Miller did the rest scoring her first goal as a Monarch. Old Dominion delivered the final goal with five minutes left to play in the third quarter as de Gier slid a pass into Molkenboer. The Monarchs held off the Hoyas in the fourth quarter and took the win 5-0.
ODU out shot Georgetown 20-2 with 17 shots being on goal. Suus Broers and Elsa Goldsberry combined for the teams fifth shutout of the season.
"Last week we didn't play as well as we wanted to and we had a good week of practice and wanted to come out and play at a different level and do the basic things well and the team responded well and played a really good game," said head coach Andrew Griffiths.
"We played some really good top 10 teams in the first half and it's been great for us because it has been able to teach us things we need to get better at. You can see some of those things coming through now. We are a bit more disciplined, moving the ball quicker and defensively more disciplined on containing the play."
"I'm really encouraged going into these next few games. The team can't settle and today's goal to get better each quarter as we have established a strong foundation and want to keep building on it," said Griffiths.
Old Dominion is back in action on Sunday, Oct. 8 at 12 p.m. when they host Hofstra at the L.R. Hill Sports Complex.
ODU Field Hockey Blows Past Georgetown 5-0 On Friday
