Lincoln Plews
Senior Staff Writer
The College of Wooster field hockey team took back-to-back conference wins in its last two games, sweeping Kenyon 4-0 at home last Thursday before traveling to Oberlin on Saturday for a 4-1 win over the Yeowomen. The Scots now stand at 5-5 on the season (4-3 in NCAC play).
Wooster put an abrupt halt to Kenyon’s six game win streak this past Thursday, dealing the Ladies their first conference loss of the season. The Scots put on an offensive showcase in the game, pelting Kenyon goalkeeper Sydney Carney-Knisely with 23 shots (to Kenyon’s eight), including 14 in the first half alone.
Anna Divis ’13 was the first to score for the Scots. She found the net off an assist from teammate Shelby Stone ’15 in the twelfth minute of the game.
Wooster’s next goal came from Isabelle Howes ’13 just three minutes later. Wooster forward/midfielder Nikki Sever ’14 fired a hard shot toward the right goalpost, which Howes managed to deflect in to give Wooster a 2-0 lead.
The Scots would drive home two more goals in the second half, both delivered by Clare Nelson-Johnson ’13. Nelson-Johnson’s first goal was unassisted, as she collected the ball from a scramble near Kenyon’s goal and fired it in.
Her second goal came off an assist from Sever, who sliced through the defense on the right side and sent a perfect cross to Nelson-Johnson, who finished the play to give the Scots their 4-0 win.
Wooster’s game against the Oberlin Yeowomen last Saturday once again displayed the Scots’ huge offensive firepower as the team cruised to a 4-1 win. Wooster outshot the Yeowomen 24 to seven.
The Scots got on the board first as Sever cruised down the right side of the field and fired in a goal just nine minutes into the game. Nelson-Johnson scored the next two goals of the game, the first unassisted and the second coming off a double-assist from Sever and Stone.
Oberlin showed signs of life as the second half drew to a close. Yeowoman forward Taylor Swift managed to emerge from a crowd in front of Wooster’s net to knock in a goal and draw Oberlin within striking distance at 3-1.
Wooster, however, decisively put any hopes of an Oberlin comeback down in the second half by preventing the Yeowomen from registering a single shot.
The final goal of the game came from Nelson-Johnson, who recorded her third career hat trick (all of which have been against Oberlin), off of yet another assist from Sever.