Box Score

CARLISLE, Pa. – Two first-half goals over a three-minute span was all the Susquehanna field hockey team needed in its 2-0 blanking of Dickinson College. SU captured its third-straight win to improve to 3-1 this season.

Dickinson (1-2) actually held a 19-15 edge in shots but Crusader goalie Margaret Ruth (Lewisberry, Pa./Northern) racked up eight saves to help preserve the shutout. Despite being edged in total shots, Susquehanna put 11 of its shots on goal while holding the Red Devils to just eight shots on goal all game.

Katherine Millett (Auburn, Maine/North Yarmouth Academy) led the squad with six shots and scored the opening goal of the game, which also proved to be the game winner. Megan McClellan (Oley, Pa./Oley Valley) scored the team's insurance goal and finished with three shots on the afternoon.

At the 26:21 mark of the first half, Millett scored an unassisted goal to put the Crusaders up 1-0 with less than 10 minutes to play in the period. Almost exactly three minutes later, McClellan netted the game's second goal thanks in part to an assist from Rebecca Marion (Wallingford, Pa./Strath Haven) to make it a 2-0 game at halftime.

SU added nine more shots in the second half and despite not scoring another goal, the Crusader defense was able to continue to keep Dickinson off the scoreboard and held the Red Devils without a shot for the final 3:48 of the game.

Susquehanna returns home on Sept. 10 to host Elmira at 7 p.m.