Carr Drives Pride Past Swarthmore
CHESTER, Pa. - Widener senior Jamie Carr (Norristown, Pa. / Kennedy-Kenrick) scored three goals as the hometown Pride defeated Swarthmore 6-2 in non-conference field hockey action Thursday evening.
The Pride (1-0) controlled the action in the opening ten minutes, getting a pair of scores from Carr. Carr's first two goals were identical-she waited on the far side of the cage for a rebound effort to fall at her feet, calmly depositing the ball. Her first score came at 2:55 while the second was registered at 7:09.
Widener added a third goal in the 16th minute off one of their eight penalty corner opportunities. Ellen Etzweiler (Landisville, Pa. / Philadelphia Univ.) started the set play, feeding to senior captain Colleen Guile (Springfield, Pa. / Springfield) on the short side. Guile took one touch and blasted the ball in the cage at 15:29.
Swarthmore got on the board late in the first half. Sophomore midfielder Joslyn Young (Ann Arbor, Mich. / Community) sent a hard pass at the front of the cage and senior forward Abbie Fischer (Sudbury, Mass. / Lincoln-Sudbury Regional) tipped it through at 29:36 to cut the score to 3-1.
The Pride responded with another goal before the half, as sophomore Kelly Eash (Glenolden, Pa. / Marple Newtown) finished off her own rebound at 33:03. The home team held a 15-7 shot advantage at the intermission.
Forward Erica Rose (Plymouth Meeting, Pa. / Kennedy-Kenrick) gave Widener a 5-1 lead at the start of the second half, taking a feed from Eash and walking it across the goal line at 42:00.
Garnet sophomore forward Hoa Pham (East Lansdowne, Pa. / Penn Wood) tallied a second score for the visitors, cashing in with a well-placed shot from the right side of the Pride cage at 53:00.
Carr completed her hat-trick just as she notched her other two scores-the senior collected a rebound and finished the goal at 58:13.
Widener goalie Kate Jensen (Center Valley, Pa. / Southern Lehigh) posted three saves in almost 60 minutes of action. Swarthmore starter Katie Ashmore '11 (Freehold, N.J. / Freehold) made nine saves in the first half while sophomore Gina Grubb (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Oakland Catholic) posted four stops in the second stanza.
Swarthmore makes its home debut this Saturday, Sept. 8 vs. Neumann at 12:00 p.m. on Clothier Field.