MADISON, N.J. - Five different Rangers figured into the scoring column and the Drew University field hockey team cruised by Notre Dame (Md.) University 6-1 in a non-conference match-up Saturday evening at Ranger Stadium.
Drew's six goals marked the team's highest offensive output since the team broke the school record for goals in a game with a 13-2 win over Cedar Crest College on Sept. 2, 2015.
Freshman
Lauren Zultowski posted her first collegiate multi-goal game for the Rangers (2-4), scoring a pair of goals, while sophomore defender
Carly Schiller added one goal and two assists. Freshman
Trisha Dominick contributed one goal and one assist to go with a defensive save.
Freshman
Bridget Kenny started in goal for the Rangers and blanked the Gators (2-4) over the first three quarters, making four saves. Junior
Joie Slossar stopped one shot in the final period.
After a scoreless first quarter, the Rangers broke through in the second stanza. Dominick put the hosts on the scoreboard, ripping home a shot from the top of the arc for her first collegiate goal. Schiller started the play with her corner injection pass.
Zultowski scored both of her goals inside the final two minutes to put the Rangers up 3-0 at the half. With 1:55 on the clock, she took a short pass from senior
Madyson Griswold and buried a close-range shot. Then with just 24 ticks showing, she redirected a pass outside the circle from senior
Sami Strathern into the back of the cage.
Drew continued to pull away in the third quarter, scoring on a pair of penalty strokes from junior
Camryn Koch and Schiller. Koch converted with 7:42 on the clock for her first collegiate goal before Schiller connected with 4:21 left for her third tally of the season to hand the Rangers a 5-0 lead heading into the final quarter.
The hosts scored their final goal with 9:19 remaining. Schiller started the play with a corner pass to Dominick at the top of the circle. Dominck sent the pass back to Schiller, who had made her way to the left post. She flicked a short pass to junior
Charlotte Grimm, who tapped it into the cage for her second goal of the season. Notre Dame broke up the shutout with 6:13 left, scoring off a corner.
The Rangers open up a four-game road trip on Wednesday, when they visit cross-town rival FDU-Florham at 7 p.m. in a non-conference affair.
