Box Score
GENEVA, N.Y.William Smith College senior Maggie Dolan scored three goals and led the 11th-ranked Herons to a 6-1 win over Union College in the first semifinal of the Liberty League Field Hockey Tournament.
William Smith, the tournament's top seed, needed just 2:18 to take a 1-0 lead. Dolan buried a feed from junior Ashley Barker to open the scoring. Less than 10 minutes later, Dolan made it a 2-0 game, scoring on a penalty corner set up by juniors Brooke Atwood and Sophie Dennis.
Senior Tara Baker made it a three-goal game in the 29th minute, poking home a point-blank shot assisted by junior Liz Saucier. Dolan finished off her hat trick and closed out the first half scoring in the 31st minute, tipping in a shot by Saucier.
Union (10-9) finally broke through the Heron defense in the 45th minute when sophomore Chelsea Harris (Hartford/White River Junction, Vt.) knocked in a rebound. From that point on, William Smith senior goalie Sue Jordan registered seven of her nine saves over the next 20 minutes before yielding to first-year Katie DeKraker with just under five minutes to play.
Dennis logged the last two Heron goals, 38 seconds apart.
Union first-year goalie Elise Wakeland (Kennebunk/Arundel, Maine) made 14 saves.
William Smith (15-3) will face off with 13th-ranked Skidmore for the Liberty League Championship at 2 p.m. on Nov. 5. The Thoroughbreds advanced to the title tilt thanks to a 3-2 win over Rochester.
