ROCHESTER, NY – Freshman Kelsey Powers (Naples, ME) scored a pair of goals to lead the Union College field hockey team to a 4-1 Liberty League win at Rochester Saturday afternoon. The Dutchwomen, winners of eight of their last nine games, improve to 9-3 overall and 3-2 in league action.

 

Union held a 1-0 lead at the half after Powers netted her first goal in the 22^nd minute.

 

Caroline Tulp (Acton, MA) put the Dutchwomen up, 2-0, off a penalty corner by Allie Ryan (Westborough, MA) in the 39^th minute. Tyler Willey (Stockton, NJ) gave Union a 3-0 lead in the 59^th minute with a goal off a penalty corner.

 

Six minutes later Lara Bucarey scored off a breakaway to cut Union's lead to 3-1, but Powers struck again 10 minutes later, this time off a penalty corner by Erin Laframboise (Middlebury, VT).

 

Union netminder Liz Stanford (Acton, MA) made two saves in 70 minutes of action, while Rachel Cahan stopped 10 Union shots.

 

The Dutchwomen held a 21-6 shot advantage and a 12-5 lead in penalty corners, three of which led directly to goals.

 

Union is back in action on October 14^th in a noon game at Nazareth.