The Shippensburg Field Hockey team used crisp passing and aggressive offense to take down Bloomsburg 3-0 on the road this past Saturday.
Freshman Emily Barnard scored twice in the game, and senior Tori Ricker added another in the shutout.
Freshman Ally Mooney started the game and picked up two saves in goal. Junior Taylor Webster subbed in for the final five minutes of the matchup, and made five more saves including two penalty corners.
Shippensburg (6-1, 4-1 PSAC) first scored around the 16-minute mark. Sophomore Kendall Black set up Ricker for a shot, which found the left corner of the net to put SU up 1-0.
With the clock at 24:14 Barnard tipped in a pass from outside the scoring arc, putting the Raiders up 2-0 going into halftime.
Again in the second half Barnard came through on another tipped feed from senior Lucy Kauffman, giving Shippensburg the eventual 3-0 win.
Ricker leads the Lady Raiders with seven goals on the season, and has opened the scoring three times for her team.
Shippensburg plays at home at 11 a.m. this Saturday against IUP. The Crimson Hawks are 2-4 on the season (1-3 conference) but are on a two-game win streak.
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