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Scoreboard

Vernarelli - 1
Ryan Hunt
1
Allegheny ALL (0-3)
6
Winner Roanoke ROANOKE (2-1)
Allegheny ALL
(0-3)
1
Final
6
Roanoke ROANOKE
(2-1)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Allegheny ALL 1 0 0 0 1
Roanoke ROANOKE 1 1 1 3 6

Game Recap: Field Hockey |

Vernarelli's hat trick helps lift Maroons above Allegheny

SALEM, Va. - The Roanoke College field hockey team came away with a 6-1 victory over the Allegheny Gators on Saturday, thanks in part to senior Grace Vernarelli's hat trick of goals. 

Game Information 
Roanoke 6, Allegheny 1 
Records: Roanoke (2-1, 0-0), Allegheny (0-3, 0-0) 
Location: Salem, Va. (Donald J. Kerr Stadium) 

Key Moment 

  • Freshman Maggie Beach scored with less than nine minutes left in the first half to put the Maroons up for good. 

How It Happened 

  • The Gators struck first, just under one minute into the game, off a penalty corner. 

  • Roanoke answered back after earning a penalty stroke which was converted by Vernarelli to bring the score to 1-1. 

  • Beach then doubled the tally for the Maroons in the 21st minute by putting away a rebound right in front of net. 

  • Sophomore Ashley Mountcastle found Vernarelli in the arc who, with her back to goal, fired a shot home to open the flood gates in the second half. 

  • Vernarelli snagged her third goal after spin moving a defender and sending the ball into the lower right corner of the goal from just inside the shooting arc. 

  • The Maroons struck again three minutes later off a penalty corner sent in by Mountcastle to Danielle Crabtree. Crabtree then found Maddy Holmes to finish off the play and make it 5-1. 

  • The last tally of the came from graduate student Lindsey Keyes who scored just in front of goal after being setup by Elyse Cosgrave. 

Notes and Notables 

  • Vernarelli's hat trick was the third of her career. Her previous two occurred against Ferrum in 2022 and 2023. 

  • All four of RC's assists came from the sophomore class. 

  • Keyes' goal was her first of the season and 14th of her career. 

  • Holmes' goal was also her first on the year and was the third of her career. 

  • Mountcastle's assist was the first point in her time with the Maroons. 

  • Crabtree's assist was her second of the year. 

Up Next 
The Maroons round out their three game home stand on Tuesday (Sep. 10) with a non-conference contest against Southern Virginia at 7:00 pm. 

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