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Maddy Holmes FH
Ryan Hunt
0
Sweet Briar SWEET BR (2-8, 0-4)
1
Winner Roanoke ROANOKE (4-9, 2-2)
Sweet Briar SWEET BR
(2-8, 0-4)
0
Final
1
Roanoke ROANOKE
(4-9, 2-2)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Sweet Briar SWEET BR 0 0 0 0 0
Roanoke ROANOKE 0 0 0 1 1

Game Recap: Field Hockey |

Holmes tallies game winner in final minutes against Sweet Briar

SALEM, Va. - The Roanoke College field hockey team scored in the final six minutes of the game to take a 1-0 ODAC victory over Sweet Briar in the midweek. 

Game Information 
Roanoke 1, Sweet Briar 0 
Records: Roanoke (4-9, 2-2), Sweet Briar (2-8, 0-4) 
Location: Salem, Va. (Donald J. Kerr Stadium) 

How It Happened 

  • With six minutes left in the game, the Maroons earned a penalty corner. Corinne Orlando put a ball into the air that Maddy Holmes batted down from the keeper and into the back of the net. 

Notes and Notables 

  • Roanoke has now won back-to-back ODAC games after beating EMU this past Saturday. 

  • The goal was Holmes' fourth of the season.

  • Orlando's helper was her third assist of the season. She paces the team in the category. 

  • Holmes topped the squad in shots with four while Orlando wasn't far behind at three.

  • Chloe Miller only had to make one save in goal for RC in her 60 minutes of work. 

  • RC had the advantage in shots, 15-3, shots on goal 10-1, and penalty corners, 8-6. 

Up Next 
Roanoke is lined up for Saturday afternoon (Oct. 18) ODAC contest with Shenandoah this weekend. That game is slated to start at 1:00 pm. 

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