POUGHKEEPSIE, NY - The Vassar College Field Hockey team remained unbeaten at home on Wednesday evening as the Brewers defeated Montclair State 3-1 at Weinberg Field. Vassar improved to 3-1 overall while the Red Hawks fell to 2-3 on the season.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Vassar got on the board first in the opening quarter as sophomore Sofia Beseth put home a goal following the rebound of Hailey Brigger's shot at the 6:37 mark.
• The Brewers doubled its lead in the second quarter when Vassar received back-to-back penalty corners which lead to senior Maggie Werner deflecting in a pass from Brigger to make it 2-0 with about two minutes left in the half.
• Vassar quickly pushed the lead to three in the opening minutes of the second half as senior Molly Zahnleuter flicked one over the goalkeeper.
• Montclair State put back-to-back shots on goal from Tori Sutera and Carly Amerman as both were saved by senior Heidi Compton before leading to a penalty stroke goal from Gab Maisto with five minutes left in the final quarter.

FOR THE BREWERS

• Beseth tallied her team-leading fifth goal of the season while Brigger picked up her fourth point.
• Werner recorded her second goal on the year along with Zahnleuter tallying her first goal of the season.
• Senior Sarah Dumaresq earned the victory in the first 30 minutes of action while freshman Grace Wiley played the final 30 minutes.
• Compton registered her first two defensive saves in the 2023 campaign.

FOR THE RED HAWKS

• Maisto scored the lone goal of the contest for Montclair State while Sutera and Amerman recorded the other two shots.
• McKenna Laman took the loss in net while making two saves.

WHAT'S NEXT

• Vassar returns to Weinberg Field on Saturday against Ramapo at 1:30 p.m.
• Montclair State heads to Muhlenberg on Friday afternoon.