Wittenberg Field Hockey Wins Six In A Row

Oberlin, Ohio – The Wittenberg University field hockey team cruised to their sixth straight win, taking down the Yeowomen of Oberlin College 7-1 from the road on Sunday afternoon. The Tigers set the tone early, as Audrey Coler found the back of the net for the second day in a row with the first goal of the day going in as only seven minutes expired. Coler would be on the attack soon again, finding Blaine Donnelly for the Tiger's second goal. Wittenberg would take a 4-0 lead into the break, with Isabella Wagner tallying back-to-back goals in the 22^nd and 25^th minutes of action. Nine different Tigers would tally shot attempts on the afternoon, leading to four separate Wittenberg goal scorers.

GAME BREAKDOWN

• Veronica Carrow led the Wittenberg attack with nine shots and eight on target, as two shots made it through in the second half for the Tiger's sixth and seventh goals.
• Alex Reed set up Carrow on her first goal in the 61^st minute, before Megan Niswonger tallied her second assist of the day, finding Carrow to mark the final Wittenberg goal just over a minute later.
• Donnelly got the scoring started in the second half, capitalizing on the first Niswonger assist to give Wittenberg the 5-0 lead coming out of the intermission.

KEY STATS

• Wittenberg allowed just two Oberlin shots on the afternoon with both coming in the second half.
• Allie Purvis would log another complete game in goal for the Tigers with one save on two shots.  

FROM THE FIELD

• "Teamwork was key for the win over Oberlin today. We capitalized on great opportunities involving many players. We are excited to see this momentum carry into next weekend," Senior Audrey Coler said.

UP NEXT

• Wittenberg will return to action with a pair of road games starting Saturday, Oct. 21 when they head to Denison for a 12:00 PM NCAC contest.