OCTOBER 31, 2008
FIELD HOCKEY POSTS 5-2 WIN OVER DESALES AS WYCHOCK BREAKS SCORING MARK
WILKES-BARRE – The King's College field hockey team closed out its regular-season home schedule in fine fashion as the Lady Monarchs posted a 5-2 victory over visiting DeSales University Friday at McCarthy Stadium in the Robert L. Betzler Athletic Complex.
With the win, King's improved to 14-3 overall and 5-2 in Freedom Conference play. DeSales, meanwhile, slipped to 7-12 and 1-7 in conference games.
King's started out the game slowly as DeSales controlled the pace the first 12 minutes of he game. The Lady Monarchs would finally begin to dictate play and eventually took a 1-0 lead when Shawna Walp poked in a loose ball with 15:42 remaining in the first half.
From there the flood gates began to open. At 22:44, King's took a 2-0 lead when Heather Kozimor scored off an entry pass by Jenera Quinones. The Lady Monarchs would stretch the lead to 3-0 with 7:50 on the clock when Christina Glenn scored following a penalty corner. King's would go into the locker room with a 4-0 halftime lead when Candice Russ scored on a break away with 2:39 on the clock.
DeSales would finally reach the scoreboard when Catherine McGrillen scored on a scramble in front of the net with 22:30 left in the second half. The Bulldogs would close to within 4-2 when Jamie Matthews scored on an assist from Kerri Falacchio with 6:03 left in the contest.
King's senior Debbie Wychock would close out the scoring with an unassisted goal with 2:07 left in the contest. The goal enabled Wychock, the third leading scorer in the nation in NCAA Division III, to set a new school record with her 63rd point of the season. She bettered her own previous record of 61 points set in 2006.
King's will close out the regular-season Sunday with a 1:00 p.m. game at cross town rival Wilkes University. The teams will “Play Pink” in honor of breast cancer awareness. Each team will wear pink warm-up shirts prior to the game.
