Field Hockey

Offensive Spark Leads App State Over Davidson

Sunday's Scoreboard

App State 6, Davidson 3 
Box Score
BOONE, N.C. – App State field hockey recorded its season high in goals with a 6-3 drumming of Davidson Sunday.
 
"We have a great in-state rivalry with Davidson, so I'm proud of our girls for coming out on top," head coach Meghan Dawson said. "We didn't do everything that we wanted, but our girls persevered."
 
Freshman forward Charlotte Bosma scored the first two goals of her career in the first half.

Bosma struck first in the sixth minute on a drive through the defense. After a Davidson goal, the Mountaineers rallied through the second period. Carli Ciocco scored seconds into the second off an assist from Friederike Stegen.
 
After that, Anna Smarrelli impressed the crowd with a diving goal that was assisted by Peyton Ritchey. Bosma then closed the first half with her second goal of the day in the last 30 seconds before the break. App State led the Wildcats 4-2 at the half.
 
Sarah Farrell later added two more goals in the fourth period, totaling six for the Black & Gold. Her final goal was assisted by Stegen, yet again, who finished with two shots on goal and two assists.

Stegen has now tied Taylor Cimbalist for career assists with 22.

Defensively, both Pauline Mangold and Grace Ball grabbed defensive saves for the Mountaineers. It was the second save of the season for Ball, who was awarded the Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of the Week award last week. Addie Clark finished the game with three saves in goal.
 
"We had those defensive saves to keep us ahead, and it was really good to put the goals that we missed on Friday into the goal today," Dawson said.
 
Other shot-takers for the Mountaineers were Sterre Molkenboer (2) Mangold (1) and Sydney Lee (1). With 23 total shots and 17 shots on goal, Sunday's outing marked a season high in both categories for App State.
 
The Mountaineers will take a week off before hosting Ohio in Boone on Friday, Oct. 1 at 3 p.m. This will be the final game of their three-game home stand. Next Friday's match-up will be streamed on Twitch.