Sunday’s Field Hockey Results
App State 7, Davidson 3
Central Michigan 2, Mercyhurst 1
James Madison 4, American 1
No. 14 UMass 4, Boston 0
California 3, Ball State 0
No. 7 Michigan 13, Bellarmine 0
No. 20 Wake Forest 7, Longwood 0
Recaps courtesy of MAC Athletic Communications Departments
App State 7, Davidson 3
Box Score
BOONE, N.C. – The App State field hockey team defeated the Davidson Wildcats 7-3 on Sunday in its home opener.
The Mountaineers (3-0) once again never trailed, maintaining the lead throughout all 60 minutes of play.
Sophia Baxter, Lise Boekaar and Baylie Phillips all scored, propelling the Mountaineers to their third straight win.
Boekaar was a force on offense, tallying four goals and an assist in the victory. The assist pushes her to second all-time in career assists and ties her for sixth in single-season assists with eight.
The Mountaineers started with an offensive flurry, scoring two goals in the opening period. Boekaar scored from a penalty stroke, while Baxter notched the second goal off a deflection, also from Boekaar. The Mountaineers generated two corners and two shots on goal.
Baxter scored her second goal of the day and third of the season in the second. Despite the Mountaineers conceding a goal late in the period, App State held a 3-1 lead at halftime.
The Wildcats (1-3) opened the third period with a goal, pushing them within a single score of tying. Boekaar answered with her second goal of the game shortly after, extending the Mountaineers' lead back to two. With one more goal from Davidson in the period, the Mountaineers led 4-3 heading into the final quarter.
The Mountaineers offense exploded once again in the fourth. Phillips scored her second goal of the season before Boekaar scored the last two for App State. One came off a penalty stroke and the other from a penalty corner, giving the Mountaineers a 7-3 win over the Wildcats.
The Mountaineers will hit the road to take on Queens University on Tuesday. First touch is slated for 3 p.m. in Charlotte, N.C.
Central Michigan 2, Mercyhurst 1
Box Score
Mount Pleasant, Mich. — Central Michigan's field hockey team beat Mercyhurst Sunday 2-1, completing a two-game sweep over the Lakers at Cristy Freese Field, outscoring them on the weekend 6-1.
The weekend's back-to-back wins at home mark the first time the Chippewas achieved the feat since 2019's opening weekend when CMU defeated Colgate 4-1 (Aug. 30) and Saint Louis 3-0 (Sept. 2).
Senior Mallory Camryn scored both Chippewa goals, each unassisted. Graduate student Ashley Cogger stood tall in net, facing seven Lakers shots, four landing on target to collect three saves.
Camryn put the Chippewas on the board in the 11th minute, after being rewarded with a penalty stroke. Camryn swept it low between the legs of Laker's keeper Louise Pert, for her fifth goal of the season.
The Chippewa offense added five additional shots and drew four penalty corners through the first 15. On the other side of the field, CMU's defense held Mercyhurst to no shots or corners.
In the 19th minute Mercyhurst was able to find the board, squeezing a shot past Cogger, the only one she would allow over the two-game set.
The Chippewa offense maintained pressure in the Lakers' end to wrap up the first half, putting up seven shots, six landing on goal.
After a quiet third, highlighted by unsuccessful offensive pushes by both teams, Camryn was able to put away the game winner in the 47th minute. Set up by a rebound off a penalty corner, Camryn was able to collect a loose ball down low, flip her stick, and lift a backhanded shot over the Lakers keeper.
The defense held strong in the fourth, giving up no shots, and helped maintain pressure in the Chippewas offensive zone.
As a team CMU put up 24 shots, nine landing on goal, and generated 11 penalty corners.
With four points on the day Camryn now sits six points away from 100 on her career. She would be the fifth Chippewa to reach the mark, and the first since Kelly Jordan in 2008.
Central Michigan will head to Colgate Friday, Sept. 12, looking for three victories in a row.
James Madison 4, American 1
Box Score
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senior captains Skyler Brown and Alice Roeper both recorded two goals and an assist in James Madison field hockey's convincing 4-1 win at American on Sunday afternoon at the Jacobs Complex.
The Dukes (3-2) trailed 1-0 just 1:45 minutes into the contest but locked in defensively to hold the Eagles (1-2) to three shots for the remainder of regulation.
Roeper bookended JMU's four-goal outing for the fourth multi-goal game of her career. Meanwhile, Brown registered her first brace and a career-high five points. Brynna Hill aided the Dukes' attack with her fourth assist of the season. Netminder Molly Schreiner faced only two shots on frame, making one save in the win.
Jordan Reicher scored the Eagles' lone goal off an assist from Sophie Willemse. Goalkeeper Pauline Gineste made eight stops, with seven saves in the second half.
The Eagles gained possession in JMU territory, where Reicher found Willemse on the right post for the opening goal at the 13:15 mark of the first.
With under two minutes remaining in the second quarter, following a yellow card on Willemse, Brown connected with Roeper off a reset, whose shot trickled through the American defense to tie the game at 1-1 heading into the break.
Late in the third, the Dukes cashed in on a penalty corner when Brown collected a rebound off a Puck Jansen shot and sent it over the American goalkeeper for the 2-1 advantage.
Brown scored on yet another corner, this time misdirecting a shot from Roeper in front to make it 3-1 at the 11:16 mark of the final frame.
Less than three minutes later, on a rush in the circle, Molier passed back to Hill, who dished to Roeper on the back pipe for the easy tap-in to build a commanding 4-1 JMU lead.
The Dukes held an advantage in shots (17-5), shots on goal (12-2) and penalty corners (4-3).
Brown and Roeper's goals marked the first time JMU has had multiple players score multiple goals in the same game since Tori Carawan (4), Mia Julian (4) and Roeper (2) all found the back of the net in a 14-0 win versus Queens (N.C.) on Nov. 4, 2023.
Additionally, Brown is the first Duke to be credited with a game-winning goal in consecutive games since last season when Roeper was the hero against Central Michigan (Sept. 27) and Queens (N.C.) (Sept. 29).
Roeper's two-goal game marked her first multi-goal performance since posting two scores versus No. 18 Liberty on Oct. 29, 2024.
Through five games, Hill has matched her assist total from the 2024 campaign with four.
JMU is set for its first home game of the 2025 season when the Dukes welcome Towson to Harrisonburg on Friday, Sept. 12. Game time at the JMU Field Hockey Complex is slated for 5 p.m. and will stream on ESPN+.
No. 14 UMass 4, Boston 0
Box Score
AMHERST, Mass. -- No. 14 Massachusetts (4-0) earned their third shutout this season, claiming a 4-0 win over Boston University (0-3) on Friday at Gladchuk Field Hockey Complex.
Massachusetts earned its 21st victory over the Terriers all-time, having claimed a 5-3 win last season in Boston. The Minutewomen have now won 15 straight games at Gladchuk Field Hockey Complex dating back to Friday, Oct. 6 vs. Saint Joseph's.
Freshman Emily Barrett recorded her second brace of the season, firing in two goals on four shots. Junior Neva Eisenga remained a premier option in the attack penalty corner unit, notching her third goal of the season.
Freshman Fiene Jenniskens showcased her talent as a distributor, tallying a team-high three assists in the contest. Jenniskens leads the team with four assists on the season.
Senior goalkeeper Myrte van Herwijnen recorded her third clean sheet of the season, recording seven saves on the day. Van Herwijnen totaled 18 saves on the weekend, after a season-high 11 against Brown.
The Terriers were led by goalkeeper Sophie Ortyl who recorded six saves on the evening.
Massachusetts held a 2-1 advantage in shots, but could net the game's opening goal as the first quarter ended with the score 0-0.
Emily Barrett punctuated a pair of passes from Lina Kroeger and Fiene Jenniskens to put the Minutewomen up 1-0 with 1:21 remaining in the first half.
Less than one minute later Neva Eisenga converted a penalty corner goal to give Massachusetts a 2-0 lead heading into the halftime break.
BU turned up the pressure to begin the second half but were spurned by a trio of acrobatic saves from Myrte van Herwijnen with 11:00 to play in the third quarter.
Alexa Collins made it 3-0 Minutewomen with 2:23 remaining in the third quarter, tipping home an assist from Elani Sherwood.
Massachusetts went into the final quarter holding a 3-0 lead and a 11-8 advantage in shots.
The Terriers appeared to tip in their first goal of the game with 11:46 to play, but the call was reversed after official review.
Barrett fired in her second goal of the game, converting a penalty corner with 4:43 left in regulation.
The final whistle sounded with Massachusetts claiming a 4-0 win, its third shutout in th last four games.
The Minutewomen return to the road, challenging regional rival Boston College on Friday, Sept. 12 at 5 p.m. at Gladchuk Field Hockey Complex. The game will be broadcast live on the ACC Network Extra and can be followed live on umassathletics.com or UMassFH on Twitter.
