MIDDLETOWN, CT – The Wesleyan field hockey team closes out the 2021 season on a high note, taking down Connecticut College at home, 1-0. While they did not qualify for the NESCAC tournament, 2021 will go down as one of the better seasons in recent history for the Cardinals. Wesleyan finished with seven total wins, the most in a single-season since 2012. Their three conference wins are the most the program has seen since 2013. Wesleyan finishes the year at 7-8 (3-7 NESCAC), finishing ninth in the conference. The improvement shown this year gives hope for an even better encore in 2022 for the Cardinals.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Connecticut College provided their only two shots on goal four minutes in, courtesy of Sydney Cresta. Both of Cresta's shots were turned away by Kylie Nelson-Marios '24, keeping the score deadlocked
- Wesleyan nearly had the first goal of the game in the dying seconds of the first quarter as Diana Schwarz '23 found herself on a breakaway. She was just about to launch a shot when a Camel defender caught her from behind and knocked the ball away
- Schwarz had another chance in the second quarter, ripping a shot from the top of the circle. The shot deflected off the goalie, before being saved by Tatum Courtmanche before it could cross the goal line
- The Cardinals came through with the only goal of the game in the third. Three minutes in Myla Stovall '22 took the ball past defenders into the right side of the circle, centering it to Annabel Cincotta '25 for the goal
- Wesleyan controlled the match the rest of the way, continuing to put the pressure on in the 4th quarter. They produced six corners in the final five minutes, keeping the ball in the Camels end until the buzzer
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- Wesleyan outshot Connecticut College 11-3 (8-2 shots on target)
- The Cardinals completed their second shutout of the season
- Cincotta scored her third goal of the season
- Stovall finished her career with her fourth assist of 2021
