Field Hockey Team Drops First-Ever Match

UNION, NJ — Freshman forward Kelly Anderson scored the first goal in school history, but the Hawks fell in their first-ever varsity field hockey match, 8-1, to Kean University on Saturday afternoon.

Anderson, the 1999 Mid-Hudson Athletic League Field Hockey Player of the Year and a member of the Kingston High team that reached last year’s New York State semifinals, scored the Hawks’ first-ever goal with 16:21 left in the second half on a pass from sophomore midfielder Jodi Novatka.

Vicki Hassler and Azuree Schnur scored three goals apiece to lead the (1-0) Cougars to the victory. Former Rondout Valley High standout goalkeeper Liz Clarke made 16 saves in the loss for (0-1) New Paltz.

The Hawks travel to Vassar College on Wednesday for a 4 p.m. match. The game had been scheduled to be New Paltz’s first-ever home game, but was changed to a road contest due to the still unfinished artificial turf replacement at Kingston’s Dietz Stadium.

COLLEGIATE FIELD HOCKEY

Kean 8, New Paltz 1

First Half: K – Rebecca Allen (–) 2:53; K – Azuree Schnur (–) 6:21; Vicki Hassler (–) 9:02; Azuree Schnur (Kelly Hamill) 13:34; Azuree Schnur (–) 14:35.

Second Half: K – Vicki Hassler (–) 46:54; Vicki Hassler (–) 51:17; NP – Kelly Anderson (Jodi Novatka) 53:39; K – Kelly Hamill (–) 57:37.

Shots on Goal: NP 15, K 29.

Penalty Corners: NP 5, K 5.

Goalie Saves: NP (Liz Clarke) 16, K (Heather Martin – four saves; Michele Hahn – no saves; Violet Sawyer — six saves) 10.

Team Records: New Paltz 0-1, Kean 1-0.