Smith College Athletics

NORTHAMPTON - First year forward Ari Martinez (Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina/Instituto Adveniat) scored a pair of goals to lead the Smith College field hockey team to a 3-1 NEWMAC win over Wheaton College Saturday afternoon at Nordin Field. The Bears improved to 3-4 overall and 1-0 in league action, while the Lyons dip to 3-3 and 0-1 NEWMAC.

Game Highlights

• The Bears broke through in the first quarter at 9:06, when Molly van Brunschot (Amsterdam, Netherlands/Dalton Spinoza Kyceum) scored off assists from Sam Sparling (Croton on Hudson, NY/Croton Harmon) and Ellie Szostalo (Gorham, ME/Gorham) to put the Bears ahead 1-0
• The Bears kept Wheaton off the board in the second quarter while defending three penalty corners and four shot attempts
• Smith added to their lead twice in the third quarter behind Martinez, who converted a penalty stroke at 42:05 for a 3-0 advantage
• Wheaton (Mass.) got the fourth quarter's only goal from Gia Marotta off an Ally Slicer assist

Inside the Numbers

• Smith finished with a 7-3 advantage in shots on goal, while the Lyons held a 9-2 edge in corners
• Bears goalie Iseul Park (Ann Arbor, MI/Pioneer) made two saves

Up Next
Smith travels to Keene State on Tuesday, September 23 for a 6:00pm start

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