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| ASU picks up first win
against St. Francis |
Josh Dernosek
Sports Beat |
Josh Brown | Chief Photographer |
Behind senior captain Emily Walls, the
Appalachian State University field hockey team racked up its first
win in convincing style over visiting St. Francis.
Walls netted four goals while the entire St.
Francis team only shot the ball four times in the Mountaineers’
6-1 win.
“Our coaches told us to go out and have
fun today,” said Walls. “[Four goals] is my idea of fun
right there.”
The game was Appalachian’s to win from the
very beginning. In the first two minutes Nara Brookes made a perfect
pass to Walls and she knew exactly what to do with it, put it home.
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“You should
expect good things out of [Walls], she is a senior, she is experienced,
she is skillful, she is fast and she wants it,” said coach
Patience Harrison. “That girl is going to be a scoring machine
this semester; she is ready to break some records.”
Brookes made another brilliant pass to Shannon
Mayan a few minutes later and added a goal of her own before the
final whistle blew in Kidd Brewer Stadium.
The win was just what the team needed, coming
off two tough losses, one to a great James Madison team and the
other to a skillful American squad.
“Our team needed a win to affirm for them
all the hard work and time that they have put in so far,” said
Harrison. “This is good for us and hopefully we can just get
going from here.”
The Mountaineers showed signs of perfection and
most importantly the team appeared to be in sync with each other.
“We worked together, and used a lot more
passing,” said Walls. “We supported each other and communication
was high; everything that we worked on in practice just clicked
today.”
Now with a win under their belts, the ASU women’s
field hockey team has a new confidence and is ready to start a winning
streak and begin a journey to win in their conference, according
to players.
“Our season goal is to win the East Division
of the NorPac [Northern Pacific Conference] and assure the victory
over Southwest Missouri,” said Harrison.
Saturday the lady Mountaineers lost a tough battle
to visiting American University as the Mountaineers could not get
a ball past goalie Laura Miller.
Appalachian will return to action on Friday,
Sept. 13 at 8 p.m. as they host Miami University. |
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