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Greyhounds Shut Out Rival Muhlenberg for Second Straight Victory of 2022

Senior goalie Brooke Wilkinson gets set in the cage in a match versus Misericordia University on John Makuvek Field. Photo by Mairi West '23
Senior goalie Brooke Wilkinson gets set in the cage in a match versus Misericordia University on John Makuvek Field. Photo by Mairi West '23

ALLENTOWN, Pa. --- The Moravian University field hockey squad posted its second straight shutout as the Greyhounds blanked rival Muhlenberg College, 3-0, in non-conference action Friday evening. 

How It Happened

  • The squads were scoreless through the first quarter
  • The Greyhounds broke onto the scoreboard in the 20th minute as senior midfielder Emily Wells netted an unassisted goal. Four and a half minutes later, sophomore forward Sydney Anderson found the cage off of a pass from junior forward Hanna Leto
  • Moravian pushed its advantage to 3-0 in the third quarter as Anderson scored again as Wells set up the goal in the 36th minute 

Inside the Numbers

  • Anderson has scored four goals so far in 2022, and she has 19 in her career
  • Wells netted her goal and added her first assist of the year. Both were the 14th of her career
  • Leto registered her first assist of the season and fourth of her career
  • Senior goalie Brooke Wilkinson recorded three saves for her second straight shutout of the season and the sixth of her career 
  • The win was Moravian's first over the Mules since a 2-1victory at Betty Prince Field back on September 25, 2013

Up Next for the Greyhounds

  • Wednesday, September 14 at Alvernia University, 7:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, September 17 vs. Swarthmore College, 1:00 p.m.