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BRIDGEWATER, Va. – Senior Caroline Augsburger scored two goals and dished out a pair of assists to lead the Bridgewater Eagles field hockey team to a 5-3 victory over Roanoke College in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) opener for both squads.
Early in the contest, the Eagles earned a penalty corner and made the most of the situation when junior Rachael Loy's insert found the stick of Augsburger and the Lancaster, Pa. native fired a shot into the net for a 1-0 Bridgewater lead at the 4:34 mark of the first half.
Both teams had opportunities at the offensive end over the next seven minutes before the Eagles added an insurance tally. Bridgewater (4-5, 1-0 ODAC) earned its second corner of the game in the 12th minute and this time Loy fired a pass to Augsburger and the senior's shot caromed off of a defender but Augsburger was there to pick up her own rebound and stuck a shot in the net for a 2-0 Eagles lead. The goal was Augsburger's fourth of the season.
At the 14:37 mark, the Eagles made it 3-for-3 on corners as Augsburger took the insert pass from Loy and found Taylor Prillaman and the junior netted her fourth goal of the year to build a 3-0 Bridgewater lead. After the Bridgewater goal, the Maroons used a timeout and made a goalie switch as Ashleigh Hamman entered for Candice Fisher.
Following the three-goal outburst, the majority of the rest of the first half stayed in the Bridgewater end as the Eagles took a 3-0 advantage to the locker room.
Over the first 35 minutes of play, the Eagles owned a 12-6 advantage in shots and a 9-3 edge in corners.
The roles quickly changed out of the intermission. Caroline Peterson took a pass from Katerina DeSimone and beat Bridgewater keeper Amanda Harper to cut the deficit to 3-1 after four minutes of play in the second stanza.
Bridgewater put the pressure back on the Maroons before a 2-on-1 breakaway led to the fourth goal of the game for the Eagles offense. Augsburger sprinted downfield and found the outstretched stick of Marisa Sims and the sophomore chipped a shot into the top of the cage for her second goal of the season which extended the Bridgewater lead back to three at a 4-1 tally with less than 17 minutes to play.
Junior Alenka Ferrufino added Bridgewater's final goal of the game at the 58:51 mark. Ferrufino swiped the ball from a scrum in front of the net and sliced a shot into the cage for a 5-1 Eagles advantage.
Roanoke (4-3, 0-1 ODAC) added two late goals off of shots from Palmisano and Shelbi Holloman but it wasn't enough as the Eagles turned in a 5-3 victory in the conference opener for both teams.
Augsburger led the way with two goals and two assists off of four shots while Prillaman added six shots and a goal as the Eagles owned a 23-17 advantage in shots.
Harper secured her second win of the year after making five saves on the evening.
Roanoke was led offensively by the efforts of Palmisano. The forward tallied one goal off of four shots in the loss.
Fisher was tagged with the loss after allowing three goals over the first 14:37 of action. Hamman replaced Fisher and made six saves over the remainder of the contest.
Bridgewater returns to action on Sunday at Frostburg State. Start time against the Bobcats is set for 2 p.m.
