W&M Field Hockey Defeats Radford, 2-1

Senior Ann Ekberg Scores Both Tribe Goals

09/21/02

WILLIAMSBURG, VA - William and Mary’s field hockey team defeated Radford, 2-1, this afternoon at Busch Field. The Tribe improves its record to 3-4, while the Highlanders drop to 2-5.

After a scoreless first half, W&M quickly put a mark on the board in the second, when freshman defender Diana Esposito (Hummelstown, PA) passed to senior forward Ann Ekberg (Virginia Beach, VA) who streaked toward the goal and scored just 2:03 into the period. Ekberg scored her second and game-winning goal less than seven minutes later, scoring off the rebound of a missed penalty corner shot.

Radford’s goal came with 4:10 left in the game on their only penalty corner of the day. Megan Driest passed to Erin Lenhardt, who lofted a shot that went over the reach of W&M goalkeeper Claire Miller (Virginia Beach, VA), hit the crossbar of the cage and fell behind the line for the score.

For the game, William and Mary outshot the Highlanders, 14-3 and held a seven to one advantage in penalty corners.

The Tribe plays its first Colonial Athletic Association game of the season at home tomorrow against No. 2 Old Dominion at 2:00 PM.