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Long, Cimarelli Lead Tribe Past Ball State

Muncie, Ind. - The senior forward tandem of Maggie Long and Gina Cimarelli provided the offense as the William and Mary field hockey team won its season opener, 4-1, at Ball State on Aug. 26. Long and Cimarelli each scored a pair of goals in the victory for the Tribe, as it improved to 25-6-3 overall and 15-5 under head coach Peel Hawthorne in season openers.

“It was a good win for us,” head coach Peel Hawthorne said. “We got off to a bit of a slow start. We were pummeling the goalkeeper with shots, but couldn’t get a break on cage. Finally, when the dam broke, we were able to find more openings and the forwards capitalize.”

W&M dominated the stat sheet against the Cardinals. The Tribe outshot BSU, 21-4, including a 15-3 cushion in shots on goal. The College also owned a 10-2 advantage in penalty corners.

Despite outshooting Ball State, 7-1, in the first half and racking up seven penalty corners, the Tribe could not break through in the scoring column. The Green and Gold narrowly missed adding an early goal in the sixth minute of play. Following a penalty corner, W&M had three shots on goal in a matter of 20 seconds. Junior defender Laura Kastelic, Cimarelli and redshirt freshman defender Kaitlin Johnson all registered shots on cage, but all three were denied by the BSU goalkeeper.

Freshman midfielder Welsey Drew opened the second half with a shot on goal less than a 1:30 in, but it would be the Cardinal that struck first. At the 37:01 mark, BSU’s All-MAC duo forwards of Lindsay Quay and Lauren Cruz gave the Cardinals the lead. Quay scored on a deflected shot from the top of the circle off an assist from Cruz.

The Tribe wasted little time answering the Cardinals initial goal with one of its own less than three minutes later. Off a penalty corner, Cimarelli tipped the ball in from in front of the cage for the College’s first goal of the season. Long was credited with the assist on the play, the third of her W&M career.

Cimarelli gave the Tribe the lead for good with her second goal in the 54th minute. Senior midfielder Becky Van Zee saw her attempt on cage denied by the BSU goalkeeper, but Cimarelli was there to gather the rebound and push it past for her second goal of the half. It marked the second time in her career that Cimarelli recorded a pair of goals in a contest.

Long added her first goal of the match shortly there after. She followed her own shot with a driving goal from the top of the circle. BSU goalkeeper Caroline Lehman denied Long’s first attempt before she snuck the second in the cage, giving the Tribe a 3-1 lead at the 53:28 mark.

Long added her second goal of the contest with less than 10 minutes remaining. The goal pushed her point total to a career-high five against the Cardinals. It also marked Long’s first multi-goal game of her career. Van Zee garnered her first assist of the season on the play as W&M provided the final 4-1 margin.

Junior goalkeeper Gwen Hunter played the entire match and finished with a pair of saves. Long led Tribe with seven shots, including five on cage, while Cimarelli attempted five shots, including four on goal. Hawthorne also cited the strong play of junior midfielder Jessica Kastelic, Van Zee, Kacerek and Drew against the Cardinals.

“The forward line worked really well to keep the ball under pressure and took a lot of shots on goal,” Hawthorne said. “Two of our seniors, Maggie Long and Gina Cimarelli, had a particular fruitful day scoring.”

The Tribe will round out its opening weekend of competition in the Midwest against Miami (Ohio) in Oxford on Sunday, Aug. 27, at noon. The Redhawks, who are receiving votes in the preseason STX/NFHCA Preseason Top 20, opened the season with a 3-1 win over Northwestern on Aug. 26. The game can be followed over the Internet live on Gametracker at muredhawks.com.

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Photos at Ball State 8/26/06 - Photos by Steve Broaddus

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