Middlebury College

The #3 Middlebury field hockey team tallied four goals in the third quarter en route to a 5-0 shutout over Colby on Saturday. Megan Fuqua tallied her second hat trick of the season to pace the Panthers.
 
HIGHLIGHTS

• At the 10:56 mark of the opening frame, Claire McMichael took the ball into the circle and tried to tuck a reverse sweep inside the left pipe. Mules' goalie Gina Jacoby dove to her right to deny the chance, but the ball whistled just wide.
• Colby looked to break the deadlock with just 47 seconds expired in the second quarter. Christina Sweeney drove toward the cage after intercepting a Middlebury pass, but her windmill attempt was kicked away by Izzy Redzic. 
• The Panthers nearly broke through at the 18:19 mark. McMichael spun around with a defender on her back and fired an attempt, but Jacoby charged out and denied McMichael's point-blank bid. 
• Middlebury took a 1-0 edge on a penalty corner from Emma McCann with 23:18 elapsed. Lily Stockwell stopped the insert and faked a pass before sliding the ball to the left side of the circle where Fuqua blasted the ball into the right corner.
• The Panthers carried the momentum into the third frame when Addie Chandler redirected an initial shot by Tessa Herbst for the 2-0 lead with 3:36 expired.
• Nearly two minutes later, Middlebury increased the advantage to 3-0. A defensive save by Colby's Avery Taylor denied an attempt from Anna Powell on a penalty corner, but McCann gathered the loose ball on the left pipe and fed the ball to Fuqua, who lofted it into the upper left corner. 
• At the 39:11 mark, Fuqua completed her hat trick, gathering a sweeping pass from Stockwell and blasting the ball into the cage for the 4-0 lead.
• Just over five minutes later, the Panthers threatened to tack on another tally, but Jacoby dove to her right to thwart Ally Kennedy's chance.
• Middlebury closed out the scoring in the fourth frame. Jacoby denied an initial doorstep bid from Powell with a nice pad save, but Chandler was there to poke the loose ball into the cage for the 5-0 victory.

NOTES

• This marked the 44th meeting between the teams, with the Panthers improving to 43-1 in the series.
• Chandler has tallied at least one goal in each of the last five contests.
• Stockwell secured her first multi-point game with a pair of assists.
• Redzic, Madeline DiLemme and Sara Campbell each registered minutes in the cage. 

Middlebury has a quick turnaround, hosting #16 Endicott on Sunday at 12:00 p.m. on Peter Kohn Field.