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Tess Loughran
Sophomore goalkeeper Tess Loughran

Field Hockey

#1 Devils Blank #4 Manhattanville, 5-0

MADISON, NJ - The top-seeded College at Florham Devils got goals from five different players to beat fourth-seeded Manhattanville, 5-0, in the Semifinals of the Freedom Conference Tournament on Wednesday evening.

With the win, the Devils improved to 12-8 while the Valiants dropped to 11-8.  The Devils will now go on to play second-seeded Eastern in the Championship Game on Saturday.

FDU started the scoring 22:17 into the contest when senior forward Lauren Guenther knocked home a pass from freshman forward Rebecca Bruns.  The Devils made it 2-0 with 4:06 remaining in the first half as junior midfielder Kelsey Kistle converted a feed from junior defender Marybeth Weimer off of a penalty corner.  FDU scored two goals in a span of 2:15 (at the 52:06 and 54:21 marks, respectively) to grab a 4-0 advantage as sophomore midfielder Lanie Andrews and freshman defender Niki Ikeda found the back of the cage.  Senior midfielder Megan Springmeyer capped the scoring when she fired in a goal off a pass from Weimer with 1:29 left in the game.

Sophomore goalkeeper Tess Loughran earned the shutout victory, making five saves.

The Devils return to action on Saturday, November 5, 2011, in the Freedom Conference Tournament Finals at home against Eastern beginning at 1 pm.
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