Center Valley, Pa. (September 25) – FDU-Florham field hockey senior Haleigh Flukey (Ocean City, NJ) led the Devils to a 2-1 win over DeSales University in the Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom (MAC Freedom) opener for both teams on Saturday afternoon.
 
Records: FDU (6-2, 1-0 MACF), DeSales (4-4, 0-1 MACF)
Location: DeSales Turf Field
FDU Goal Scorers: Haleigh Flukey (5, 6)
 
How It Happened:

• Flukey registered FDU's first goal of the game and her fifth of the season in the 19th minute. The senior took back-to-back penalty corners before Sydney Moskal (Washington, NJ) fed the ball to Flukey, who buried into the back of the cage for the early lead.
   
• FDU doubled its advantage in the third quarter. Flukey ripped a shot at the cage, but it was saved by a DeSales defender. On the very next play, Flukey was awarded a penalty stroke and converted it for her second goal of the game
   
• DeSales cut its deficit in half less than 30-seconds after Flukey's second goal as Ashlee Jopp found Tyra Wingle to make the score 2-1 in favor of the visitors.
   
• In the fourth quarter, DeSales out shot FDU 4-0 in an attempt to tie the game, but Devils keeper Megan March (Glen Burnie, Md.) made three huge saves securing the 2-1 win for FDU in its MAC Freedom opener. 

Inside the Stats:

• DeSales out shot FDU, 17-6 (12-4 on cage), while both teams were awarded five penalty corners.
   
• March made a season-high 11 saves for the Devils and picked up the complete game win, while DeSales keeper Gianna Duddy failed to make a save in 60 minutes of action for the hosts.
   
• Since October 25, 2009, FDU is 13-2 against DeSales and has now won five consecutive matchups.

Up Next:

• FDU heads to William Paterson for a non-conference matchup on Wednesday, September 29 at 7:00 pm.
  
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