PHOTO BY BRIAN HOFFMAN
Roanoke College remained perfect in ODAC field hockey with a 3-2 win at home over the Hornets of Shenandoah on Saturday. RC is now 10-1 overall with a 3-0 conference record.
Roanoke trailed 1-0 early but the Maroons countered late in the first half when a Lenore Keunen shot was deflected by Emilee Wooten for a goal to tie up the game in the 32nd minute.
With 25 minutes left to play in the contest, Taylor Hayes scored on a high, hard shot just under the cross-bar to take the lead back for the Hornets.
Once again RC answered when Kestrel Thorne-Kaunelis scored on a rebound of a Wooten shot, tying the game at the 46:44 mark. Megan Diehl provided the game-winner with five minutes left to play following a corner with the assist from Keunen to give RC the lead for the first time in the game. Emma Clark had six saves in goal for the Maroons.
The Maroons have two big ODAC games coming up. They’ll be at Eastern Mennonite for a 1 pm game Saturday, then play at Washington & Lee in Lexington on Tuesday, October 17.