The No. 1-ranked Shippensburg University field hockey team defeated No. 10 Lander 1-0 Saturday at Emerald High School in Greenwood, South Carolina.
Shippensburg (2-0) scored the game’s only goal with less than three minutes remaining in the third quarter. On the Raiders’ sixth penalty corner, Emily Bitters delivered the insert to McKenna Boyle, who passed to Elaina Fragassi. Fragassi scored from the top of the circle after the ball deflected off a defender’s stick.
Lander goalkeeper Avery Tworkoski stopped two Shippensburg penalty strokes, one by Carme Caracotche Picone in the second quarter and another by Kayla Snyder in the third.
The Raiders recorded seven shots on goal and six penalty corners. Lander (0-1) finished with three total shots and one penalty corner but did not record a shot on goal.
Shippensburg goalkeeper Liv Schweighart earned her second shutout in two days. The Raiders have allowed one shot on goal and one penalty corner through their first two games.
Shippensburg will host No. 3 Newberry at 11 a.m. Saturday at Robb Sports Complex in a rematch of last season’s national championship game. The university will recognize the 10th anniversary of its 2016 NCAA Division II national championship team during halftime.
