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ANNVILLE, PA -- Stacy Swymelar (Jr., Phoenixville, PA/Phoenixville) scored on a penalty corner with no time left on the clock as the Franklin & Marshall College field hockey team defeated Lebanon Valley 2-1. The game appeared to be headed for overtime until the Diplomats were awarded a corner seconds before time expired. Then with the clock reading 0:00, Swymelar took the entry pass from Brenna Dolphin (So., Wilmington, DE/Archmere Academy), dribbled to her left, and fired a shot into the left side of the cage to give F&M the victory. Franklin & Marshall improved to 4-0 with the win as the team's record marks the second best season-opening winning streak in school history. Historically, the school record for best start by a field hockey team is 10-0-2 by the 1977 Diplomats who finished the season 14-3-2. Against the Dutchwomen, the Diplomats jumped on the board first with seven minutes left in the first half as Brittany Croll (Jr., Frankford, DE/Indian River) found the back of the cage off an assist from Eileen Keever (Jr., Prospect Park, PA/Interboro) to give Franklin & Marshall College a 1-0 lead at halftime. The Lady Dutchmen knotted the score at 1-1 quickly after the intermission as Steph Marguglio rebounded a missed shot to score 1:25 into the second half. The half volleyed back-and-forth prior to Swymelar's goal as LVC outshot F&M 8-5 in the second half and received seven penalty corners to the Diplomats’ five. In the cage, Michelle Altman (Jr., Trumbull, CT/Trumbull) recorded seven saves on 11 shots in ninety minutes of work, and LVC's Katie Pawlewicz and Abbey Gockley each made two saves while splitting time. Franklin & Marshall will continue the season on September 14 at home versus Elizabethtown College. Game time is set for 4:30 p.m. Franklin & Marshall (4-0, 0-0 Centennial Conference) 1-1 --2
Lebanon Valley (2-2, 0-0 MAC) 0-1 --1 Goals:
F&M -- Brittany Croll (Eileen Keever) 28:00
LVC -- Steph Marguglio 36:25
F&M -- Stacy Swymelar (Brenna Dolphin) 70:00 Saves:
F&M -- Michelle Altman, 7 (90 minutes)
LVC -- Katie Pawlewicz, 2 (35 minutes)
Abbey Gockley, 2 (35 minutes) Shots: F&M 11, LVC 11 Corners: F&M 10, LVC 12
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