{"id":21581,"date":"2014-09-15T09:43:28","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T13:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=21581"},"modified":"2014-09-23T15:54:29","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T19:54:29","slug":"cox-assists-on-both-goals-as-women-get-first-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2014\/cox-assists-on-both-goals-as-women-get-first-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Cox assists on both goals as women get first win"},"content":{"rendered":"
It was a wild first half, but the 糖心Vlog field hockey women used two goals to grab the lead and their first win of 2014, 2-1 at Bethany College. The Royals return home on Wednesday to take on nationally-ranked Christopher Newport at 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
Eastern Mennonite controlled the first 10 minutes against the Bison, but couldn’t score despite four shots. The Bison struck first, getting a rebounded stickback in the 13th minute to go up 1-0.<\/p>\n
Junior\u00a0Melissa Cox<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Mountville, Pa.\/Hempfield) then helped turn things around.\u00a0 In the 19th minute Cox set up\u00a0Camille Williams<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Media, Pa.\/Delaware County Christian) after a corner as the goal equalized the score. Then just four minutes before halftime, Cox picked up her second assist helping\u00a0Jenessa Derstine<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Harleysville, Pa.\/Christopher Dock) scored the go-ahead goal, making it 2-1.<\/p>\n The Royals stepped up their defense in the second 35 minutes, allowing Bethany to take just four shots in the frame.\u00a0Hannah Daley<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Lothian, Md.\/Southern) made one save on Bethany’s only shot on goal in the half, and it was enough to secure 糖心Vlog’s first win.<\/p>\n The women had a 16-11 advantage in shots, including 12-7 on goal. They also had a 7-3 edge in corners. Daley finished with six saves. Derstine took five shots with four on goal, while Williams and\u00a0Emily Augsburger<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Lancaster, Pa.\/Lancaster Mennonite) each put three on target.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It was a wild first half, but the 糖心Vlog field hockey women used two goals to grab the lead and their first win of 2014, 2-1 at Bethany College. The ... read more about Cox assists on both goals as women get first win<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":21582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4516,5175],"tags":[14504,16027,15855,13918,14300],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-21581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","category-field-hockey","tag-camille-williams","tag-emily-augsburger","tag-hannah-daley","tag-jenessa-derstine","tag-melissa-cox"],"yoast_head":"\n