Box Score (Carlisle, Pa.) – The Dickinson field hockey team opened its Centennial Conference season with a thrilling 2-1 win over visiting Haverford College on Saturday afternoon. The Red Devils were inspired for Play for Trey Day as honorary captain, five-year-old Trey Fry led the charge for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
The Red Devils struck first, right before halftime as sophomore Taylor Bednar (Emmaus, Pa./Emmaus) redirected an assist from Kim Monteferante (Putnam Valley, N.Y./Lakeland) with just under two minutes remaining in the half.
Dickinson carried the momentum into the second and stretched the lead to 2-0 as junior Amber Dey (Flemington, N.J./South Hunterdon) fed a beautiful ball to Chelsea Kramer (New Vernon, N.J./Morristown Beard), who made a great flick past the goaltender in the 41st minute.
Haverford made things interesting, scoring with just over 12 minutes remaining in the game when Rachel Gordon connected with Elena Veale to cut the deficit to 2-1.
The Red Devils made a stand and would hold on down the stretch as they were able to gain possession and burn valuable minutes off the clock.
After producing just two shots in the first half, the 'Fords finished even with the Devils for the game, 11-11 while both teams forced nine penalty corners on the day.
First-year goaltender Heather Meeder (Baltimore, Md./Notre Dame Prep) made five saves to earn her second straight win while classmate Delaney Ahn (Macungie, Pa./Emmaus) came away with a big defensive save in the second half.
Danielle Rette made three saves for Haverford while Natalie Leslie came up with a defensive save as well.
The Red Devils improve to 3-2 overall and 1-0 in the conference. They are home again on Wednesday, hosting Gettysburg College at 4:00 pm.
