Box Score
Despite being out shot, 24-15, the Sewanee field hockey team walked away with a 4-3 victory over visiting Washington and Lee this afternoon. Elise Landau (Wernersville, Pa., Lancaster Country Day) and Taylor Skeen (Baltimore, Md., Towson) both racked up two goals apiece to lead the Tigers over the Generals.
Skeen started off hot for the Tigers, putting one past W&L goalkeeper Caroline Sutherland just five minutes into the contest. She added to her own goal just 1:26 later, when she found the net again, this time off a pass from Carly Grimm (South Salem, N.Y., John Jay).
Landau added to the Sewanee scoring attack seven minutes later when she put an unassisted goal past Sutherland to make it 3-0 Sewanee. Washington and Lee countered though, with just 1:13 left in the first half, as Chelsea Stevenson sent a shot past Sewanee keeper Anna Morrow (Annapolis, Md., St. James) to make it 3-1 heading into the half.
W&L kicked off the scoring in the second half when Kelly Tran put a shot past Sewanee goalie Emily Detmer (Denver, Colo., Pomfret) to make it 3-2 in favor of the hosts. Alex Hensleigh tied things up at the 19:27 mark when her shot made its' way past Detmer and into the goal to even it at three apiece.
But Landau wasn't done for the day. With just 12:12 left in the contest, Landau netted the game-winner when her unassisted shot sailed past Sutherland and into the W&L net. Landau's second goal of the day put the Tigers up 4-3 and they would never look back as they cruised to victory over the Generals.
W&L held the edge in shots, 24-15, and corners, 12-5. Morrow and Detmer each picked up eight saves for the Tigers.
Sewanee moves to 4-8 on the year and will head to Conway, Arkansas to take on Hendrix College on Saturday.
