FROSTBURG, Md. – DeSales scored three unanswered goals to break a first half tie on its way to a 4-1 victory over Frostburg State in field hockey action, Saturday afternoon.

Box Score

DeSales (2-0) controlled the offensive tempo with a 20-8 edge in shots, including a 12-3 lead in the opening half. Kelsey Strowhouer found the cage twice that broke a 1-1 tie and handed DeSales a 3-1 lead in the 48th minute. Amy Pulcini added an insurance goal at 54:07 to help seal the victory.

Despite being outshot in the first half, the Bobcats (0-2) hung tough. The Bulldogs scored the contest’s first goal at 9:47, but FSU evened the score at 1-1 when Breanne Russell (Clements, Md./Chopticon) found the net for the second time in two games this season.

However, Stowhouer answered five minutes later with the first of her two goals that put DeSales up 2-1 at the half. Strowhouer scored for a second time at 47:33 as the Bulldogs led 3-1. Pulcini’s insurance score sealed the win at 54:07.

Bobcat sophomore starter Maggie Edwards (Lebanon, N.J. / Hunterdon Central Regional) had a big game in the cage, stopping 10 shots, five each half. It’s the eighth time that Edwards has recorded at least 10 saves in a game in her FSU career. Victoria DelToro made four saves to earn the win for DeSales.

Russell finished the contest with three shots, two on goal and that first half goal to lead Frostburg offensively.

The Bobcats are back in action tomorrow afternoon when they open Capital Athletic Conference play at Wesley at 1:00 pm.