Katie Alexander Nets Hat Trick as Eagles Dominate Bobcats

FROSTBURG, Md.- The Juniata College field hockey team overpowered Frostburg, 6-0, Wednesday afternoon at Bobcat Stadium.

Katie Alexander (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg) scored three goals while Grace Alexander (Mifflinburg, Pa./Mifflinburg), Megan Martin (Cumberland, R.I./Cumberland) and Rebecca Waite (Landinberg, Pa./Avon Grove) each tallied one goal.  Waite had two assists while Olivia Marker (Huntingdon, Pa./Huntingdon Area) and G. Alexander each had one assist. Kylie Edwards (Danville, Pa./Danville) and Sara Deetz (Gloucester City, N.J./Gloucester City) teamed up for the shutout. 

Eleven minutes into the contest, Waite slid a pass past the onrushing keeper and K. Alexander finished easily to make it 1-0. Three minutes later, G. Alexander took the ball from the right end line towards goal and fired past the keeper to double the lead. In the 28^th minute Martin's first shot was saved by the Frostburg keeper but she stuck with it and put away the rebound to make it 3-0 Juniata.

Waite setup K. Alexander before G. Alexander setup Waite in the opening three minutes of the second half as Juniata's lead ballooned to 5-0. In the final minutes of the game, Marker passed the ball from the right end line to K. Alexander who beat the keeper again to complete her hat-trick.

The Eagles held a 26-6 edge in shots and a 11-2 edge in penalty corners.

Juniata travels to Catholic on Saturday. Game time is 1:00.