Dominating the second half, the Penn field hockey team notched another win on the season by defeating Lafayette 3-1 last night.
The game didn't start out with the Quakers on top, though.
Penn (2-3, 1-0 Ivy) came out a little slow and Lafayette (0-4, 0-0 Patriot) capitalized on that when Maggie Condon scored the first goal of the game unassisted less than seven minutes in.
But the score wouldn't remain like that for long as the equalizing goal came six minutes later.
Once again, sophomore Margaretha Ehret opened scoring for the Quakers in the exact penalty corner play that earned her Penn's first goal of the season during last week's game against Harvard.
"The first goal is the one that gets everyone pumped up," Ehret said. "It just feels great to contribute like that."
Near the end of the second half, sophomore midfielder Nina Ferrier drilled her first collegiate goal past the Leopards' goalkeeper Jill Lambert on a fast break to put the Quakers up 2-1.
And it would be all Penn after the break, as the Quakers put up another goal and took command on offense.
"We kept coming at them and wore them out," coach Val Cloud said of the second-half attack.
To seal the victory, senior Tracy Statter sunk the Quakers' third and final goal over Lambert's pad and into the right corner of the net off a feed from junior Melissa Black.
The Quakers took 23 shots, while Lafayette managed a mere eight.
Ehret led the team with six shots, of which four were on goal.
Penn drew nine penalty corners, converting one of them directly for a goal, an area in which the team is working to achieve a higher percentage.
The team attributes much of its success to the fact that it was able to execute its game plan completely and that it made very few mistakes.
"They basically figured out the system and did very, very well," assistant coach Jeremy Cook said.
The Quakers were able to connect with each other, making many successful passes up the middle to move the ball downfield.
"We saw each other in the passing lanes and passed so well," Statter said.
And this win was different from the one on Saturday because the entire squad contributed.
"What made [the win] more exciting was that we worked so well together as a team," Ehret said.
Not only did the starting line take part in the victory, but the team used this game as an opportunity to showcase its depth.
"It was great that everyone got in and contributed in the second half," Ehret said. "It's exciting to accomplish so much and still score with the people off the bench."
Ferrier and Statter did not start, but came in to put points on the board.
By netting three last night, the Red and Blue scored more goals in yesterday's game than it had in the four previous contests. The goal tally is now at five for the year in as many games.
The Quakers look to add a few more to that total and also achieve a .500 mark on the season by defeating Cornell this weekend.
