Faulkner's Career Day Fuels Flashes in 8-0 Victory

Sunday, October 5

Saint Louis, MO

2:00 PM

Kent State University

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Saint Louis University

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Kent State

Saint Louis

Hannah Faulkner and Krysti Lober celebrate a goal

Faulkner's Career Day Fuels Flashes in 8-0 Victory

10/5/2014 4:22:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Behind a hat trick and an eight-point day from Hannah Faulkner, a native of nearby Edwardsville, Ill., Kent State took down St. Louis 8-0 on Sunday.

"It's great to get two wins on the road for our confidence and heading into a big conference game this weekend," Head Coach Kathleen Wiler said. "Our striker line was working hard today to produce."

The Golden Flashes' attack came fast and furious in the first half as they were able to take a 2-0 lead into halftime. Hannah Faulkner got the scoring started ten minutes into the game, sailing a shot over the goalkeeper after receiving the ball from Alexis Madeira. Julia Hofmann then made the most of the team's first corner opportunity by scoring to make it 2-0.

Kent State took 16 shots in the first half with 11 of those coming on goal while St. Louis was only able to get off two in the opening 35 minutes.

Faulkner and the Flashes kept the game in their hands in the second half, as Faulkner connected on another shot three minutes into the second half to make it 3-0, assisted by Hofmann.

Shortly after the Billikens took a timeout, Alison Harmatz made it a 4-0 game. Madeira scored four minutes later off a rebound to make it a 5-0 Kent State advantage.

Faulkner then completed her first career hat trick with 23 minutes left in the match, taking the ball on the left side and again shooting it high over the goalkeeper for the tally.

"I really attacked and got shots on cage," Faulkner said of her performance. "It was really exciting that my whole family was there to see what I've been working on the past three years."

Elidh Thomson also made it a memorable game as she scored the first goal of her career on a breakaway at the 56-minute mark. The scoring continued three minutes later when Ines Delpech scored on a corner with assists by Faulkner and Alayna Harris to make the final score 8-0.

Kent State had the game in its hands the whole time, firing off 35 shots to St. Louis's four. The Golden Flashes also had a big advantage in corner opportunities with 12 to the Billikens's two.

Faulkner ended the day with a career-high ten points on three goals and two assists with a team-high ten shots. Hofmann and Madison Thompson each had six shots on the match.

Andrea Rinehart recorded her third career shutout and second of the weekend with three saves in net.

"I think we had really good possession of the ball and we used everyone on the field really well," Rinehart said. "Our defense played really well this weekend."

Kent State returns home to Murphy-Mellis Field on Saturday when they face Ohio at 11:30a.m.