SENIORS HELP RAMS SECURE A-10 TOURNEY BERTH WITH WIN OVER SAINT LOUIS
Beyond the Box Score:
With virtual the same roster as last year (only two departures from last year's squad), the Rams completely reversed last year's record, going from 5-13 to 13-5.
The 13 wins is the second most in VCU Field Hockey history, equaling the total of the 2010 and 1990 squads. The record continues to be held by the 1992 team who tallied 16 victories.
After posting double-digits wins just once in a span of 17 years, VCU has now done it twice in the past three seasons
Scherrer completed the "triple crown" of VCU career records with her assist on DeMasi's first half goal. She now holds the record for career goals (53), career points (130) and is tied for career assists (24).
Hill's assist on that DeMasi goal moved her into a tie for eighth-place on the career assists list, equaling the 19 assists that Flore van Dessel racked up during her four years at VCU.
Quotable:
Head Coach Shannon Karl
"Today was an emotional game as we honored our six seniors who have done a great deal for this program. It was quite fitting that on their senior day, we were able to earn a berth in the A10 Tournament."
"I am happy and proud of their accomplishment, but our job is not done. We now turn our attention to a very talented and strong University of Richmond squad.
Senior Melanie Marotta
"I think we were solid as a team today. Saint Louis came out ready to go and really challenged us for a full 70 minutes. Fortunately, we came up with the goals and the stops that we needed to come away with the victory." one
"When we created our mission statement prior to the season, one of our goals was to make it to the A10 Tournament. To be able to accomplish what we set out to do is so special and I'm so proud of this entire team. But we're not satisified, our goals don't stop here. We now have to prepare for a very good Richmond team."
Coming up:
The Rams will spend the week preparing for the Atlantic 10 Tournament, where they will battle top-seeded and 16th-ranked Richmond on Friday. Game time in Amherst, Mass. is set for 11 a.m.
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