LANCASTER, Pa. – The Cedar Crest College Field Hockey earned their second Colonial States Athletics Conference victory, after taking down Lancaster Bible College, 4-1 on the road Wednesday evening. The Falcons improve to 5-9 on the year, and earned their second conference win, putting them at 2-2 in CSAC action.
 
Cedar Crest outshot the Chargers, taking 25 shots in the contest, with 16 going on target to Lancaster Bible's two shots with their lone shot on goal beating the Falcons' keeper. The Black and Yellow earned 27 penalty corners in the match, recording the most in the second quarter with 12. Lancaster Bible was able to earn two penalty corners in the game, one in the second and fourth quarters.
 
Getting the Falcons on the board in the 10th minute first quarter was freshman Kiley Marone (Mohrsville, PA/Tulpehocken High School), scoring her team-leading eighth goal of the season. Marone took a short pass from sophomore Samantha Johnson (Hellertown, Pa./Saucon Valley) and shot to the bottom left-side of the cage to give the Black and Yellow a 1-0 lead. Cedar Crest would net back-to-back goals to begin the second quarter, the first was scored by Johnson, who tallied her fourth goal of the year in the 17th minute, after she collected a rebound and scored on the lower left side. Not even a minute later, sophomore Serena Shuler (Stroudsburg, Pa./Stroudsburg) would gather the ball in the circle and attempt a shot that went under the arm of the goalkeeper to give the Falcons a 3-0 lead in the 18th minute. Cedar Crest went into halftime possessing a 3-0 lead.
 
After a scoreless third quarter, Lancaster Bible would be able to capitalize off of a penalty corner in the 53rd minute, to cut the Falcons lead to 3-1. Two minutes later, in the 55th minute, senior Alexx Miller (Mechanicsburg, Pa/Mechanicsburg Area) would blast the ball into the bottom left side of the cage off of a penalty corner taken by freshman Amber Cieri (Slatington, Pa./Northern Lehigh). Miller's goal would be her third of the season and extend the lead to 4-1, which would hold as the final score.
 
Senior Cassandra Reijgers (Hollis, N.H./Hollis Brookline) started in cage for the Black and Yellow, and played the first half and did not face a shot. At the start of the second half, freshman Jackie Valadez (San Diego, Calif./Mira Mesa High) would step into the cage, and allowed a goal on the lone shot the Chargers took in the second half. Reijgers would receive the win in the decision, putting her record at 4-7.
 
The Falcons will return home on Saturday, October 26 when the host William Paterson University in non-conference action. First-whistle is set for 1:00 PM at the FalconPlex.