Coker Earns Road Win at Barton

WILSON, NC - Coker field hockey got back into the win column on Friday night after they defeated Barton, 4-3, at Electric Supply Company Field at Truist Stadium. The Cobras earned their second South Atlantic Conference victory of the season and first on the road. 

BY THE NUMBERS:

Records: Coker 2-7 (2-4 SAC) | Barton 0-8 (0-5 SAC)

• Coker outshot Barton 14-5 with seven of those shots on goal. 

• Coker registered nine penalty corners, while Barton had 5. 

TOP PERFORMERS:

Skylar Ponik: Goal

Camille Berger: Goal

Francesca Montanera: Goal

Amelia DiBattista: Goal

Aleena Januchowski: Assist

Eve Sekscinski: 2 saves, 1 goal against

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• After a scoreless opening quarter, Coker cracked the scoring column first when freshman Amelia DiBattista scored her first collegiate goal just over three minutes into the second quarter. 

• Coker added to the lead with six minutes remaining in the opening half on sophomore Francesca Montanera's second goal of the season and her career. 

• Barton cut the deficit in half with just inside two minutes remaining in the second quarter to make the score 2-1 at the break. 

• A scoreless third quarter was followed by senior Camille Berger's third goal of the season and fourth of her career to give Coker a 3-1 advantage with just under eight minutes to play in the game. 

• Junior Skylar Ponik gave the Cobra's a two goal lead again when she scored with just inside four minutes left in the game. 

• Barton closed out the scoring with 1:38 left on the clock to make the final 4-3. 

 WHAT'S NEXT?

Coker returns to the Coker Athletic Field on Tuesday when they welcome Lincoln Memorial to Hartsville. The game, the Cobras second to last home game of the season, begins at 6 PM. Tuesday also marks Coker's Pink Game for breast cancer awareness. The game can be seen live on FloSports.