ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa.--Eastern Field Hockey jumped on the scoreboard in the second minute Wednesday en route to a 7-4 win over the Elizabethtown Blue Jays.
After being shut out in their home opener on Friday, the Eagles had five different players score in Wednesday's win.
Senior forward Jess Jaindl scored twice, including a goal just 1:28 into the game.
Sophomore Danielle Frasca then scored on a rebound after a penalty corner to put Eastern up 2-0 in the ninth minute.
The Blue Jays netted their first goal in the 14th minute, but Eastern's Jess Jaindl responded with another goal in the 15th, assisted by Lauren Gay. Gay put the Eagles up 4-1 after forcing a turnover by intercepting a pass on the left side of the field and beating the goalie with a shot to the right corner.
The Eagles took a 5-1 lead minutes into the second half with a goal by senior midfielder Sarah Webb. The Blue Jays added two goals to creep closer to the Eagles, but Webb helped another ball into the Elizabethtown cage. Webb's shot in the 52nd minute was deflected by a defender, making it by definition an own goal. Webb, a midfielder with two career goals, nearly doubled her career total in a 13-minute span.
The Blue Jays scored on a penalty stroke in the 58th minute to come within two goals again, but Eagles' freshman Jade Etter scored her first career goal in the 64th minute to give Eastern some insurance.
Eagles' goalie Kylie Jones recorded 11 saves in the win.
Eastern head coach Camrin Azzarano noted that the their goal for the game was to improve their cohesion. "We accopmlished that by drawing together and being persistent," she said.
The Eagles face No. 7 Franklin & Marshall College on Saturday, the team they defeated in the opening round of the NCAA playoffs last year.
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