Bloomsburg Downs Millersville in Field Hockey

Jamie Vanartsdalen

BLOOMSBURG —Freshman Jamie Vanartsdalen (Philadelphia/Lower Moreland) recorded her first career hat trick to lead the Bloomsburg University field hockey team to a 5-1 win over Millersville University, Wednesday afternoon.

Vanartsdalens' first goal was also her first of the season. Britteny Fox (Reading/Oley Valley) also recorded her first goal of the season, while Samantha Kropa (Tunkhannock/Lackawanna Trail) accounted for the other Bloomsburg score. Kristi Ney (Dauphin/Central Dauphin East) chipped in with a pair of assists.

Vanartsdalen scored the lone goal of the first half off an assist from Kristi Ney to put the Huskies up 1-0 with 8:54 to play in the half.

In the second half, Vanartsdalen struck again just over eight minutes into the second half off an assist from Ashley Heckard (Millerston/Greenwood) to put Bloomsburg up 2-0. The Marauders Jaclyn Kulesza cut the Huskies lead back to one with just under 13 minutes to play off an assist from Jody Blair. Fox denied any Millersville rally when she scored just two minutes later. Vanartsdalen completed her hat trick when she scored with 7:29 remaining. Kropa punched in the final Bloomsburg goal with just over five minutes to play off an assist from Ney.

In goal, the Huskies' Tracey Hudak (Sweet Valley/Lake-Lehman) stopped five shots to earn her third win of the season.

Bloomsburg, 4-0, will visit Houghton on Saturday at 2 p.m.

BY PERIODS	1	2	OT	Total
Millersville	0	1	-	1
Bloomsburg	1	4	-	5

SCORING
BU	1st	8:54	Jamie Vanartsdalen (Kristi Ney)
BU	2nd	26:26	Jamie Vanartsdalen (Ashley Heckard)
MU	2nd	12:57	Jaclyn Kulesza (Jody Blair)
BU	2nd	10:35	Britteny Fox
BU	2nd	7:29	Jamie Vanartsdalen
BU	2nd	5:18	Samantha Kropa (Kristi Ney)

Goalie Stats
BU	Tracey Hudak	5 saves	70 minutes
MU	Jada Wolfe	20 saves	70 minutes

Shots
BU	28	MU	9
Corners
BU	10	MU	3