EVANSTON, Ill. – Goalkeeper Maria Krull (Leicester, Massachusetts) recorded a career-high 21 saves as the Colgate field hockey team fell to the nationally ranked No. 17 Northwestern Wildcats, 8-0, Sunday afternoon at Lakeside Field.
 
It was the first career 20-save game for Krull as she was tested to the tune of 30 shots on goal from the Wildcats. Midfielder Molly Klare (Wilmette, Illinois) contributed her second defensive save of the season in addition to Krull's 21 saves.
 
Northwestern scored early and often on their way to an 8-0 win, led by Isabel Flens' hat trick and one assist for a seven-point game. Kirsten Mansfield scored one goal and picked up three assists for five points as the second leading scorer for the Wildcats. Elena Curley, Dominique Masters, Puck Pentenga, and Katie Yeatts also scored for Northwestern while Sophia Miller recorded two assists.
 
The Wildcats scored their first three goals off of penalty corners, taking a 3-0 lead into halftime. Northwestern initially took a 1-0 lead on Curley's fourth goal of the season before Mansfield deflected a shot off a penalty corner 19:15 into the game. With just 11 seconds left in the first half, Masters scored on a penalty corner of her own.
 
Just over 12 minutes into the second half, Pentenga made it 4-0 Northwestern and the Wildcats' Flens scored all three of her goals in the following 12 minutes of play to make it 7-0. Yeatts scored her first goal of the season with 1:20 left in the game to finish off the scoring.
 
BOTTOM LINE
Northwestern 8, Colgate 0
 
WON-LOST RECORDS
The Wildcats improved to 4-2 on the season while the Raiders fell to 1-6 with the loss.
 
KEY RAIDER INFO
-Maria Krull recorded a career-high 21 saves, her first career game of 20 or more saves
-Molly Klare recorded her second defensive save of the season
 
FACTS AND FIGURES
-Northwestern outshot Colgate 46-1 in the contest, including 30-0 in shots on goal.
-The Wildcats also earned 20 penalty corners while the Raiders got one.
 
UP NEXT
The Raiders hit the road for the third straight weekend where they will open up Patriot League play at nationally ranked No. 13 Boston University on Saturday, Sept. 17 before facing the Brown Bears in Providence, Rhode Island on Sunday, Sept. 18.