Wolverines Use Third-Quarter Surge in Shutout Win at UC Davis

» No. 7 Michigan earned two targets within the opening 3:21 of the third quarter in a 2-0 win at UC Davis.

» Esmee de Willigen scored the game-winner on the 31:37 mark, and Eva Bernardy transformed a nook strike lower than two minutes later; it was the primary aim of the season for each.

» U-M held UC Davis to only six complete photographs and two on aim; Caylie McMahon stopped a penalty stroke late to protect the Wolverines’ second straight shutout.

DAVIS, Calif. — The No. 7-ranked University of Michigan area hockey group scored twice within the first 3:21 of the third quarter in its 2-0 win at UC Davis on Friday afternoon (Sept. 12) on the Aggie Field Hockey Facility. U-M additionally held UCD to only six complete photographs en path to its third straight win and second shutout.

After its scorching begin cooled within the first half, Michigan used one other fast strike to interrupt by way of with the sport’s first aim simply 97 seconds into the second half and added one other lower than two minutes later to down the Aggies (2-3).

Junior Esmée de Willigen tallied her first marker of the season — and earned the game-winner — on the 31:37 mark. Graduate scholar Abby Tamer drilled a tough shot towards the aim from close to the highest arc to arrange the scoring probability. The ball went proper to de Willigen’s stick in entrance of the cage; she flipped to her reverse and knocked it in left facet previous the UCD goalkeeper.

Sophomore Eva Bernardy additionally picked up her first aim this season on a nook assault at 33:21, nailing the direct shot from the highest of the arc to the lower-right nook of the cage. Senior/junior Zoë Bormet and fifth-year senior Emmy Tran earned assists on the insert and cease, respectively.

The Wolverines (3-1) have now earned targets from 11 totally different gamers by way of 4 video games — simply three fewer than all of final season.

In all, Michigan outshot the Aggies 21-6 and outcornered them 9-4. Nearly all of UCD’s offensive stats got here after the Wolverines had two gamers despatched off with inexperienced playing cards inside 30 seconds of one another and with lower than 5 minutes remaining within the fourth quarter. Graduate scholar goalkeeper Caylie McMahon saved the shutout intact with a penalty-stroke save at 56:17, getting her blocker on a shot excessive to the left.

Michigan turned away two corners within the ultimate 71 seconds, blocking two photographs earlier than McMahon posted one other save. She mixed for the shutout with junior/sophomore Hala Silverstein, who didn’t face a shot on aim within the first half. UC Davis goalkeeper Addy Collingwood earned six saves.

Michigan will wrap up its weekend highway journey towards Stanford at midday PT on Sunday (Sept. 14) at Laird Q. Cagan Stadium in Palo Alto, Calif. The recreation will likely be streamed stay on ACC Network Extra.