VICTORVILLE/REDLANDS, Calif. — No. 19-ranked Hartwick College swept a pair of games against Azusa Pacific University and Division III No. 7 University of Redlands to improve to 13-6 on the year. The Hawks opened with a 12-8 victory over the Cougars and finished off the day with a 17-11 victory against the Bulldogs. Hartwick has now won three straight games.
Tori Wilson (Kitchener, Ontario/Grand River Collegiate Institute) registered a season-high six goals against Azusa for the Hawks. Lena Kotanchyan (Moscow, Russia/Elk Island School #368) and Nikolina Mihajlovik (Mississauga, Ontario/Silverthorn Collegiate Institute) each scored a pair of goals for ‘Wick.
Wilson scored twice in the opening quarter as the Hawks led 2-1 after eight minutes. Mihajlovik, Zsofia Polak (Dunaujvaros, Hungary/Rudas) and Wilson scored consecutive goals in the second quarter as the Hawks took a 5-2 advantage. The Cougars scored with one second left in the half to pull within two and they made it a 5-4 game early in the third.
Wilson scored her fourth of the game to extend the margin to two, but APU came back with three unanswered tallies to take the lead, 7-6. Wilson then netted two straight goals 1:02 apart to put the Hawks in front to stay.
The two teams traded goals in the first 2:19 of the fourth quarter with Kotanchyan registering the Hartwick tally. Kotanchyan, Mihajlovik, and L.J. Edwards (Encinitas, Calif./Cathedral Catholic) each registered goals in the final 3:55 of action to put the game away.
Polak would close the match with a game-high four assists. Charlotte Cottle (Blakehurst, Australia/Presbyterian Ladies College) contributed two helpers. Josette Santos (Huntington Beach, Calif./Edison) got the win in goal. She ended the game with eight saves.
In the Hawks’ second game against Redlands, 10 different players made it into the scoring column in the victory. Kotanchyan led all players with five goals. She also contributed a pair of assists. Wilson, Cottle and Edwards each chipped in with a pair of goals.
Lauren Brennan (Canberra, Australia/St. Clares College), Maryanna Antoniou (Glyfada, Greece/Second General HS of Glyfada), Katie McKenty (Auckland, New Zealand/Takapuna Grammar School), Madison Germuska (Encinitas, Calif./La Costa Canyon), Hannah Erbe Smith (San Diego, Calif./Scripps Ranch) and Ashley Madrigal-Geary (Sacramento, Calif./Christian Brothers) also tallied.
Natalie May (Huntington Beach, Calif./Edison) and McKenty had three assists apiece for the Hawks. Antoniou and Edra Colbeck (Seattle, Wash./Roosevelt) contributed two helpers apiece. Sabrina Hartwell (Ann Arbor, Mich./Skyline) played all 32 minutes in goal. She completed the game with four saves.
Release courtesy Hartwick College Athletics Communications
