The No. 18 William & Mary field hockey won its fifth-straight game on Sunday, downing visiting Davidson 5-2 at Busch Field.  With the win, the Tribe improved to 10-4 on the season, clinching a winning record, while the Wildcats fell to 0-12 on the year.

The Tribe absolutely peppered the Wildcats defense en route to the win, taking 42 shots and putting 31 of them on-frame.  That included 26 shots in the first half, but goalkeeper Sarah Zeszotarski and her defense stood strong with 18 saves and kept W&M off the scoreboard until the 34th minute.  That play was started by sophomore Annie Snead (Midlothian, Va.) driving into the top of the scoring circle, then finding classmate Woodard Hooper (Reston, Va.) at the back post.  Hooper one-timed her shot across the front of the keeper and into the back of the boards for her conference-best fourth game-winning goal of the season.

The second half started with the Tribe offense keeping up the pressure, and breaking the game open with a series of early scores.  Late in the 37th minute, Cassidy Goodwin (Gloucester, Va.) drove through three Davidson defenders along the baseline, then passed the ball to Cata Days (Buenos Aires, Argentina) as the goalkeeper moved to block her.  Presented with an open goal, Days made short work of her shot, and upped the score 2-0.  Just three minutes later, Goodwin made her second assist of the day to find Estelle Hughes (Newcastle, NSW) in stride across the top of the circle.  Hughes took two extra steps to create separation on a defender, and then cranked one of her patented reverse shots past the flat-footed keeper for the 3-0 lead.

Early in the 43rd minute, it was Hughes' turn to create another scoring opportunity.  She took another strong shot from high in the scoring area that the goalkeeper caught high on the face of her shoulder pad, but the rebound fell off to the side where freshman Ella Donahue (Midlothian, Va.) pounced on it.  Her shot drove through the ball and into the back of the net for her first collegiate goal, and a 4-0 lead that chased Zeszotarski back to the bench.  The Wildcats eventually got one back, with Emily Roebuck scoring on a deflection in the 55th minute, but W&M answered right back two minutes later.  Christie van de Kamp (Midlothian, Va.) took a pass outside the dots from Jenny McCann (Annandale, Va.), then drove the ball by herself around two defenders into the scoring circle and unleashed a shot that deflected off another defender and under new goalkeeper Bean Rodriguez's foot for the Tribe's fifth goal of the afternoon.  Davidson scored the final goal of the day in the 63rd minute, coming off their final corner as Courtney Byler tipped in Lauren Gampper's shot from the perimeter and set the final margin at 5-2.



Starters
W&M: Morgan Connor (GK), Erin Menges, Annie Snead, Cata Days, Christie van de Kamp, Estelle Hughes, Booter Ellis, Cassidy Goodwin, Katelyn Rennyson, Cammie Lloyd, Emma MacLeod
DC: Sarah Zeszotarski (GK), Paige Albert, Nellie Turnage, Leigha Nortier, Lauren Gampper, Morgan French, Hannah Fisher, Caitlyn Gund, Kate Singletary, Anna Brewer, Courtney Byler

Inside the Numbers
- W&M's 42 shots are the seventh-most in school history, and the second time this year that the Tribe has eclipsed the 40-shot mark.  Davidson had six shots in the game, taking three each half and putting three total on-frame.
- The Tribe also dominated the corner count, taking 12 to Davidson's one.
- The Wildcats made a total of 26 saves in the game, second-most in a single game in the NCAA this season.  Sarah Zeszotarski made 20 of them, tied for third-most by a single player in a game this year, while Bean Rodriguez made four more and Courtney Byler and Lauren Gampper each had a defensive saves.  For W&M, sophomore Morgan Connor (Bedford, N.Y.) made one save the only time she was tested.

Notes
Prior to this season, the only other time that W&M had multiple games with 40+ shots in a season with 1988 ... The Tribe had 49 against Longwood in a 2-0 win that year, before setting the school record with 62 shots against Wake Forest (won 7-0) ... Cassidy Goodwin's two assists are tied for 10th-most in a single game, and the seventh time this season that W&M has had a player score two assists in a single game ... The last time W&M had two separate win streaks of at least five games each was in 2000, the first time that the Tribe made the NCAA Tournament (seven and five) ... Morgan Connor won her 10th game of the season, the most since All-American Claire Miller '03 won 12 in her senior season of 2002 ... Woodard Hooper moved into a tie for 10th all-time with four game-winning goals in a season, the most since Kelly Giles '06 had five in her CAA Player of the Year season of 2004.

Up Next
William & Mary hits the road next weekend for its only game of the week, traveling down to Norfolk, Va., to face long-time nemesis Old Dominion on Sunday, Oct. 15, at 12 p.m.