WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary field hockey team scored off a penalty corner with just two minutes remaining to dispatch of reigning Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Champion Monmouth, 2-1, on Friday night at a wet Busch Field. Sophomore Woodard Hooper redirected a shot in front from senior Booter Ellis to give W&M (2-1) the victory over the Hawks (2-1).

W&M struck first just three minute out of halftime as senior Emma MacLeod tallied her first goal of the season. Senior Cammie Lloyd redirected a pass from outside to the area to MacLeod who pushed the ball across into the left side of the cage from in close to give the home team a 1-0 cushion.

The visitors pulled even on a penalty stroke in the 62nd minute. Rachel Konowal snuck the attempt just under Tribe sophomore goalkeeper Morgan Connor to knot the contest at one.

The Green and Gold earned its third penalty corner of the contest in the closing minutes and used it to cash in the winner. Off the corner, the ball ended up Ellis along the left side of the circle, and she sent a hard pass to the middle of the area. Hooper got on the end of it and scored into the left side boards for her second game-winner in as many contests.  

W&M Starters: 50 Connor (GK), 6 Menges, 9 Snead, 16 van de Kamp, 17 Hughes, 19 McCarthy, 20 Ellis, 21 Hooper, 23 Goodwin, 25 Lloyd, 26 MacLeod

Monmouth Starters: 31 Piersanti (GK), 4 Southard, 7 Kusakavitch, 8 van der Hoop, 11 Donahue, 14 Laszlo, 15 Girardi, 15 Garden Bachop, 22 Hanna, 24 Konowal, 27 Deusch

Goals
38' – W&M – Emma MacLeod (Cammie Lloyd)
62' – Monmouth – Rachel Konowal (penalty stroke)
68' – W&M – Woodard Hooper (Booter Ellis)

Inside the Numbers
- W&M held an 11-9 advantage in shots on the evening. The Tribe outshot the Hawks, 6-4, in the opening half, before each team attempted five in the second. Both squads put three shots on frame.
- Sophomore goalkeeper Morgan Connor posted three saves in the victory, while Monmouth's Christen Piersanti stopped just one of W&M's three attempts on goal.
- Each team recorded three penalty corners with the Tribe picking up the biggest in the 68th minute that led to the game-winner.

Notes
Hooper tallied her second game-winner in as many contests after picking up the clincher against Fairfield … W&M improved to 2-0 against the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) this season … Ellis picked up her third assist of the season, which ranks third in the CAA currently, and the 11th of her Tribe career … MacLeod's goal in the 38th minute was the 20th of her Green and Gold career … The assist was Lloyd's seventh in the last two seasons … Senior Bailey McCarthy made her first career start against the Hawks.
 
Up Next
The Tribe travels up to Charlottesville, Va., for a neutral site match-up with Ivy League foe Columbia on Sunday afternoon. The match carries an 11 a.m. start time. The Lions dropped their season opener on Friday at Virginia. Live stats for the Columbia-W&M match will be available at TribeAthletics.com.