The No. 19 William & Mary field hockey team recorded its second-straight shutout on Friday night, blanking Hofstra 5-0 in the conference opener for both teams.  The Tribe improved to 7-4 overall and 1-0 in the Colonial Athletic Association with the win, while the Pride fell to 5-7 (0-1 CAA).

The Tribe was led to the win by a school-record performance from senior forward Emma MacLeod (Richmond, Va.).  She scored four of W&M's five goals, matching the all-time record for a single game that had previously been achieved eight times, most recently by Christine Johnson '13 in 2012.  MacLeod's hat trick plus one (or double-brace, if you will) was also the Tribe's first hat trick since classmate Cammie Lloyd (Midlothian, Va.) scored one in 2015, and the most goals in a game in the CAA this season.

Although Hofstra started the game pressing hard, the Tribe defense stood tall and kept them without a shot before springing the offense for a counter-attack.  Sophomore Annie Snead (Midlothian, Va.) got the ball at midfield, turned, and fed a through ball behind the defense to Lloyd at the top of the circle.  With the keeper charging out, Lloyd found MacLeod on the back side of the play and set her up with a precise pass to allow MacLeod to score and put W&M up 1-0 less than three minutes in.  In the 15th minute, it was Lloyd's turn to score her eighth of the year.  Junior Jenna Cutilli (Maple Glen, Pa.) stole the ball from a Hofstra defender just outside the dots, turned, and found Lloyd at the near post.  From that range, the Tribe's leading scorer is near automatic, and was again tonight for a 2-0 lead and Cutilli's first career assist.

After the teams came out from the halftime break, the Green and Gold stepped up play in all three zones on the field.  At the end of the 38th minute, again less than three minutes from the whistle, MacLeod struck again in the open field.  On the attack, MacLeod tipped a long pass from Lloyd towards the Hofstra goalkeeper for an easy save, but the senior followed her shot and ont he reshot was able to slip the ball under the keeper and into the goal at the far post.  The 49th minute saw a new goalie for the visitors and a penalty corner for the Tribe.  With Hofstra clogging up the middle, striker Christie van de Kamp (Midlothian, Va.) found MacLeod lurking on the edges and fed her the ball for a nearly uncontested goal and MacLeod's first career hat trick.  She would add her record fourth at the start of the 54th minute, out of another corner.  This time, freshman Melanie Strik (Den Haag, The Netherlands) took the shot from up top that was saved, and once again MacLeod was in close to corral the rebound and take the quick re-shot and score, setting the final margin at 5-0.



Game Starters
W&M: Morgan Connor (GK), Erin Menges, Annie Snead, Cata Days, Christie van de Kamp, Estelle Hughes, Bailey McCarthy, Booter Ellis, Cassidy Goodwin, Cammie Lloyd, Emma MacLeod
Hofstra: Carys Swan (GK), Frankie O'Brien, Madison Warfel, Taylor Mumley, Philine de Wolf, Anne van den Booman, Madison Sauve, Marloes Schavemaker, Madison Reed, Hannah Zemaitis, Dominique Luxardo

Inside the Numbers
- W&M led the shots once again, 22-8, including 11-6 in the first half and 11-2 in the second.  This season, the Tribe is a perfect 7-0 when leading the shot count.
- Corners also went for W&M, 7-2, including 5-0 in the second half.
- In goal, Morgan Connor (Bedford, N.Y.) played the first 62 minutes and made one save, while Jessica Wiggins (Williamsburg, Va.) closed out the victory without being tested.  On the other end of the field, Carys Swan got the start and the loss, with 8 saves in 44 minutes, and Cecelia DeSimone made five more saves in her 25 and change.

Notes
Coming into the weekend, only two other players in the NCAA had scored four goals in a game this season ... Virginia's Tara Vittese scored five against Monmouth, while UConn's Charlotte Veitner had four goals twice, against Boston U. and Pacific ... Cutilli's assist was the first point in her career ... van de Kamp has three assists and a goal in her last three games, every point she's scored in her career ... MacLeod now has a career-high nine goals and two assists just over halfway through the season ... Lloyd has scored at least eight goals each of the past three seasons ... W&M has four shutouts so far this year, the most in a single year since have five in 2012 ... The Tribe has scored 17 goals in its last three games, a strike-rate that hasn't been seen since the 1970s ... W&M had a three-game stretch with 19 goals in 1974, and an 18-goal stretch in 1976 as well as an 18- and 17-goal overlapping streaks in 1979.

Up Next
William & Mary wraps up its five-game homestand on Sunday, hosting Northeastern at 1 p.m.