The William & Mary field hockey team brought its season-long homestand to a successful conclusion on Friday night, coming back from an early deficit to beat Hofstra, 4-2.  The Tribe won its third in a row to improve to 6-5 overall and 2-0 in the Colonial Athletic Association, while the Pride fell to 5-7 and 0-2 in league play.

How it Happened
- Although the Tribe held the advantage in shots, 7-3, in the first quarter, the Pride were the first ones on the board following a penalty corner early in the 10th minute.  Cami Larsson had her shot deflect up off a defender, and Frankie O'Brien smacked it out of the air at the near post and in for the 1-0 lead.
- W&M controlled the pace of play for much of the first quarter, and as the second quarter got underway, turned up the pressure even more, holding the ball in te midfield.
- The Tribe finally broke through in the 25th minute, as junior Ashley Drum (Virginia Beach, Va.) wove through the defense and took a shot from high in the circle that blasted past the goalkeeper and in to tie the match, 1-1.  It was Drum's first career goal.
- As has become standard, the third quarter was where W&M blew the game open, out-shooting Hofstra 12-1.  After peppering the goalkeeper with four shots in the space of a minute, the Tribe earned a corner early in the 34th minute.  Senior captain Christie van de Kamp (Midlothian, Va.) took a shot from the initial set, and fellow senior Cassidy Goodwin (Midlothian, Va.) redirected it past the goalkeeper and into the net to take a 2-1 lead.
- W&M kept pushing, and scored again in the 41st minute.  Senior Woodard Hooper (Williamsburg, Va.) drove in along the baseline, and as the defense collapsed to her and the goalkeeper stepped to block her path, she found junior Haley Hopkins (Springfield, Va.) unmarked two yards off the goal-line for the score.
- The Tribe's final goal came early in the fourth quarter, off another penalty corner in the 47th minute.  It was van de Kamp again with the shot, this time deflecting low off a defender's stick and in.  Credited with assists were senior captain Annie Snead (Midlothian, Va.), who tied the program record with her 25th career assist, and sophomore Jorja Morgan (Wakerley, Queensland, Australia) who provided the set-up.
- Hofstra kept trying to claw back into the match, and got their second goal in a penalty corner in the 57th minute.  Larsson got the goal on a sweep into the high corner, with assists to Frankie O'Brien and Madison Warfel.

Starters
W&M - Kimi Jones, Haley Hopkins, Annie Snead, Ella Donahue, Tabby Billingham, Christie van de Kamp, Cara Menges, Woodard Hooper, Cassidy Goodwin, Jorja Morgan, Ashley Drum
Hofstra - Merlijn van der Vegt, Frankie O'Brien, Madison Warfel, Meredith Pfennig, Djuna Slort, Lindsie Rogers, Valerie Vogels, Camilla Larsson, Jordan Thompson, Mercedes Currie, Samantha Spera

Notes
Sophomore goalkeeper Kimi Jones (Virginia Beach, Va.) was credited with the win after making two saves in 45 minutes ... Senior goalkeeper Morgan Connor (Bedford, N.Y.) came on in the fourth, making one save ... Snead is now tied with Emma Clifton '15 for the most career assists in school history, with 25 ... W&M out-shot Hofstra 25-7 ... It was the fifth time this season that the Tribe has taken more than 20 shots, and the fourth time in the last five games ... W&M has now won five in a row against CAA teams, just the eighth winning streak of five games or more in conference play ever ... The last time the Tribe won at least five in a row was 2004, when W&M won the regular season at 7-0 ... Since the start of the 2017 season, the Tribe is 22-10 (.689) in games decided by one or two goals, including an 11-3 (.786) in two-goal contests.

Up Next
William & Mary hits the road, traveling down to Davidson, N.C., to face the Wildcats on Sunday at 12 p.m.  The game can be streamed live with a subscription to ESPN+.