PITTSFORD, NY – The #9 ranked University of Rochester field hockey team showed why it is one of the top teams in Division III, earning a convincing 3-0 win over Nazareth College on Wednesday evening.
 
Rochester with the win improves to 9-0 on the year, the second best start to a season in school history while the Golden Flyers drop to 1-9 on the season.
 
The Yellowjackets, fresh off earning their highest ever ranking in the Division III coaches poll on Tuesday, combined to outshoot Nazareth 49-1 and earned all 24 penalty corners in the contest.
 

Nazareth goalkeeper Kimber Nourse was forced to make a Nazareth single-game record 28 saves in the loss while the Yellowjacket goalkeepers, Gabrielle Cantley and Kiran Sundaram only made one save, going to Sundaram who played the second half.
 
Rochester took the lead at the 10:48 mark of the 1st half, coming off the stick of Jennifer Lee.  The tally was the sophomores second goal of the season and came from in close to the cage.
 
In the following three minutes, the Yellowjackets nearly made it 2-0, twice hitting the post, first by freshman Amanda Guido and then by classmate Colleen Maille.
 
UR then was able to find the back of the cage at 19:22 when junior Samantha Dow recorded her third goal of the season, again winning a battle in front, slamming a loose ball home.
 
Just before halftime, a penalty corner led to UR's third goal of the game.  Olivia Denny, who took the initial corner, was able to get the ball back off a pass from Maillie and tip the ball past Nourse for a 3-0 Yellowjacket lead.
 
In the second half, Rochester kept the pressure up, adding to their tremendous shot total.  But the Golden Flyers did venture into UR territory periodically, forcing Sundaram to make a save, with the shot coming from Kelsi Barnholt.
 
The Yellowjackets continue their season on Saturday at 1 pm with a trip to SUNY New Paltz before hosting St. John Fisher at home next Tuesday at 5 pm.