The University of Rochester field hockey team posted another shutout, its ninth of the season, winning 2-0 over St. Lawrence University on Sunday afternoon in a Liberty League matchup at Fauver Stadium.
 
Rochester, ranked 6th in Division III in the latest NFHCA poll, moves to 14-0 overall and 5-0 in the Liberty League, remaining in a first place tie in the conference standings with Vassar College.  UR heads to Vassar for its next game, taking on the Brewers next Friday at 4 pm in Poughkeepsie.  The loss drops SLU to 5-7, 2-3 in the conference.
 
The Yellowjackets applied the offensive pressure early and often on Sunday, leading 23-2 in shots and 13-3 in penalty corners.
 
UR's first corner less than 90 seconds in yielded a hard blast from the edge of the circle from Maya Haigis, an attempt which was saved by Saints keeper Sydney Giacin.
 
In the 8th minute, the Yellowjackets scored when first-year Amanda Strenk slapped in a rebound, sneaking her shot inside the right post.  Nancy Bansbach started the play outside the circle, slipping a pass in to teammate Catherine Hauser who took the initial shot which was saved by Giacin.
 
The ball deflected back out to Strenk who fired through traffic for her seventh goal of the season.
 
At 19:45, Haigis sent a long pass into the circle to the stick of Jennifer Lee who possessed it, took one dribble and flicked a backhand which sent just wide.
 
In the 25th minute, some nifty passing on a penalty corner from Colleen Maillie and Haigis ended in a Courtney Dunham blast, but her shot sailed just wide.
 
Rochester's lead doubled in the 29th minute.  Strenk gained possession for UR deep in Yellowjacket terrirtory and swept a long pass up the center of the field, to teammate Nikki Mercer.  Mercer then fed Bansbach perfectly in stride with another long pass, leading the senior captain on a breakaway where she juked Giacin to the right and slipped a shot into the cage.
 
Bansbach's goal is her team and league leading 14th of the season.
 
Early in the second half, Bansbach looked for another goal off a penalty corner, lifting a shot from the left wing, but her attempt sailed just high of the goal.
 
St. Lawrence's only offensive chances came in the 45th minute.  The Saints had back-to-back shots off a penalty corner, the first by Lucy Stillman being a tip shot which was saved by UR's Kate Kujawa.  The rebound shot by Celia Fleckner was blocked by a foot, leading to another corner which was eventually cleared away.