Field Hockey

TKing's College 5, Delaware Valley College 2

DOYLESTOWN (PA) - Lindsay Sabo scored one goal and tied a school record with four assists to lead nationally-ranked King's College to a 5-2 victory over host Delaware Valley College in a Freedom Conference game.

The victory improved the Lady Monarchs, ranked 17th in Division III, to 13-2 overall and 3-1 in conference play. The Aggies fell to 7-7, 2-3 and are now tied with DeSales University for the fourth and final playoff spot with two conference game remaining. DeSales defeated Delaware Valley earlier in the season to hold the tiebreaker edge between the two squads.

Sabo, the conference's leading scorer, upped her season totals to 21 goals and five assists for 47 points. She assisted on the first three tallies as King's took a 3-0, first-half lead. Debbie Wychock notched the first goal 9:07 into the contest and Megan Farrell followed just five minutes later. Sabo's third assist in the half came with 13:42 remaining as Sarah McGrady put home Sabo's feed.

Sabo opened the scoring just 3:04 into the second stanza, successfully converting a pass from Grace King. Later in the half, the teams exchanged goals to leave King's with a 5-1 lead. Delaware Valley hit the board with 13:22 to go as freshman Bethany Pavlik notched her 10th goal of the season. However, Wychock responded with her second goal of the game off Sabo's record-tying feed.

Shannon Shivak ended the scoring with 21 seconds remaining as the senior tallied her fifth goal of the year off a corner. Pavlik and Nicole Stefanni were credited with the assists.

King's held a 31-15 advantage in shots. Kari Leach made seven saves in the win while Amy Stafford
stopped 22 shots for the Aggies.