HOUGHTON, NY – Nine different Houghton players found the back of the cage on Wednesday afternoon, as the Highlanders upended the Medaille Mavericks, 10-1, for their 11^th victory of the season and sixth win in the Empire 8 conference.
 
Since moving to the NCAA in 2011, the Highlanders have never had more individual players score a goal in a single game.
 
Peyton Bentley kicked off Houghton's scoring early, depositing a shot into the cage on an assist from Jace Hunzinger in the second minute of the game.
 
From there Houghton scored in spurts, scoring six more goals over a 6:30 stretch, to build a 7-0 lead before the 18 minute mark.
 
Elzandie Du Plessis, who scored her fourth and fifth goals of the season, would be the only Houghton player to log two goals on the night.
 
GAME VITALS
Score: Houghton – 10 | Medaille – 1
Records: Houghton: 11-5 (6-2 Empire 8) | Medaille: 3-12 (2-6 Empire 8)
Venue: Burke Field, Houghton University | Attendance: 20

SCORING SUMMARY

1:41		Peyton Bentley (10) Assisted By: Jace Hunzinger
11:15		Cedar Smith (4) Assisted By: Katherine Manley
13:15		Katherine Manley (1) Assisted By: Sarah Retz
14:01		Elzandie Du Plessis (4)
14:51		Bekah Davie (16) Assisted By: Deborah Cross
15:22		Ashlee Beck (2) Assisted By: Cedar Smith
17:45		Deborah Cross (8)
26:26		Ciciley Haslem (3) Assisted By: Cedar Smith
38:06		Elzandie Du Plessis (5)
40:31		Sarah Retz (2) Assisted By: Deborah Cross
54:38		Lindsey Johnson (2) Assisted By: Morgan Kramer

NOTABLE STATS
>> The 10 goals scored by the Highlanders boosted their total to 58 goals on the season, tying the record for the most scored by a Houghton field hockey team set by the 2003 team in 18 total games.  This year's Houghton team has scored more goals per game (3.63) than any team in Houghton history, to date.
 
>> Hunzinger's assist gives her 17 on the season, matching the single-season Houghton record set by Brieanna Claybourn in 2003.  She is currently one assist away from tying the all-time Houghton career record of 30, which is shared by Claybourn ('00-'03), Kristen Mazzeo ('03-'06) and Rochelle Hershey ('99-'02). 
 
>> Bekah Davie picked up her 16^th goal of the season, which currently ranks her fifth on the all-time single-season Houghton leader-board. 

>> Bentley's opening goal was her 10th tally of the season.  This is the first season in Houghton's NCAA-era that two players (Bentley and Davie) have recorded double-digit goals-scored.  In 2021 the pair came within a goal of accomplishing the feat, as Davie notched 10 scores and Bentley nine.
 
>> Houghton's 11 victories is the most by the team since 2005 (12-4).
 
UP NEXT
With playoff seeding implications on the line, the Highlanders return to Burke Field on Saturday, October 29 for their final regular season game against Empire 8 rival Washington & Jefferson College at 1:00 p.m.