HOUGHTON, N.Y. – Peyton Bentley tallied eight points and Jace Hunzinger tied a program record with four assists to lead Houghton field hockey to a Homecoming victory over the visiting Lancaster Bible Chargers on Saturday afternoon, 7-1.
 
Bentley scored three goals and dished out two assists to lead the high-scoring Highlander attack.
 
Just over one minute into the game Bentley found the back of the cage when the Chargers goalie stopped a shot from Deborah Cross and Bentley cashed in on the rebound.
 
Ten minutes later, Bentley would score the game-winner after Jace Hunzinger beat a defender on the wing and slotted a pass to the middle.
 
Houghton would score three goals in the first quarter, three more in the third quarter, and a final tally in the in the opening minute of the fourth.  Lancaster Bible would pick up their lone goal in the 47^th minute.
 
GAME VITALS
Score: Houghton – 7 | Lancaster Bible – 1
Records: Houghton: 9-3 (4-0 Empire 8) | Lancaster Bible: 3-8 (1-0 United East)
Venue: Burke Field, Houghton University | Attendance: 80


SCORING SUMMARY

1:23		Peyton Bentley
10:45		Peyton Bentley Assisted By: Jace Hunzinger
13:28		Jace Hunzinger (5) Assisted By: Peyton Bentley
30:21		Bekah Davie (10) Assisted By: Jace Hunzinger
32:52		Bekah Davie (11) Assisted By: Peyton Bentley
38:06		Peyton Bentley Assisted By: Jace Hunzinger
45:53		Bekah Davie (12) Assisted By: Jace Hunzinger
46:36		Sarah Dukeman Assisted By: Haley Stahl

NOTABLE STATS
>> Bekah Davie posted her first hat trick of the season.  She now leads the team with 12 goals and 27 total points.  Her 12 goals are the most scored by a Houghton player since Caitlin Jennings scored 13 times during the 2017 season.
 
>> Hunzinger would finish with four assists and a goal.  She has now tallied an assist hat trick twice this season and leads the team with 14 assists, surpassing her team-leading total of 12 from last season.  She is the only Houghton player to compile double-digit assists in the past 11 years, and is now fourth in career-assists on the Highlander leader board.
 
>> Bentley's goal hat trick is the third time she has accomplished the feat in her career (9/25/21 vs. Elmira and 9/18/19 vs. Wells).  Today was the most points she has scored in a single game in her career.

>> The last time two Houghton players scored three goals apiece in the same game occurred September 18, 2019 vs. Wells, when Bentley, Caitlin Jennings and Sydney Jameson all recorded hat tricks.
 
UP NEXT
The Highlanders will travel to Rochester this upcoming Wednesday, October 12 to take on the two-time defending Empire 8 champion St. John Fisher Cardinals at 4:00 p.m.