ROCHESTER, NY – The Houghton Highlanders found the back of the cage early and often, building a 5-0 lead by the half in route to a 7-0 victory over the Nazareth Golden Flyers.
 
Jace Hunzinger put the Highlanders on the board just over a minute into the game, scoring her sixth goal of the season on a pass from Bekah Davie.
 
Less than a minute later Deborah Cross added a goal of her own. 
 
Cross would score again in the second quarter, and Davie would add three more to her conference-leading total, while Madison Gancasz would round out the scoring with her first collegiate goal in the 49^th minute of play.
 
Davie's third and final goal of the day was the 45^th of her career, passing Lori Sheetz, and moving Davie into second place on the Houghton career goals-scored list.  The only Houghton player to have scored more goals in a career than Davie is Kelly Mazzeo, with 54 career goals scored.
 
GAME VITALS
Score: Houghton – 7 | Nazareth – 0
Records: Houghton: 9-1 (4-0 Empire 8) | Nazareth: 0-9 (0-3 Empire 8)
Venue: NLPA Field, Nazareth University | Attendance: 76

SCORING SUMMARY

Description
1:04		Jace Hunzinger (6) Assisted By: Bekah Davie
1:55		Deborah Cross (8)
12:14		Bekah Davie (15) Assisted By: Deborah Cross
26:54		Deborah Cross (9) Assisted By: Jace Hunzinger
28:00		Bekah Davie (16) Assisted By: Adria Hartzler
35:33		Bekah Davie (17) Assisted By: Deborah Cross
48:34		Madison Gancasz (1)

NOTABLE STATS
>> Hunzinger notched her 17^th assist of the season on Cross's second goal of the day in the 27^th minute.  Already the Houghton and Empire 8 leader in career assists, Hunzinger needs only one more assist to match her own single-season Houghton record, and only two more assists to match the Empire 8 single-season record.
 
>> Davie now has 17 goals on the season and has scored at least one goal in all nine Houghton victories this season.  She has scored at least two goals in a game six times, and tallied three goals twice.
 
>> Goalies Annika Galen and Madison Tadusz combined for the Highlanders sixth shutout of the season, with Tadusz recorded a save on the only Golden Flyers shot in the final quarter. 
 
>> Houghton has scored at least four goals in eight of their 10 games this season and are currently averaging 5.1 goals per game.
 
UP NEXT
The Highlanders will travel to Geneva, New York on Thursday, October 5^th for what could prove to be one of the toughest matches of the season when they square off against regional powerhouse William Smith College at 6:00 p.m.