HOUGHTON, NY – Needing a win to stay in contention for a top-four seed in the conference tournament, the Houghton Highlanders picked up an emphatic win, defeating the visiting Russell Sage Gators, 8-1.
 
Kylee Barshinger scored three goals, Adria Hartzler chipped in two more and an assist, and Courtney Waldridge recorded her first career two-goal game to lead the Highlanders attack.
 
Houghton has scored 15 goals in their past two games, and 25 goals in their past four.
 
The win secured double-digit victories for the Highlanders, a fete they have now accomplished in three of the past four seasons.
 
GAME VITALS
Score: Houghton – 8 | Russell Sage – 1
Records: Houghton: 10-4 (6-3 Empire 8) | Russell Sage: 4-12 (2-7 Empire 8)
Venue: Burke Field, Houghton University | Attendance: 90

SCORING SUMMARY

10:58		Lilyana Good (9)
11:53		Courtney Walbridge (1) Assisted By: Adria Hartzler
16:24		Adria Hartzler (9)
19:54		Courtney Walbridge (2)
30:24		Kylee Barshinger (11)
33:27		Kylee Barshinger (12) Assisted By: Ava Kramp
37:38		Kylee Barshinger (13) Assisted By: Lauren Thurber
44:27		Adria Hartzler (9)
47:08		Cheyanne Zobel (2)

NOTABLE STATS
>> Barshinger now has 13 goals on the season, 11 of which have come in the past seven game.  She now has four multi-goal games the season, and ranks fourth in goals scored in the Empire 8.
 
>> Hartzler has scored 10 goals this season and ranks sixth in the conference in goals scored.  She now has 27 career goals, only five away from 10^th place on the Highlanders career-leader board.
 
>> As a team this season, the Highlanders have now scored 50 goals, which ranks them ninth all-time among Houghton field hockey teams for goals scored in season.
 
UP NEXT
The Highlanders will head to Geneseo to take on the Empire 8 frontrunner, SUNY Geneseo Knights, at 4:00 p.m. in their final regular season matchup and tune-up for the conference tournament.