Scots Too Much for Oberlin Behind Artman’s Eight-Point Game

The College of Wooster went on a 4-0 scoring barrage during the second half of action Tuesday afternoon following a 2-2 tie at halftime, and posted a 6-3 win in their North Coast Athletic Conference opener over host Oberlin College in field hockey action.

Individually, junior forward Amanda Artman had a big day for Wooster, which improved to 3-2 overall and 1-0 in the conference. She posted her second career eight-point game with three goals and two assists, a feat she also accomplished on Sept. 30, 2006 in Wooster's 7-0 victory over Earlham College.

Tuesday's contest was the tale of two halves. Trailing 1-0, Artman notched her initial goal of the game on a penalty corner at nearly the midway point of the opening stanza. Just over six minutes later, Artman continued to put the pressure on, putting the Scots up by a 2-1 count with an unassisted tally.

Oberlin (1-6, 0-4 NCAC) knotted the score with just less than two minutes left in the stanza, and the game was tied 2-2 headed into the halftime break.

With the game deadlocked at 2-2, Artman dished out back-to-back assists on goals by Briana Lynch with 27:24 remaining, and Elizabeth Dwyer with 15:16 left, giving Wooster a 4-2 advantage. The game would stay a two-score bulge in Wooster's favor until Artman scored her third goal of the match with 2:33 remaining. The hat trick was Artman's first this season, and fourth of her career.           

Lynch slapped in a late goal for Wooster, while Oberlin added a score for the final 6-3 count.

The Scots look to keep their unblemished NCAC record in tact when they return home and host Earlham College (1-4, 0-2 NCAC) on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Cindy Barr Memorial Field.