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ROCHESTER, NY - Stevens Institute of Technology scored four first half goals and hung on to defeat Nazareth 5-3 in field hockey Saturday afternoon.  The Golden Flyers drop to 2-10, 1-3 in the Empire 8 while the Ducks improved to 6-5, 3-1 in the conference.

Stevens out-shot Nazareth 22-1 and had 17 corners in the first half enroute to a 4-1 lead after the first. 

Nazareth's Alexis Root scored off a feed from Tessa Knapp to give the Golden Flyers a 1-0 lead at 15:38 before the Ducks scored four straight.  The Ducks had four different goal scorers in the first half: Megan Traub, Marguerite Chavez, Rachel Chavez, and Jillian Price.

In the second half, the Golden Flyers scored off a penalty corner at 51:46 to make the score 4-2.  The goal was scored by Knapp and assisted by Sarah Wazenkewitz. 

Nazareth had several scoring opportunities in the second half, including a goal called back for a blocking penalty as well as a missed penalty stroke at 13:43.  Finally Nazareth's Haley Potter connected on a penalty corner from Lindsey Smith to bring the Golden Flyers within one (4-3) with seven minutes remaining.  It was Potter's first goal of the season. 

Stevens' Rachel Chavez scored a security goal with under a minute left to put the Ducks up by two, 5-3.

Nazareth out-shot Stevens 10-6 in the second half and had seven penalty corners to the Ducks four.  Overall the Ducks had a huge 21-9 advantage in corners and 28-11 advantage in shots.

The Golden Flyers are home again next Saturday, October 15 at 12 p.m.  They host Washington & Jefferson College.