Comans Strikes Twice in No. 10 Field Hockey Win

Friday, September 2

Kent, OH

Noon

Syracuse University

Kent State

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KENT, Ohio – Continuing its hot start to the 2022 season, the No. 10 Syracuse University field hockey team collected its third-straight win, topping host Kent State 5-0 on Friday afternoon at Murphy-Millis Field.

The Orange (3-0) avenged a loss last season, getting its five goals in the first 46 minutes of the game. Graduate student Quirine Comans put away two goals, striking in the fourth and 39th minute. Three other Orange, Willemijn Boogert, Lieke Leeggangers, and Sabine van den Eijnden, scored. Sophomore netminder Brooke Borzymowski made three saves in the third shutout for Syracuse this season.

Kent State (1-2) pushed Syracuse, taking 12 total shots, putting three chances on goal. The Golden Flashes had a chance on a corner late in the game but Borzymowski was equal to the task on a dive to her right. Kent State keeper Cecile van Eijck made four saves.

How it Happened

For a second-straight game, Syracuse scored inside the first two minutes of the contest as Boogert drilled her first of the season less than 90 seconds into the game.
Comans followed two minutes later with her second of the year at the 3:23 mark. The Orange took a 2-0 lead into the quarter break.
Kent State's defense held firm for the second quarter, turning aside three Syracuse corners in the period. Neither team found the goal on any of the 10 shots in the period, spread evenly across both sides.
Syracuse continued to apply the pressure in the second half. Comans netted her third of the year and second of the day in the 39th minute. Less than four minutes later, Leeggangers got her goal in the 43rd minute, tipping home a corner shot from Charlotte de Vries, who was credited with the assist.
Two and a half minutes later, Leeggangers picked up an assist for a three-point day. After a big shot on a corner that ricocheted off the post, falling Leeggangers feet before she chipped a pass back across the goal to a waiting van den Eijnden for the 5-0 count.
Kent State's best chance of the day came in the 53rd minute on a Larissa Balachick shot on a corner that was thwarted by Borzymowski.

Behind the Numbers

For a third-straight game, the Orange out-shot their opponent, getting 19 chances with nine on goal. The Golden Flashes took 12 shots, the most for an opponent against Syracuse this season. Only three chances made it on cage, accounting for the three Syracuse saves.
Kent State managed seven penalty corners, including four in the second frame, while the Orange took three in the same timespan.
Comans took four total shots, putting all four on goal and striking twice. She led the Orange with four points, followed by a three-point day from Leeggangers on a goal and an assist.
The Orange have put away 16 goals in the first three contests this season, the second-most through three games in head coach Ange Bradley's tenure at Syracuse.
Syracuse improved to 3-0 for the first time since 2019 and this marks the first time since the 2017 campaign the Orange have not surrendered a goal through the first three games.
The Orange improved to 9-3 since 1978 when playing on Sept. 2. Bradley's teams are now 6-1 all-time on this date.
Syracuse improved to 7-3 all-time against Kent State. The Orange have never dropped back-to-back games against the Golden Flashes since the series began in 1989.

Up Next for Syracuse

The 10th-ranked Orange make their 2022 home debut on Sunday at J.S. Coyne Stadium.
Game time is set for 1 p.m. against Columbia University.
Sunday's game will be carried on ACC Network Extra with Cameron Ezeir and recent program alumna Claire Cook on the call.
Syracuse holds a 4-0 all-time series lead against Columbia, picking up a 3-0 win last season at home.