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Cape hockey records another shotless victory, beats Milford 4-0

Vikings 9-1, with all wins coming by shutout
October 17, 2018

Cape field hockey pitched another shotless shutout Oct. 16 at Champions Stadium, defeating visiting Milford 4-0, unleashing 22 shots on goal and yielding none.

The Vikings improved to 9-1, with all wins coming by shutout. In six of those games, the opponent didn’t manage a shot on goal.

“I think I have seven saves on the entire season,” said goalie Marlee Geppert. “But I know my moments are coming. I face plenty of shots every day in practice.”

Alia Marshall got off the schneid, tallying a pair of goals and an assist, sandwiched inside an opening goal from Anna Stancofski and closing goal from Lee Lee Wilson with 1:29 left that brought the house down on the sidelines. Wilson is one of Cape’s lunch-pail forwards who earns quality minutes and is always ready to strike.  

“We are working to increase our goals scored to shots taken,” said assistant coach Shannon Timmons. “That’s why the Wilson goal was so energizing. We just have to shoot better as a team.”

Cape’s midfielders had their usual “run the field and never tire” game, controlling the ebb and flow like the harvest moon waxing over the Atlantic Ocean.

Darby Klopp and Jackie Cannon on the wings with Marshall and Emily Monigle on the inside keep the ball and photographers in Cape’s offensive end of the field.

Marshall, a two-sport all-state player heading to Northwestern University next season, has five state championship rings to her credit (three lacrosse and two field hockey) and is Cape’s go-to athlete in big games.

She was asked to evaluate her performance this season: “Team-wise, we’ve been great and are just now coming together. I feel I’ve done a good job just doing my job. But I’d like to contribute more on the offensive end maybe create more opportunities for teammates and myself. But I feel it’s starting to come together.”

Those duck calls heard from the stands on a Marshall head-high slap shot are a warning, “Duck!” She scored on a backhand slap in the first half, followed by a little chin music goal late in the second half.

Milford goalie Isabella Kessler-Evans had 15 saves.

Cape has five games remaining. The two big challenges are Smyrna (8-3) at Cape at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 23, then a road game at unbeaten Padua at 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 27.

The four top-rated teams in Division I after 10 games, according to computer scoring, are Padua, Cape, Charter and Polytech.

The top four Division II teams are Caravel, Delmar, Ursuline and Mt. Pleasant.

Cape’s JV team defeated Milford 2-0 on goals by Sydney Jefferson and Sommer Dorman. Cape goalie Laci Dixon had a save for Cape.

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