Ferrufino, a junior from Manassas, Va., started off the 2014 season with a bang amidst stormy weather over the weekend as the Eagles went 1-1. In a 4-1 victory over Hendrix, Ferrufino scored twice in the first half before storms forced the game to be halted. Ferrufino carried her momentum into Sunday morning as she tallied a third time to open the season with a hat-trick.
Field Hockey Honor Roll
Kelsey Link, Lynchburg (Sr., A - Spotsylvania,
Va.)
Link found the back of the cage in both of
Lynchburg's games as the Hornets opened the season 1-1. She
scored LC's lone goal in a 2-1 loss to Wesley. She followed
that with one of four tallies in a 4-1 win over Swarthmore.
Eve Megenthaler, Sweet Briar (Jr., D - Litchfield,
Conn.)
Mergenthaler matched her career-high with three
defensive saves in the Vixens' season-opening loss to Johns
Hopkings, 7-0.
Lindsay Baker, Virginia Wesleyan (Sr., GK - Havertown,
Pa.)
Baker made 16 saves in 105 minutes guarding the
Marlins cage over the weekend. She made three stops in
half-a-game's work in a 6-0 win over Ferrum. She followed
that with 13 saves against 15 shots on-goal as the Marlins fellow
to #16 Mary Washington, 1-0.
Candice Stefanic, Washington and Lee (Sr., A - Berwyn,
Pa.)
Stefanic led the Generals to their first win over
Johns Hopkins in program history. Stefanic notched the
game-winner in the 47th minute and fired the shot that was
redirected to the back of the cage off a rebound for the third goal
of a 3-1 win over the Blue Jays.