Baltimore, MD --- No. 22 WPI Field Hockey concluded its historic season in the second round of the NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship versus hosts No. 2 Johns Hopkins, 6-0, at Homewood Field on Saturday morning. 

The Engineers, recently ranked 22nd in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) National Coaches Poll and No. 17 in the National Power Index (NPI) rankings, wrap up their season at 15-6 overall after earning an at-large bid into the NCAA Tournament following the program's first appearance in the NEWMAC Championship in the NEWMAC era. Johns Hopkins moves to 20-1 overall as the Blue Jays advance to the NCAA Quarterfinals to be played tomorrow at Homewood Field versus No. 9 Middlebury as the Panthers defeated No. 8 Endicott in the nightcap, 3-2. 

Johns Hopkins opened the scoring for the match at the 3:22 mark as Zoey Bennett (New Canaan, CT) slipped a ball by WPI's Myles Lakin (Reading, MA) after redirecting a ball from Sophia Albano(Pittsford, NY). WPI responded with their best bid of the afternoon off a penalty corner opportunity inserted by sophomore Emma Barton (Hopewell Junction, NY) and hit into the circle by sophomore Ella Reeners (Windham, NH) as Madeline Chase (Danvers, MA) trapped and struck at goal before getting steered away by Johns Hopkins' Aubrey Kilgore (Schwenksville, PA) at 14:05. 

The hosts took advantage of penalty corners in the second frame as Deedee Golla (Oak Park, IL) tipped in a ball from Jenna Halpin (Locust Valley, NY) to extend the lead to two. Grace Waldeck (Concord, MA) received a ball from Megan Chang (Houston, TX) from a clean look at goal for the final tally of the first half. 

Johns Hopkins continued the put the pressure on with back-to-back strikes on frame that were kept away by Lakin to open the third quarter before a penalty stroke was called on the pitch in favor of the Blue Jays which led to a first-career goal for Sarah Chilton (Henrico, VA) for a 4-0 lead. The Blue Jays worked the ball around the circle finding Sophia Builione (Short Hills, NJ) who fought through the WPI defense and rocketed a shot towards to the far side of the cage. JHU marked its final tally with 7:59 remaining from a penalty corner opportunity inserted by An Tran (Ashburn, VA) as she ripped a ball into the arc finding Grace Nockolds (Houston, TX) who tipped in the final goal. 

The first trip back to the NCAA Tournament in decades bookends the playing career of graduate student Lauren Meinhold (Boxboro, MA) and six seniors Eve Martineau (Greene, ME), Leah Uglevich (Maynard, MA), Abbey Powers (Halifax, MA), Lauren Coutu (Baldwinville, MA), Arie Lang (West Hartford, CT) and Shannon Miranda (Winchester, MA) which played part in a 60-37 overall record and a 32-11 ledger in NEWMAC action over the last five seasons under the direction of head coach Kim Cosenza. 



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