ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca field hockey team (4-6) defeated Morrisville (4-8) 4-2 at home on Wednesday. The Bombers are now 4-1 this year at Yavits Field.

Ithaca opened the scoring in the 13th minute on a goal by senior Elyse Green (Shawnee/Medford, N.J.). The goal was her fifth of the season. Sophomore Katherine Brown (Akron/Akron) and junior Annie Onzik (Bishop O'Reilly/Shavertown, Pa.) were credited with the assists.

The Bombers continued to put the pressure on and scored twice more before halftime. Senior Courtney Clark (Camden/Boonville) scored off a pass from freshman Sofia Johnson (Holland Patent/Holland Patent) in the 26th minute. The assist was the first assist and point of Johnson's career at Ithaca. Two minutes later, Onzik scored to put the Bombers ahead 3-0 off an assist from Clark.

Morrisville scored early in the second half, but Clark scored her second goal of the game late in the half off an assist from Green. Clark had the first multi-goal game of her career with two goals, and her five points in the contest were also a career high.

Ithaca outshot Morrisville 21-5 and had 14 shots on goal. Ithaca also held the advantage on penalty corners 13-9. Junior goalkeeper Courtney Dowell (Massapequa/Massapequa) started for the Bombers and earned her second win of the season. Dowell had two saves.

The Bombers host Nazareth Saturday for a 1 p.m. Empire 8 contest.

Box Score