PITTSFORD, N.Y. – Despite being down to its emergency goalkeeper in sophomore midfielder Holly Stuart, the St. John Fisher field hockey team blanked Elmira College 7-0 on Saturday afternoon at Growney Stadium. 

The Cardinals (4-3, 2-0 Empire 8), winners of four of their last five games, set a season high with their seven goals. Elmira (1-6, 0-3 Empire 8) suffered its third straight loss. 

Fisher honored its five seniors – Haley Acevedo, Emma Muchow, Lily Humphrey, Katie Schirrmacher and Morgan Gregory – before the game. Muchow (goal) and Schirrmacher (assist) recorded points in the contest. 

How it Happened

• Junior Mary Kate McPhee and sophomroes Avery McLaughlin, Alison Taplin and Sam Current each scored as the Cardinals jumped on the Soaring Eagles with four first-quarter tallies. McPhee assisted the Taplin and McLaughlin goals, while Schirrmacher earned credit for the assist on Current's goal.

• McPhee dished out her third assist of the half in the second quarter on Muchow's goal, which gave the Cardinals a 5-0 cushion. 

• McLaughlin scored her second goal of the game in the third quarter, deflecting Current's shot past Elmira goalkeeper Angelina Caban at the 40:12 mark. She tallied an assist in the fourth quarter on freshman Teresa Smith's second goal of the season. 

• Stuart made four saves in the shutout victory, the Cardinals' third of the season. Elmira attempted eight shots overall. 

Game Notes

• With a pair of goals and an assist, McLaughlin amassed a career-high five points. 

• McPhee matched her career high with five points on a goal and three assists. 

• Taplin and Muchow recorded their first collegiate goals. 

• Current scored her fifth goal and pushed her point total to 11, both the top marks on the team. 

• The Cardinals now hold a 13-1 record against the Soaring Eagles.

Up Next

The Cardinals face SUNY Geneseo on the road at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.