LEWISTON, Maine – No. 8 Bates field hockey rolled to a 7-0 victory over Husson University Saturday afternoon at Campus Ave. Field, improving to 5-0 on the season. The Bobcats are 5-0 for the first time since starting the 1983 campaign with a 7-0-2 mark.

Lilly Hogan (So.) opened the scoring late in the first quarter, and the Bobcats never looked back, adding two goals in the second to take a 3-0 lead into halftime. Bates struck twice more in the third, highlighted by Sophia Cordoni's (Fy.) first of two goals on the day, before capping the win with two fourth-quarter tallies.

Cordoni, with her pair of goals, leads the team with four on the season. Brooke Moloney-Kolenberg (Sr.) , Elsa Copeland (So.), Sophie O'Sullivan (Jr.), and Lucy Norris (Sr.), also each found the back of the cage. Emma Queen (So.), Ali Apigian (Fy.), and Ciara Geraghty (Fy.) chipped in assists.

Goalkeepers Ava Donohue (30:00) and Kaili Jacobsen (30:00) combined for the shutout with Donohue (5-0) earning the goalkeeping decision. Bates outshot Husson 19-2 and held a 9-1 edge in penalty corners. The Eagles drop to 0-2 on the year.

The Bobcats now remain idle until next Saturday, Sept. 20, when the garnet and white hosts No. 10 Wesleyan at 11:00 a.m. in NESCAC play.