The Ursinus College women’s field hockey team

The Ursinus College women’s field hockey team captured its fifth straight Centennial Conference title Sunday afternoon with a 5-1 victory over Johns Hopkins at Eleanor Frost Snell Alumnae Field in Collegeville.
The Bears (16-2) are ranked third in the NCAA Division III polls while the Blue Jays came into the game as the No. 12 team. Ursinus ripped Washington College, 14-0, in the semifinals Saturday while Johns Hopkins edged Gettysburg, 2-1..
Ursinus will now host the NCAA Division III semifinals and finals Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 22-23.
The Ursinus team is led by Phoenixville graduate Jennie Moore, who was selected as the Centennial Conference Player of the Year. Moore tallied one goal Sunday and assisted on two more goals. Moore now has 30 goals for the season and a conference record 71 goals for her stellar four-year career with the Bears.
Ursinus has four seniors on the team in Moore, Nikki Thren (Upper Perkiomen), Kait Sutherland (Perkiomen Valley) and Katie Mastoris. The Pioneer Athletic Conference (PAC-10) is well-represented on the squad, which also includes freshman Alyssa Thren (Upper Perkiomen).
In the Saturday game, Ursinus set a Centennial Conference record for most goals in a game, breaking the old mark held by Ursinus and Washington (13) and set the CC record for most goals in a playoff game (nine, by Ursinus in 2007).
Moore scored a goal with just three seconds left until halftime, which the set the all-time mark for CC career gaols at 69. Moore scored two goals on the day to give her 70 tallies heading into Sunday’s conference finale.