SPARKILL, N.Y.—The Bellarmine University field hockey team got back on the winning track with a 3-1 road victory today at St. Thomas Aquinas' Spartan Field. 

The Knights were led by Kathryn Schneidtmiller, who recorded both a goal and an assist in today's action.

"We had a good effort today," said Bellarmine Coach Mark Blankenbaker.  "We had more ball movement and controlled the ball in our offensive end. We had a lot of opportunities that we didn't finish in our circle, but this was a good team win.  We played with energy today."

The Knights dominated for most of the first half when they outshot the host Spartans 8-1.  Alexis Van Wallaghen got the Knights on the board first with her fourth goal of season 10:54 into the contest.  Schneidtmiller scored the Knights' second goal--the eventual game winner--21:37 into the game as Bellarmine took a 2-0 lead into halftime.

In the second period, the Spartans took advantage of a penalty corner to slice the Bellarmine lead in half with 15:10 remaining in the game.  Bellarmine answered, however, with a Kelsey O'Bryan goal to re-establish the two-goal margin.

Bellarmine's Sara Nicolas worked all 70 minutes in the cage to pick up her first career victory at Bellarmine.

The Knights improve to 3-2 on the season while St. Thomas Aquinas slips to 1-6.

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