Box Score PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania field hockey team celebrated Senior Day in style on Saturday at Ellen Vagelos Field, ending the 2021 campaign with a 2-1 victory over Dartmouth.
 
With the win, the Quakers finish 9-7 for the season and 5-2 in Ivy League play, good enough for third place only behind nationally ranked squads, Harvard and Princeton.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Prior to the game, the Quakers honored their nine seniors: Sarah Lavers, Julia Russo, Madison Woods, Gracyn Banks, Madison Jiranek, Lily Clarkson, Maddy Fagan, Ashley Wetzel, and Catherine McInerney.
 
*Although out for the season with injury, Jiranek earned the start in her final home game at Ellen Vagelos Field.
 
*Of the two goals for the Quakers, all three assists were awarded to a different senior and the second goal was by senior captain Banks.
 
*Sabien Paumen played three quarters in the cage, while Hayley Hayden took the reins for the final 15 minutes making one save. Paumen earned the win, her ninth of the season.
 
*The Quakers end the season on a three-game win streak, giving up just one goal across the three games.
 
How It Happened
The Quakers got on the board early in the game, scoring in the first seven minutes. From the top of the circle Elita Van Staden sent a ball into the mix of defenders where Fagan redirected the pass to the left side of the cage. At the right spot at the right time, junior Meghan Ward tipped the ball into the back of the cage for her team-leading sixth goal of the season.
 
The score held steady through the rest of the first half, as Penn outshot Dartmouth through the first 30 minutes, 8-1.
 
The Big Green evened the game up in the 33rd minute, but over a minute later, the Quakers put away the game-deciding goal. Off a penalty corner on the left side of the cage, Clarkson shoved a pass to the top of the circle where Wetzel laid it into place. Without hesitation, Banks sent a hard shot into the right side of the cage for the 2-1 lead.