Field hockey wins Patriot League Championship

Lena Thedrian did it again. And again. The senior defender, donning her signature white headband, led the Patriot League in scoring this season as she became the Lafayette College field hockey team’s go-to scorer in penalty corner sets. In Saturday’s Patriot League championship, the conference’s Defender of the Year was locked and loaded for two more drag flick scores. “We practice those key moments a lot in practice,” Thedrian said. “I know that the insert is going to be good, the trap is going to be good and then I just have to do my job.” Thedrian did her job twice for the field hockey team (6-0 Patriot League, 17-2 overall) en route to a 2-1 victory over Boston University (4-2 Patriot League, 9-10 overall). The championship win avenged last season’s Patriot League championship, when the Leopards lost to the Terriers 3-2. “This is everything we’ve worked for,” senior midfielder Stella Malinowski said. “This is preseason. This is the early morning practices.

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