Photo Courtesy of Chris Permar

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NEWARK, Del. - Rae Everson and Amanda McCardell both scored to lead the University of Delaware field hockey team to its ninth straight victory with a 2-0 win over Colonial Athletic Association foe William & Mary on Saturday night at Rullo Stadium.

The win streak matches the longest one for the Hens in the Carol Miller era and the longest single-season streak in school history. Overall, it trails only the 11-game roll that lasted from October 22, 1985 – September 22, 1986.

Delaware (9-2, 4-0 CAA) has also scored multiple-goals in nine straight games, which marks the team’s longest streak since 1998 – the first season at Rullo Stadium.

In the first half, Delaware controlled possession and had a number of legitimate scoring opportunities before McCardell put the team on the board. The standout forward opened the scoring with a beautiful shot to the back of the cage in the first half. She showed great poise carrying the ball across the top of the arc, avoiding a pair of defenders, giving herself just enough room to let rip a laser past goalkeeper Camila Hill.

Before surrendering the goal, Hill snuffed out a number of other UD attacks in the first stanza, including a sparkling save against Michelle Drummonds halfway through the period. Drummonds, right on the doorstep, let loose a shot towards the bottom corner only to meet the stick of the sprawling Tribe netminder.

The Blue Hens kept the pressure on in the second half, outshooting William & Mary 5-1 in the frame. The result of the pressure finally yielded a goal when Everson, right off a penalty corner feed, corralled a rebound off of a Drummonds shot and put home a key insurance goal.

Noelle Diana kept up her impressive season by stopping four shots, including a big kick save in the first, in order to keep William & Mary (5-7, 1-2) off the board. The shutout, her third of the season, gives her the first back-to-back Blue Hen shutouts since Megan Allen accomplished the feat in 2004.

The Blue Hens will be back in action on October 11 when they travel to Northeastern at 2 p.m.