Box Score GENEVA, N.Y.—The ninth-ranked William Smith College field hockey team dominated visiting Lebanon Valley College 5-0 in the finale of the 2013 William Smith Classic, giving Heron Head Coach Sally Scatton her 400th career victory. Sophomore Cory Connolly netted a goal in each half to lead the charge.
 
Scatton earned her first coaching win at Wells College with a 2-0 victory over St. Bonaventure on Sept. 11, 1983. Her Express team went 3-11-1 in her lone season as that program's head coach. She joined William Smith in 1988 and has a 397-121-3 record in Geneva. Scatton is just the 14th collegiate coach to reach the 400-win plateau and just the sixth in Division III history.
 
Senior Melanie O'Connor added a pair of assists for the unbeaten Herons (7-0) while senior Taylor Cappello, and first-years Katie Meyer and Alessandra Patrizio each sticked home a goal. William Smith's defense was smothering, not allowing the Dutchmen (3-5) a single shot.
 
O'Connor touched off the day's scoring with a long lead pass that sprung Connolly free for a one-on-one with LVC goalie Chloe Baro. She deked around the diving keeper and deposited her second goal of the year for a 1-0 lead 11:20 into the match.
 
Eight minutes later, Meyer notched her second goal of the year following a defensive miscue by Lebanon Valley. With the ball loose in the center of the circle and Bero closing in to kick it away, a defender, unaware of the keeper's presence flipped the ball toward the right post. It came right to Meyer, who merely had to push it into a wide open net for a 2-0 lead that stood up through halftime.
 
Barely six minutes into the second stanza, Cappello finished off a scramble in front of the cage for her team-leading sixth goal of the year. It raised her career point total to 97 (43-11), three points away from becoming just the 13th Heron to register 100 career points.
 
In the 46th minute, Connolly reverse-sticked another O'Connor assist to make it a 4-0 game and just short of 10 minutes after that, Patrizio wrapped up the scoring by finishing off a rebound in front.
 
First-year Amy Feda got the start in goal for William Smith and played 46:48 to earn the win. Baro recorded seven saves on 11 shots in 51:25 before yielding to Kendra Moll, who made two saves on three shots.
 
William Smith will open Liberty League play at home when the Herons host Rensselaer on Friday, Sept. 27. That match is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. LVC returns home to host Susquehanna on Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 7 p.m.