Final Score: VCU 3, Richmond 1
Location: Richmond, Va. (Cary Street Field)
Records: VCU 2-0 (1-0 A-10), Richmond 0-1 (0-1 A-10)
 
The Short Story: Freshman Georgia Carr-Brown scored her first-career goal as VCU Field Hockey defeated crosstown rival Richmond, 3-1 Saturday afternoon at Cary Street Field.
 
QUICK FACTS: 
 

• Janne Wetzel recorded her first goal of the season and had two shot attempts
• Lonica McKinney also scored once on two shot attempts
• Maite and Svea Sturm, along with junior Mackenzie Williams, each tallied one assist
• The Rams outshot the Spiders 11-4 including a 7-2 advantage in shots on goal
• The Rams have won three of the last four matchups in the rivalry

 
HOW IT HAPPENED: 

• Richmond opened the scoring with a goal in the seventh minute from Evie Hanson
• With under a minute remaining in the first period, McKinney received a pass from Williams just in front of the Spiders' goal and struck a diving shot that found the back of the cage, evening the score at 1-1
• In the 24th minute, Wetzel fired a shot from the top of the circle off a penalty corner and put the Rams up 2-1
• The Rams' recorded three shots in the third period, but were unable to get one past Latta
• With just over 10 minutes remaining in the game, Maite Sturm intercepted a Spiders' pass, pushed the ball into the circle and dumped it off to Carr-Brown who placed it in the top right corner of the goal for her first collegiate goal
• VCU's defense pressured Richmond throughout the entirety of the game. The Spiders recorded just four total shots and two on goal

 
UP NEXT 
VCU will travel to Saint Louis to face the Billikens on Sunday, March 21 at 2 p.m.