CHESTER, Pa. - Widener Field Hockey has a dominant performance over Arcadia with a 6-1 triumph.

The Pride improve to 6-3 on the season and remain 0-0 in conference play.  

BY THE NUMBERS  

• Anabella Cenci earns a hat trick. 

• Karly Bervinchak, Brie Mallozzi, and Kayleigh Armstrong each scored a goal. 

• The Pride recorded 19 shots. 

HOW IT HAPPENED  

• The Pride wasted no time setting the tone, breaking through less than five minutes in when Cenci capitalized off a penalty corner, finishing a feed from Karly Bervinchak to put the Pride on the board. Just three minutes later, the two swapped roles as Cenci's pressure (shot blocked) led to a second tally, with Karly Bervinchak finding the back of the cage for her seventh goal of the season. The Knight's attack was limited to a single late shot, turned aside by Arwen Fithian, as the Pride carried a commanding 2–0 lead into the first break. 

• The Pride kept their foot on the gas in the second quarter. Cenci struck again six minutes in, once more set up by Karly Bervinchak, to stretch the lead to 3–0. Widener continued to control possession and pressure the Knight's back line, earning a penalty stroke late in the frame. Mallozzi stepped up and buried her first goal of the season, sending Widener into halftime with a commanding 4–0 advantage. 

• The Pride stayed in control coming out of halftime. Cenci completed her hat trick, finishing off a setup from Megan Bryk to push the Pride ahead 5–0. The Knights generated its best stretch of offense late in the quarter, earning several penalty corners and firing multiple shots on cage. But the Pride defense stood tall, with Armstrong and Kayden Geiter both recording key defensive saves while Fithian turned away another attempt in goal. Widener carried its five-goal cushion into the final frame. 

• The Knights broke through early in the fourth with a goal, but the Pride quickly answered back. Armstrong capitalized on a penalty corner, finishing a feed from Karly Bervinchak to make it 6–1 and seal the game. Goalkeeper Lilly Rejrat came up strong in relief with back-to-back saves, while Bervinchak and the Widener attack continued to pressure late with several more looks on cage. The Pride closed out a dominant performance to secure the 6–1 victory over the Knights. 

UP NEXT 
The Pride return home on Wednesday, October 8, to face Neumann University. Game time is scheduled for 7 p.m.