MANSFIELD – Freshman Meghan Griffin scored her first career goal for Mansfield, but nationally-ranked Bloomsburg was too much, earning a 4-1 win in the PSAC opener for both teams on Wednesday.
 
No. 6 Bloomsburg (7-2, 1-0 PSAC) notched the first two goals of the game with Erica Krebs and Sam Peters scoring in the 12^th and 31^st minutes respectively. Payton Shockley assisted on both goals.
 
In the second half, the Mountaineers' Gabby Hieber recorded her second defensive save of the season by denying a Bloom goal-scoring opportunity in the 43^rd minute.
 
However, the Huskies increased their lead to 3-0 on Eleanor Kirby's unassisted goal minutes later.
 
In the 48^th minute, Griffin cut the Mansfield (1-7, 0-1 PSAC) deficit to 3-1 and scored the first of her career by taking an Amber Prince penalty corner pass and placing in the top right area of the cage. It marks the second assist for Prince off a penalty corner this year.
 
MacKenna Mahan and Sam Peters connected for Bloom's fourth goal of the game in the 59^th minute.
 
In the 63^rd minute, freshman Madison Wilinsky recorded her PSAC-leading third defensive save of the season. Wilinsky currently ranks fourth in NCAA Division II field hockey in defensive saves.
 
The much improved Mountaineers have already matched last year's goal total (8) at the midway point of the season.
 
Mansfield hosts No. 3 Shippensburg under the lights of Van Norman Field on Saturday, Oct. 1 at 6 p.m.