SWEET BRIAR, Va. – Senior Kristen Combs (Schuyler, Va./Monticello) led seven Bridgewater College scorers as the Eagles field hockey team won its conference opener on the road by an 8-1 tally against the Sweet Briar Vixens.

Senior forward Brianna Jacques (Orange, Va./Orange) got the scoring started for the Eagles at the 16:36 mark to put Bridgewater ahead 1-0.

Four minutes later, sophomore Joan Burleson (Newport News, Va./Menchville) tallied the game's second goal off of a pass from Combs, putting the Eagles ahead 2-0.

Combs netted her first goal of the game with just under four minutes to play in the first half to give Bridgewater a 3-0 halftime advantage.

Out of the intermission, the senior needed just 97 seconds to net her second goal of the game to put Bridgewater by four scores.

Two and a half minutes later, junior Kristina Glick (Narvon, Pa./Living Word Academy) put the Eagles up 5-0.

Sweet Briar got on the board a minute and change later when a Lindsay Eneguess shot found cotton to chip the Bridgewater lead to a 5-1 margin.

Following the Sweet Briar tally, the Eagles scored twice in five seconds when Jennifer Bateman (Poolesville, Md./Poolesville) and Kirsten Ganslow (Wells, Maine, Wells) found the back of the cage to put Bridgewater up 7-1.

Freshman Colleen Dickson (Virginia Beach, Va./Salem) netted the final goal of the game for Bridgewater with under two minutes to play to finalize the scoring at an 8-1 margin.

Bridgewater outshot Sweet Briar by a 22-to-7 tally, including an 18-to-6 discrepancy in the shots on goal category.

In the cage, junior Taylor Waddell (Reedsville, Pa./Indian Valley) notched her second straight win. Waddell turned away four saves in the victory.

Bridgewater is back in action on Wednesday when it hosts Virginia Wesleyan at Mapp Field.