ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. -- The Elizabethtown College field hockey team reached its longest win streak since 2016 after winning its sixth in a row on Wednesday with a 2-1 victory over visiting Wilkes. Maggie Fees scored once in each half and the Jays' defense shut down the Colonels over the final 35 minutes to improve to 5-1 at Wolf Field this season.

Elizabethtown (9-2) went right down the field after the opening whistle and earned a penalty corner. Olivia Beachley inserted the ball straight to Fees out top and her resulting shot went five-hole on the goalie and smacked the back of the cage 52 seconds into the non-conference game to make it 1-0. It was Fees' second of the season and E-town led 1-0 right away.

Margo Donlin made her first of two saves at the 10:30 mark of the first half on Amber Grohowski's shot, which came off Wilkes' first penalty corner of the game. Wilkes' goalie Dallas Kendra kept the Colonels a goal down with several other saves in the first half. She denied Grace Hardy and then Cassie Roberts' shot two minutes later. E-town had the better of the offensive play, but Kendra denied the Jays a second goal in the first half.

The Colonels upped their attack toward the end of the first half and it paid off. Zoe Stepanski sent her insert out to Lauren Shiplett, and with 6:57 left in the first half, her shot went far post and in as Wilkes tied the score up at 1-1. The teams went into the half still knotted at a goal apiece.

Elizabethtown went the lead out of the break in the first couple of minutes. The Jays had two penalty corners and generated a few shots, but Kendra made stops on Hardy and Fees to keep it 1-1.

Fees would not be denied her second of the game and third of the season at the 57:32 mark. The senior dribbled through several defenders and closed in on goal. She wristed a shot toward goal that found its way in and gave the Blue Jays the 2-1 advantage heading into the final 12 minutes of the contest.

The defense put the clamps down on Wilkes over the entire second half, not allowing a single shot to the Colonels. Donlin's two first-half saves would be all she would need to get the win. Kendra had six saves for Wilkes.

Elizabethtown travels to face Drew on Saturday, October 6, at 1 p.m.