Every coach has a wish list.

Penn State field hockey coach Char Morett is no different. She said before the season that she hoped that Neilye Stoner would become more consistent and add to the offensive threat for the Nittany Lions. Well, if Tuesday night's game against Bucknell is a sign of things to come, then the coach can scratch that wish off of her list.

Stoner scored two goals for the Lions in their 8-0 blanking of the Bison. The tallies bring her goal total on the year to three. Stoner also picked up an assist on Timarie Legel's goal at 13:35, giving her three helpers on the season. She now has 13 goals and eight assists at Penn State. It was also the junior forward's first multi-goal game of the year, and her third of her career.

According to Stoner, she wasn't surprised by her offensive output, but she wasn't expecting the high numbers, either. Apparently, neither were the Bison.

No. 13 truly proved to be an unlucky number for the Bison defense, as it watched Stoner score a goal during each half against their defenseless keeper.

The scores were two of many during an offensive onslaught that started as soon as the game began. Stoner's first goal, and the Lion's fourth, was the beginning of the end for the Bison's starting keeper, Sonja Wettergreen. It was Stoner's second goal of the game, and the seventh for the Lions, that knocked the goalie out of the game and brought in the back up, Liz Jordan. The swarming Penn State offense continuted to pepper the goal to finish with 32 shots on net. It was this intensity that kept Bucknell's cage protectors off their feet and on their backs most of the game.

Being a team player, Stoner was quick to give credit to her teammates for her stellar performance, although both of her goals were unassisted.

"It was a passing game, that made for a very open game ... which allowed for more goals," Stoner said.

Morett concurred that this game was the team's best passing performance of the season.

In the midst of all the fabulous passes and rocketing goals being scored, what was going through Stoner's mind as she saw the ball in front of her?

"Just hit the ball really hard at the cage," Stoner said.

It is a simple message, but a very successful and powerful one; so powerful, in fact that not even a herd of Bison could stop it.