Puzo Earns 200th Career Win with 7-0 Shutout Over CMU

Friday, October 30

Mount Pleasant, Mich.

2 p.m.

Miami University

(13-4 (8-1))

Central Michigan

(4-14 (2-7))

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
MIAMI (OHIO)	3	1	3	0	7
Central Michigan	0	0	0	0	0

10/30/2026 3:54:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

OXFORD, Ohio – No. 11 Miami took down Central Michigan 7-0 Friday, concluding regular-season play with their eighth conference win of the year. Justina Intzes recorded her second career hat trick during the contest and Malena Sabez scored twice to power Miami past the Chippewas. The win also marked head coach Iñako Puzo's 200th career victory. Miami improves to 13-4 (8-1 MAC) with the win while Central Michigan falls to 4-14 (2-7 MAC).

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Seven minutes into the first quarter, Miami earned a penalty corner. After the initial shot was blocked, Intzes picked up the ball and scored to make it 1-0.
Minutes later, Finley Payne set up MC Wolz, who scored her first goal of the season to make it 2-0.
Kylie Coughlin inserted on a penalty corner with 20 seconds to play in the first quarter. Bet Gifra made the set and Sabez took the shot and scored her 14th goal of the season to make it a 3-0 game through one period.
Bet Gifra salvaged a missed penalty corner in the 20th minute by firing a shot from long range and scoring to make it 4-0. Sloane Wearren assisted on the play.
Sabez scored on another corner early in the third, also off assists from Coughlin and Gifra, to make it a 5-0 game.
Intzes notched her second goal of the day just one minute later after another assist by Wearren.
Midway through the third, Intzes rounded out a hat trick, this time scoring unassisted to pull Miami ahead by a seventh goal.
The RedHawk defense put up another shutout quarter in the fourth to wrap up their final regular-season game with a 7-0 win.

MIAMI GAME NOTES:

Intzes's hat trick marks the second three-goal performance of her collegiate career. Her previous hat trick, recorded in 2025 in Oxford, was also during a showdown with Central Michigan. She joins Sabez as the only other RedHawk with a hat trick recorded this season. The three goals came on four total shots taken (all on goal).
Sabez put up her fourth multi-goal game of the season.
Wolz's goal was the first of her three-year career with Miami. Payne recorded her third assist of the season on Wolz's goal.
Coughlin, who ranks top five in the nation in assists per game, added to her team-leading assist count with three more assists.
Gifra and Wearren each totaled two assists.
The RedHawks put up 24 shots (18 on goal) and allowed just two (one on goal) to the Chippewas.
Miami finished the game with 11 penalty corners and let up just two to CMU.

UP NEXT: Miami is back in action in the 2026 Mid-American Conference Championship, which they will host in Oxford beginning on Wednesday, Nov. 4.