Kirstie St. Martin Had One of the Skyhawks Ten Shots on Goal

Yellow Jackets Sting Skyhawks 3-1

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Easton Mass. - A hard fought second half couldn't save the Skyhawks from their first half woes as they fell to the AIC Yellow Jackets 3-1. 

Stonehill started out the game on the offensive, controlling the ball on the Yellow Jackets half, managing three corner kicks and two shots on AIC goal keeper Danielle Hodecker in the first 20 minutes. 

In spite of the pressure, it was the Yellow Jackets who stung first, as junior Morgan Mastronardi blasted a Colleen Hilliker pass into the back of the net at the 22:00.  The Yellow Jackets added to their lead just a minute later, with sophomore Sarah Boornazian taking a pass from freshman Nikki Mulberg and shooting past the outstrectched arms of freshman Sarah Hickey (Lee, Mass.). 

The second half saw the Skyhawks take seven shots on goal and three corners in first 20 minutes, with Hodecker denying them all.  Stonehill continued to pressure the Yellow Jackets throughout the half and would finally be rewarded at the 82:30 mark when freshman Alex Murphy (Weymouth, Mass.) took a feed from Catherine Lammert (Glenburn, Maine) and scored to make it a 2-1 game. 

AIC responded as Cassie Ashell put the game out of reach a minute later with a shot from outside the 18 that found its way to the back of the net to make the score 3-1. 

Hickey had two saves in net for the Skyhawks, who out shot the Yellow Jackets 17-9 and had more 13 corners than the visitors. 

The win lifts the Yellow Jackets to 4-0-1 while the loss drops Stonehill to 1-2-1.  Stonehill returns to action on Saturday, September 13 when they take on Assumption at Skyhawk field at 1:00 pm.