Senior Claire Hourihan scored a goal in the sixth-straight
game for Stonehill with the 43rd of her career tonight at Franklin
Pierce.
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Franklin Pierce Stuns #4
Stonehill, 3-1
Debler notches goal and
assist as Ravens snap Skyhawks ten-game win streak
Boxscore
RINDGE, N.H. (October 7,
2009) - Franklin Pierce University used two goals late in
the first half to fuel at 3-1 upset victory over Stonehill College,
ranked fourth in this week's Kookaburra/National Field Hockey
Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division II poll, in Northeast-10
Conference field hockey action at Sodexo Field tonight.
Senior Katie Debler
(Walpole, Mass./Walpole) came off the bench to lead
Franklin Pierce with a goal and assist. The Ravens also got goals
from freshman Alyssa Juszczyk (Warren, Mass./Quaboag
Regional) and sophomore Danielle Dolan (West
Brookfield, Mass./Quaboag Regional).
Senior Claire Hourihan
(East Amherst, N.Y./Williamsville North) scored the lone
goal for Stonehill that cut the Skyhawks deficit to 2-1 15:55 into
the second half. It marks the sixth-straight game she has scored a
goal for the Skyhawks as her 43rd career goal moved her
into sole possession of second place on Stonehill's career list
behind only Caitlin Gleason's (2004-07) record total of 53.
Sophomore Brittany Nyzio
(Attleboro, Mass./Worcester Academy) preserved the win
with five saves (all second half) in goal for Franklin Pierce.
Junior Courtney Osier (South Dennis,
Mass./Dennis-Yarmouth) stopped two shots in goal for
Stonehill who finished with an 18-11 advantage in shots for the
match.
The game appeared destined to go
into the half scoreless when Franklin Pierce gained the advantage
with two goals in the final three minutes of the first half.
Juszczyk put the Ravens in front 2:58 before the break when she
knocked in a loose ball during a scramble in front of the goal for
her first collegiate goal. Debler doubled the Ravens lead 1:54
later and just 1:04 before halftime when she scored off a rebound,
assisted by junior Jordan Baillargeon (Westfield,
Mass./Westfield).
Hourihan's team-leading
14th goal of the year looked to spur a Stonehill
comeback at the 50:55 mark, but Franklin Pierce answered when
Debler fed Dolan for her fourth of the season less than six minutes
later at 56:28 to round out the scoring and snap the Skyhawks
ten-game winning streak.
Stonehill (10-3, 4-1 NE-10) looks
to bounce back on Friday afternoon when it hosts Saint Anselm
College at 4 p.m. Franklin Pierce (7-6, 3-2 NE-10) will take its
three game winning streak to Adelphi University on Saturday at
noon.
