Freshman Kaitlyn Curtis made her collegiate debut against
the defending National Champions this afternoon and made three
saves in 52:35.
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#1 Bloomsburg Tops #8 Stonehill,
4-0
Defending National Champions
score all four in first half
Boxscore
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. (August 30,
2009) - Defending NCAA Division II National Champions
Bloomsburg University, ranked first in the Kookaburra/National
Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFCHA) Division II preseason
poll, posted a 4-0 victory over 8th-ranked Stonehill
College in non-conference field hockey action at Sports Stadium
this afternoon.
Sophomore Amanda Riley
(Tannersville, Pa./Pocono Mountain East) scored two goals,
while senior Erin Hench (Loysville, Pa./West
Perry) dished two assists to lead Bloomsburg to victory.
Senior Breann Tobin (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge) and
junior Ashley Miller (Sermans Dale, Pa./West
Perry) also netted goals for the Huskies.
Senior goalkeeper Caitlin
Koczynski (Yardley, Pa./Neshaminy) made three saves to
preserve the shutout for Bloomsburg. Junior goalkeeper
Courtney Osier (South Dennis,
Mass./Dennis-Yarmouth) surrendered two goals in the
opening 17:25, before giving way to freshman Kaitlyn Curtis
(Acton, Mass./Acton-Boxborough) who made three stops over
the final 52:35 in her collegiate debut.
Bloomsburg scored all four goals in
the opening 26 minutes of the contest. Riley opened the scoring
with an unassisted marker 10:34 in. Tobin added an unassisted goal
just 1:54 later to double the Huskies lead. Miller scored off a
pass from Hench at the 23:34 mark of the opening half, before Hench
set up Riley's second goal 2:12 after that to round out the
scoring.
Stonehill was able to hold the
National Champions from there, but the Skyhawks were unable to get
on the scoreboard themselves and mount a rally.
Stonehill (0-2, 0-0 NE-10) continues
its string of road games against nationally-ranked opposition on
Wednesday when it visits No. 5 Bentley University for a
non-conference battle at 7 p.m. Bloomsburg (2-0, 0-0 PSAC) hosts
Seton Hill on Thursday at 4 p.m.
