Senior Claire Hourihan netted her second career hat trick
to lead #5 Stonehill past Southern Connecticut tonight.
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#5 Stonehill Drops Southern
Connecticut, 4-1
Hourihan hat trick leads
Skyhawks to sixth-straight win
Boxscore
EASTON, Mass. (September
16, 2009) - Stonehill College, ranked fifth in this week's
Kookaburra/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA)
Division II poll, rode a hat trick from senior forward
Claire Hourihan (East Amherst, N.Y./Williamsville
North) to a 4-1 victory over Southern Connecticut State
University in non-conference field hockey action at W.B. Mason
Stadium tonight.
Hourihan's second career hat trick
gives her 35 career goals and she moved into third place on
Stonehill's all-time scoring list with 86 career points, sliding
back above teammate senior All-American Jackie Ladino
(North Dartmouth, Mass./Dartmouth) who has 85 career
points. Sophomore Kathryn Nelson (Shrewsbury,
Mass./Shrewsbury) also added a goal tonight for the
Skyhawks.
Junior goalkeeper Courtney
Osier (South Dennis, Mass./Dennis-Yarmouth) made two saves
in just over 62 scoreless minutes of work in the cage for
Stonehill. Freshman Kaitlyn Curtis (Acton,
Mass./Acton-Boxborough) played the final 7:58 in goal for
the Skyhawks. Junior Lauren Zarrella (Morris,
Conn./Wamogo) finished with five stops in goal for
Southern Connecticut State.
Junior Courtney Osier made two saves in just over 62
scoreless minutes of work in the Skyhawks goal.
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Senior Kelly Anne
McCafferty (Durham, N.H./Oyster River) netted the lone
goal for Southern, assisted by junior Dieny Charlot (Deep
River, Conn./Valley Regional), with 4:55 left in
regulation.
Stonehill got two goals in each
half to stake out a four goal lead. Hourihan netted the first three
goals, the first of which came 10:20 into the contest when she
one-timed a rebound on the back post. She netted her second 4:04
before halftime when she forced a Southern turnover and broke in
one-on-one with Zarrella before depositing a low shot into left
side from eight yards out.
Hourihan completed the hat trick
8:20 into the second half off a feed from the right side by
sophomore Caitlin O'Keefe (Morristown,
N.J./Morristown) and slotted in a shot from four yards out
on the left side. The Skyhawks struck again less than two
minutes later as Nelson capped the scoring with her fourth of the
season after a long carry down the left side from five yards out.
Stonehill (6-2, 0-0 NE-10)
continues its three-game home stand on Saturday when it opens its
Northeast-10 Conference schedule against Saint Michael's College at
1 p.m. Southern Connecticut (1-7, 1-0 NE-10) hosts American
International College next Tuesday at 7 p.m.
