Box Score
Junior Kathryn Nelson
scored two goals to lead the Skyhawks comeback win at Bentley
tonight. (PHOTO BY Andrew Katsampes) |
Nelson leads comeback from
2-0 halftime deficit as Skyhawks win fourth-straight
WALTHAM, Mass. (October 5,
2010) – Stonehill College, ranked seventh in this
week's Kookaburra/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA)
Division II poll, stormed back from a 2-0 halftime deficit to claim
a 3-2 overtime triumph against rival Bentley University in
Northeast-10 Conference field hockey action tonight.
Junior forward Kathryn
Nelson (Shrewsbury, Mass./Shrewsbury) led the
Stonehill comeback with a pair of goals, including the game-winner
6:20 into overtime. Senior back Laura Noce (Sudbury,
Mass./Lincoln-Sudbury) assisted on both Nelson markers,
while classmate Courtney Foley
(Wakefield, Mass./Wakefield Memorial) also added a goal
for the Skyhawks.
Senior Courtney Osier
(South Dennis, Mass./Dennis-Yarmouth) gave Stonehill a
chance for a comeback with four saves in goal, including one in
overtime. Sophomore Julia Powell (Southbury,
Conn./Pomperaug) stopped 11 shots (seven second half) in
the cage for Bentley. Stonehill finished with a 25-8 advantage in
shots, including a commanding 17-1 margin after halftime (15-0
second half), and controlled penalty corners, 12-0 (10-0 second
half).
Senior back Laura Noce dished a pair of assists tonight.
(PHOTO BY Andrew Katsampes) |
Sophomores Beth Maguire
(Medfield, Mass./Medfield) and Nicole Dion
(Lunenburg, Mass./Lunenburg) scored first half goals for
Bentley, while senior Devan Weed (Hampstead, N.H./Pinkerton
Academy) assisted on both markers.
Trailing 2-0 after 35 minutes of
play, Stonehill roared to life in the second half by out-shooting
Bentley 15-0 and posting a 10-0 advantage on penalty corners. Foley
sparked the comeback when she scored her second goal of the season
with a drive past Powell off a Lindsey Pinkham
(Skowhegan, Maine/Skowhegan) corner with 16:16 left in
regulation.
Nelson's first goal equalized the
contest less than five minutes later, off a Noce pass, with 11:29
remaining. She capped the comeback with her team-leading
13th goal of the season on breakaway off another Noce
pass at 76:20. Nelson has now scored four goals against the Falcons
this season after netting both Stonehill goals in a 2-1 win in
Easton last month.
Bentley scored the first two goals
of the night as Maguire opened the scoring with her fifth of the
season, assisted by Weed, 11:28 into the contest. Dion doubled the
Falcons advantage at 20:55 when she took a pass from Weed and
slotted in her third goal of the year.
Stonehill (7-4, 3-0 NE-10) is off
until next Wednesday, October 13, when it hosts American
International College at W.B. Mason Stadium at 4 p.m. Bentley (4-5,
1-1 NE-10) is back in action on Saturday when it visits Franklin
Pierce University at 1 p.m.
