Box Score
Senior Courtney Osier
stopped nine shots tonight at UMass Lowell. (PHOTO BY Andrew
Katsampes) |
River Hawks score four
second half goals in 14-minute span
LOWELL, Mass. (September
22, 2010) – The University of Massachusetts Lowell,
ranked third in this week's Kookaburra/National Field Hockey
Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division II poll, scored four second
half goals to claim a 4-0 victory over 9th-ranked
Stonehill College in a non-conference field hockey matchup at
Cushing Field tonight.
Senior Katie Enaire
(Amesbury, Mass./Amesbury) led UMass Lowell with two
goals, while classmates Sammy Macy (Tewksbury,
Mass./Tewksbury) and Liz Day (North Andover,
Mass./North Andover) both added a goal and assist in the
victory. Junior Abby Auld (Waltham, Mass./Waltham)
and sophomore Emily Painten (Walpole,
Mass./Walpole) each chipped in with an assist.
Freshman Melanie Hopkins
(Harwich, Mass./Harwich) posted her sixth shutout of the
season with eight saves on the night for UMass Lowell. Senior
Courtney Osier (South Dennis,
Mass./Dennis-Yarmouth) registered nine stops in goal for
Stonehill. UML finished with a 21-13 advantage in shots for the
contest, including an 11-5 margin in the second half, and a 15-9
edge in penalty corners (11-4 second half).
The game was scoreless for over
50-minutes before UMass Lowell broke through 16:56 into the second
half when Macy netted her ninth goal of the year with a blast from
the far side of the arc off a pass by Day off a corner. That
started a four-goal flurry for the River Hawks over the span of
14-minutes.
Enaire doubled the UML lead less
than four minutes later off a feed from Auld following a rebound
off a corner at 55:54. Day scored her sixth of the season, assisted
by Macy, at 60:30, before Enaire collected her second marker of the
night (ninth of the season) after a pass from Painten at 65:49 to
round out the scoring.
Stonehill nearly opened the scoring
moments before UMass Lowell opening goal, but UML senior
Jaime Hadley (Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford)
stopped a shot from Skyhawks freshman Devin Ingersoll
(Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry) at 50:37.
Stonehill (3-4, 0-0 NE-10) is back
in action on Saturday when it hosts Saint Anselm College at noon.
UMass Lowell (7-0, 0-0 NE-10) visits American International College
for an NE-10 contest on Saturday at noon.
