RINDGE, N.H. (September 15, 2001) - The Franklin Pierce University women's field hockey team suffered a heartbreaking 2-1 loss to C.W. Post on Saturday afternoon.

C.W. Post jumped out to an early lead when Trish Moran (Rockville Centre, N.Y./Sacred Heart) found a hole on the right side of FP netminder, Irene Smith (Olivebridge, N.Y./Onteora), to give the Pioneers the 1-0 advantage at the 10:35 mark of the first half. The Ravens came back and knotted the score 1-1 when junior Chrystean Page (Turner, Maine/Leavitt) netted her first goal of the season on a penalty shot at the 10:13 mark of the second half. The gamewinning tally came late in the second, when Kori Civitillo (Massapequa, N.Y./Massapequa) scored on a pass from teammate Darlene Davis (Westbury, N.Y./W.T. Clarke) at the 30:06 mark.

Smith was strong in net for the Ravens, as she made 18 saves, good for sixth on the all-time saves in a single game list. C.W. Post's Christy Gardner (Auburn, Maine/Auburn) made four saves for the Pioneers.

Franklin Pierce (1-3, 1-0 NE-10) returns to action on Monday, Sept. 17 when they take on Regis College in a non-conference battle at 4 p.m.