LOWELL, Mass. (September 20, 2003) – The Franklin Pierce University field hockey team fell to UMass Lowell by a score of 5-0 in Northeast-10 Conference field hockey action this afternoon.

Laura Petros (Tewksbury, Mass./Tewksbury) lead the River Hawks' offense, totaling two goals at 8:12 and 46:41 while junior Alysia Morgan (Gardner, Mass./Gardner) notched a goal and two assists.

UMass Lowell opened up the scoring with a goal from sophomore Taylor Kloss (Georgetown, Mass./Georgetown) 5:57 into the first. The River Hawks went on to net another in the first and sealed the victory with three more scores in the second half.

Franklin Pierce goalkeepers, sophomore Brandi Guertin (Bellingham Mass./Bellingham) and freshman Amanda Pietrasuk (Clinton, Conn./Morgan School) combined for five saves on the afternoon. Senior Patrice Mendoza (Wilmington, Mass./Wilmington) recorded three saves in 59 minutes of work, while freshman Nicole Staiti (Barre, Mass./Quabbin Regional) made two saves and closed out the game.

Franklin Pierce (4-4, 3-4 NE-10) returns to action on Tuesday when it travels to Saint Michael's College for a League match at 4 p.m. UMass Lowell next hosts American International on Thursday in a Conference matchup at 7 p.m.