Hannington ties her career high with eight saves to keep the
Ravens close on Senior Day
Boxscore
Ellis established a new program record for the Ravens on Saturday
as she played in her 72nd career game.
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RINDGE, N.H. (October 20,
2007) - Franklin Pierce University dropped a 2-0 match to
Bentley College, ranked sixth in this week's NFHCA Div. II National
Coaches Poll, in a Northeast-10 Conference women's field hockey
match on Senior Day at Sodexho Field. The match marked the end of
the 2007 regular season for both teams.
Senior Heather Buda (East Kingston,
N.H./St. Thomas Aquinas) and sophomore Allison St. Jean (Lebanon,
Maine/Noble) each scored for the visiting Falcons, one in each
half, to lead the Falcons to the victory.
Buda began the scoring at the 22:25
mark of the first half, as she picked up the rebound of a Courtney
Bartlett (Brunswick, Maine/St. Mark's School) shot and found the
back of the net. St. Jean doubled the lead less than five minutes
into the second half, as she deflected a shot from teammate
Christina Lowe (Tewksbury, Mass./Tewksbury) into the net.
The Falcons put pressure on the
Ravens for most of the match, holding a 15-3 shot advantage,
including a 7-0 edge in the second half, and taking 12 penalty
corners to Franklin Pierce's four.
Freshman goaltender Tevis
Hannington (Canton, Mass./Notre Dame Academy) kept the
Ravens in the match by tying a career high with eight saves,
including a pair of sprawling dives across her goal line in the
first half. Franklin Pierce also received defensive saves by junior
co-captain Kayleigh Jaksina (Townsend, Mass./North
Middlesex) and sophomore Samantha Newman
(Belgrade, Maine/Messalonskee) as the Ravens attempted to
stay close. For Bentley, Alyssa Sliney (Brewster, Mass./Nauset
Regional) made two saves for her conference-leading ninth shutout
of the season.
Before the match, the Ravens
honored their three graduating players in a brief ceremony.
Graduate student Mary Beth Huszar (Greenville,
N.H./Mascenic Regional), senior co-captain
Elizabeth Ellis (Turner, Maine/Leavitt) and senior
Alison Daday (Brewster, N.Y/Brewster) were all
four-year players for the Franklin Pierce field hockey program.
Franklin Pierce concludes its 2007
season with a 1-18 overall record and a 1-15 mark in Northeast-10
play. The Ravens finished the season with the second-highest
offensive totals in school history, as their 32 goals and 23
assists rank only behind the 2000 squad. Bentley (13-5, 13-3
NE-10), which clinched the second seed and a first-round bye in the
upcoming NE-10 Tournament with the win, will play an NE-10
Tournament semifinal match on Oct. 27.