Henrique scores her first collegiate goal for the
Ravens in the 10th minute
Boxscore
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Nicole Henrique potted her
first career goal at Saint Anselm on Monday night.
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MANCHESTER, N.H. (September
24, 2007) – The Franklin Pierce University field
hockey team battled yet another opponent through 70 minutes, but
the Ravens came up just short in a 2-1 loss to Saint Anselm College
in a Northeast-10 Conference field hockey match on Monday evening
at the South Athletic Fields.
Freshman forward Nicole Henrique (Swansea, Mass./Joseph
Case) scored her first collegiate goal at 9:12 of the
first half to tie the score after Sam Rowe (Chelmsford,
Mass./Chelmsford) had given the Hawks a 1-0 lead 5:25 into the
match. The goal came off of a Raven penalty corner, with the assist
given to junior defender Stephanie Howard (Norwalk,
Conn./Norwalk). The tally made Henrique the fourth Raven
freshman to score her first collegiate goal in the first 11 games
of the year.
Neither goaltender was very busy on the day, with Raven freshman
Tevis Hannington (Canton, Mass./Notre Dame
Academy) making one save on three shots on goal. Hawks
goalie Riley Haddock (Falmouth, Maine/Falmouth) was forced to make
two saves on three shots.
The Ravens played well in the opening 35 minutes, holding a slight
4-3 advantage in shots and a 7-2 edge in penalty corners.
The team held the Hawks to three shots and only one shot on goal
in the second half, but unfortunately for the Ravens that shot
found the back of the net. At the 41:11 mark, Michele Baca
(Franklin, N.H./Franklin) took a pass from Rowe and beat Hannington
for the game-winning goal.
Franklin Pierce nearly tied the game at the 59:07 mark, but Saint
Anselm's Sara Griffin (Derry, N.H./ Pinkerton Academy) made a
defensive save on a shot by Raven senior Alison Daday
(Brewster, N.Y./Brewster) to preserve the lead.
Daday's shot was the last recorded by the Ravens on the
day.
Franklin Pierce (0-11, 0-8 NE-10) will return home to Sodexho
Field on Saturday afternoon with a 1 p.m. matchup against
conference opponent UMass Lowell. Saint Anselm (3-5, 3-4 NE-10)
takes on Bentley on Wednesday in Manchester, N.H.
