Huszar and Baillargeon tally scores for the Ravens in
the loss
Boxscore
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Jordan Baillargeon potted
her first career goal for the Ravens on Thursday.
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WALTHAM, Mass. (September
6, 2007) – The Franklin Pierce University field
hockey team took Bentley College, ranked ninth in the latest
STX/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Div. II
national poll, into overtime before falling by a score of 3-2 on
Thursday evening at the Charles A. Dana Athletic Center.
Playing a nationally-ranked opponent for the second time in three
days, Franklin Pierce came back from one-goal deficits on two
different occasions against the Falcons before Bentley's
Nicole Murphy (Dedham, Mass./Dedham) scored off the first penalty
corner of overtime 3:28 into the extra session, gathering the
rebound of a Christina Lowe (Tewksbury, Mass./Tewksbury) shot and
putting it past Raven goaltender Stephanie Howard (Norwalk,
Conn./Norwalk).
After Allison St. Jean (Lebanon, Maine/Noble) gave the home team a
1-0 lead in the 14th minute of play, graduate student Mary
Beth Huszar (Greenville, N.H. Mascenic Regional) tied the
game for the Ravens with an unassisted tally at 27:27 of the first
half. The goal, Huszar's first of the season, moved the
forward into a tie for third on the school's all-time
goals-scored list with 13.
Bentley went into halftime with a 2-1 lead thanks to a penalty
corner goal from Heather Buda (East Kingston, N.H./St. Thomas
Aquinas), but the Ravens responded again with the only goal of the
second half. At the 47:44 mark, freshman Jordan Baillargeon
(Westfield, Mass./Westfield) scored her first collegiate
goal, an unassisted tally, to even the game at two and eventually
send it into overtime.
Bentley held a 16-10 edge in shots and a 14-8 advantage in penalty
corners on the evening, and scored two of its three goals off
corners. The two teams each put six shots on goal, as Bentley
netminder Alyssa Sliney (Brewster, Mass./Nauset Regional) made four
saves while Howard made three stops in net.
Franklin Pierce (0-4, 0-3 NE-10) will next return home in search
of its first win of the season, as the Ravens take on Northeast-10
foe American International on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Sodexho Field.
Bentley (3-1, 3-0 NE-10) will host Southern Connecticut on Saturday
afternoon at 1 p.m.
