Ravens hold off Falcons until final seven minutes
Box Score
Brittany Nyzio made seven saves at No. 8 Bentley on Saturday
afternoon.
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WALTHAM, Mass. (September
26, 2009) – Senior midfielder Courtney Bartlett
broke a scoreless tie with just 6:20 remaining in regulation on
Saturday afternoon as No. 8 nationally ranked Bentley went on to a
2-0 victory over the Franklin Pierce University field hockey team
in Northeast-10 Conference play at Bentley. Sophomore goalkeeper
Brittany Nyzio (Attleboro, Mass.) made seven
saves in net for Franklin Pierce in defeat.
With the win, Bentley improves to 7-3 (2-1 Northeast-10), while
Franklin Pierce falls to 4-6 (1-2 Northeast-10).
The first half went scoreless, with Bentley enjoying a 7-3 edge in
shots and a 7-2 advantage in penalty corners. However, despite the
seemingly lopsided numbers, the Franklin Pierce defense allowed
only three of Bentley's shot attempts on target and Baxter
turned both of them aside. Meanwhile, two of the three shots by the
Ravens were on the cage, though they could not beat Bentley senior
goalkeeper Alyssa Sliney.
Much of the second half went scoreless as well, before Bentley
found the back of the cage twice in a span of 2:14 to come away
with the victory. It would be Bartlett who broke the ice and the
scoreless tie with her sixth goal of the season off a penalty
corner with just 6:20 remaining in regulation. With 4:06 to play,
freshman forward Nicole Dion's third goal of the season
served as an insurance marker, as she converted a feed from
sophomore midfielder Stephanie Sideris.
Bentley held a 9-3 shots advantage in the second half along with a
4-2 edge in penalty corners to take 16-6 and 11-4 advantages,
respectively over the full game. Franklin Pierce got all three of
its shot attempts on target, but again could not put one behind
Sliney.
Sliney stopped all five shots on her cage to earn the win (7-3)
and her third shutout of the season in net for Bentley. Nyzio
stopped seven of the nine shots on her cage and was saddled with
the loss (3-5) between the pipes for Franklin Pierce.
The Ravens return to the field on Wednesday, Sept. 30, when they
return home to host Assumption in a Northeast-10 Conference
contest. Game time is set for 4 p.m. at Sodexo Field in Rindge,
N.H.
