Senior Claire Hourihan's game-winning goal today at Adelphi gives her 101 career points.

#5 Stonehill Edges Adelphi, 2-1

Hourihan nets game-winner, collects 100^th career point

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GARDEN CITY, N.Y. (October 3, 2009) - Stonehill College, ranked fifth in this week's Kookaburra/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division II poll, extended its winning streak to ten games with a 2-1 victory over Adelphi University in Northeast-10 Conference field hockey action at Competition Field today.

Senior Claire Hourihan (East Amherst, N.Y./Williamsville North) scored the game-winning goal and in the process became just the second player in program history to surpass 100 points for her career. Junior Courtney Foley (Wakefield, Mass./Wakefield Memorial) also netted a goal for the Skyhawks who won their tenth-straight game.

Junior goalkeeper Courtney Osier (South Dennis, Mass./Dennis-Yarmouth) made two second half saves to preserve the win for Stonehill. Sophomore Lucia Vigliotti (Westbury, N.Y./W.T. Clarke) finished with four stops in goal for Adelphi who was out-shot 12-5 by the Skyhawks.

Junior Courtney Foley opened the scoring today with her fifth goal of the season.

All three goals were scored within a span of 5:05 early in the second half. Foley put Stonehill in front 8:50 into the stanza when she converted a penalty stroke for her fifth goal of the season. Adelphi answered less than three minutes later as freshman Cassie Cabral (Sayville, N.Y./Sayville) pounced on a rebound and evened the contest at 46:29. Hourihan put the Skyhawks in front for good just under two and a half minutes later when she took a pass from senior Stephanie Kott (Rutland, Mass./Notre Dame Academy) and fired in her team-leading 13^th goal of the season at 48:55.

The goal for Hourihan is the 42^nd of her career, moving into a tie for second on Stonehill's career list with former teammate Aly Boulis (2004-2007). Hourihan's goal also gives her 101 career points, becoming just the second player in program history to reach the 100 career point plateau - joining Caitlin Gleason who totaled a program record 132 points from 2004-07, including a record 53 goals. Hourihan is the 13^th field hockey player in NE-10 history to reach 100 career points.

Stonehill (10-2, 4-0 NE-10) returns to action on Wednesday when it visits Franklin Pierce University at 6 p.m. The Skyhawks next home game is two days later when they host Saint Anselm College at W.B. Mason Stadium at 4 p.m. Adelphi (7-5, 2-1 NE-10) hosts Franklin Pierce next Saturday at noon.