Beardsley's two second half goals lifts Greyhounds to non-conference win
Smith netted her second goal in as many games this season tonight. (PHOTO BY Andrew Katsampes) |
EASTON, Mass. (September 4, 2018) – Assumption College used a pair of second half goals to claim a 3-1 victory over Stonehill College, ranked No. 6 in the Penn Monto/National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division II poll, in a non-conference field hockey clash on Timothy J. Coughlin, '80 Memorial Field at W.B. Mason Stadium tonight.
Sophomore Jennifer Beardsley netted a pair of second half goals to lift Assumption to the big early season win. Junior Sam Tepper also scored a goal for the Greyhounds, while senior Sarah Bodzinski made the goals stand up with five saves, including four in the second half.
Senior All-American Kacie Smith scored the lone goal of the game for Stonehill, giving her a pair through the opening two games of the season after setting a Division II record with 41 markers a year ago. Classmate Sara Freedman finished with five saves in the Skyhawks goal.
Freedman finished with five saves in the Skyhawks cage. (PHOTO BY Andrew Katsampes) |
Assumption opened the scoring with less than five minutes remaining in the first half as Tepper tipped in a drive from the top of the arc by junior Hannah McGrath for her first goal of the year. Smith equalized with just 13-seconds remaining before halftime with a low shot from the center of the arc into the left side of the cage off a pass from senior Carly Andersen.
Beardsley pushed Assumption back in front just 90-seconds into the second half when she pounced on a loose ball at the left post off a rebound and knocked it in. She gave the Greyhounds an insurance goal with less than 15-minutes to play when she reached into the air on her own rebounded and knocked the ball into the top of the cage at 55:11 for her third goal of the season.
Stonehill would only manage one shot on goal the rest of the way, with Bodzinski turning back a Smith drive off a corner after time had expired which would have merely provided late consolation for the Skyhawks.
Stonehill (1-1, 0-0 NE10) returns to action on Sunday when it hosts No. 2-ranked East Stroudsburg University at W.B. Mason Stadium at 1 p.m. Assumption (1-1, 0-0 NE10) visits Saint Thomas Aquinas College on Sunday at 1 p.m.
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