McGee nets first collegiate goal, posts pair of defensive saves in NE10 win

McGee scored her first collegiate goal and also notched two defensive saves (PHOTO BY Mary Gettens)

EASTON, Mass. (September 14, 2021) – Stonehill College, after moving up two spots to No. 8 in this week's National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) Division II poll, posted its second win over a top three-ranked team through four games this season, with a 3-2 triumph over No. 3-ranked Saint Anselm College in Northeast-10 Conference field hockey action on Timothy J. Coughlin, '80 Memorial Field at W.B. Mason Stadium tonight. 

Scoring
STO – Claudia Crowe, 29:43
STO – Madeleine McGee (Crowe & Elisha Brinkman), 39:48
STA – Maddie Davis (Emilie Martin), 43:05
STO – Emily Ledoux, 49:58
STA – Carly Lacasse (Jackie Gaumer), 52:42

Goalkeeping
STA: Sidney Falterer (60:00) 5 saves, 3 goals against
STO: Abigail Campbell (60:00) 11 saves, 2 goals against 

Shots: STA 23, STO 11
Penalty Corners: STA 9, STO 3

Campbell made a career-high 11 saves in the Skyhawks cage (PHOTO BY Mary Gettens)

How it Happened

• Sophomore Madeleine McGee scored the first goal of her collegiate career to give Stonehill a two-goal lead late in the third quarter and added a pair of defensive saves on penalty corner defense to help lead Stonehill to the key win.
• Sophomore Claudia Crowe posted the first points of her collegiate career, playing a role in each of Stonehill's first two markers, with a goal and assist on the night.
• Crowe scored the first goal of the night with just 17-seconds remaining in the first half off a counterattack as she broke in on a two on one with a single defender, turned to her backhand side for a low shot into the left side of the cage from the top of the circle.
• It was off a Crowe penalty corner that Stonehill doubled its lead with 2:55 to play in the third quarter. She inserted the corner to senior Elisha Brinkman, who fed a pass to McGee for a drive through traffic into the back of the cage for her first career goal.
• Saint Anselm pulled back within one four minutes later as sophomore Maddie Davis backhanded a centering pass from the right side by senior Emilie Martin into the cage for her second goal of the season with 1:55 remaining in the third.
• Stonehill regained its two-goal cushion 4:58 into the fourth quarter when senior Emily Ledoux scored her second goal in as many games when she was able to push the ball over the line during a scrum on the far post off a corner.
• Saint Anselm closed the gap again less than three minutes later, with senior Carly Lacasse knocking in a rebound with 7:18 to play.
• Stonehill was able to see the game out from there, however, with senior Abigail Campbell posting two of her career-high 11 saves in the closing four minutes as the Skyhawks fended off a pair of penalty corners during that stretch.
• Freshman Sidney Falterer finished with five saves in the Saint Anselm cage.

Noteworthy

• Stonehill's win tonight over No. 3 Saint Anselm is its second over a team ranked in the top three of the Penn Monto/NFHCA preseason poll after its season-opening win over No. 2 East Stroudsburg (Pa.) University on September 4.
• Stonehill has face each of the top three teams ranked in the preseason top ten posting a 2-1 mark against those teams.
• Ledoux has scored the deciding goal in each of the last two games for Stonehill after netting the winner in a 1-0 victory at Saint Thomas Aquinas College on Saturday in the NE10 opener.
• Stonehill has won its last six NE10 regular season contests dating back to October 2019.

Up Next

Stonehill (3-1, 2-0 NE10) continues its three game homestand this week on Saturday, when it hosts Mercy College for an NE10 clash at W.B. Mason Stadium at 1 p.m. Saint Anselm (3-1, 1-1 NE10) visits East Stroudsburg on Sunday at noon.

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