Lee, Mass. native nets a goal and dishes out an assist to help Sky Blue to 6-4 victory
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| Sarah Hickey |
NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. (December 6, 2011) – Stonehill College senior goalkeeper/forward Sarah Hickey (Lee, Mass./Lee) scored one goal and dished out one assist to help lead Sky Blue to a 6-4 victory over Gang Green in the 2011 New England Women's Intercollegiate Soccer Association (NEWISA) annual Senior Bowl on Sunday afternoon on the campus of Merrimack College.
Trailing 1-0 in the first half, Hickey evened the score at 1-1 for Sky Blue in the 30th minute finishing on a beautiful feed from Endicott College forward Colleen Pepin (Fairhaven, Mass./Fairhaven), her first of two assists in the game.
Hickey added her lone assist of the contest on Sky Blue's final tally of the afternoon setting up Saint Anselm forward Teresa Vercollone (Pembroke, Mass./Sacred Heart) for her second goal of the game.
Hickey, who transitioned to forward this season due to injuries up front, tied for the team-lead in goals with five in 14 games played (11 starts). Hickey also added two assists to finish second on the team in points with 12 total. In five games played (four starts) in net, Hickey notched a 3-1-0 record to go along with a 0.44 goals against average (GAA), a .909 save percentage, 20 saves and three shutouts.
Hickey posted her first-career hat trick in a 5-0 triumph over Assumption College on October 29 and netted one goal and dished out one assist in the Northeast-10 Conference (NE-10) Tournament quarterfinals against Southern Connecticut State University in a 3-2 win. For her efforts, Hickey was selected to the NE-10 Tournament All-Championship Team.
As a goalkeeper for Stonehill in her four-year career, Hickey posted a 20-19-3 record overall in 44 games played stopping 225 shots to go along with 11 shutouts.
Stonehill (11-7-2, 8-5-2 NE-10) fell to eventual NE-10 Tournament champion and NCAA Division II national champion the College of Saint Rose, 2-0, in the semifinal round.
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