COLCHESTER, Vt. (September 23, 2003) - The No. 10 nationally ranked Franklin Pierce field hockey team suffered a 3-1 loss to No. 9 Saint Michael’s College in Northeast-10 Conference action this afternoon.

Senior Jenn Gray (Skowhegan, Maine/Skowhegan) opened up the scoring for the Purple Knights 10:54 into the first half as she drove home a pass from sophomore Johanne Skelley (Wolfeboro, N.H./Kingswood). At 15:59 in the first, Gray earned an assist on classmate Jilby Danis’ (Burlington, Vt./Rice Memorial) ninth goal of the season to give Saint Michael’s a 2-0 advantage and later scored her second of the game at the 42:51 mark.

Senior captain Debbie Jones (Escondido, Calif./Bishops) scored the Ravens’ lone goal at 65:07 off a feed from classmate Katie Raposa (Tiverton, R.I./Tiverton).

Junior goalkeeper Jess Anderson (Springfield, Vt./Springfield) earned the win for the Purple Knights with two saves, while Franklin Pierce sophomore Brandi Guertin (Bellingham, Mass./Bellingham) also registered two saves.

Franklin Pierce (4-5, 3-5 NE-10) returns to action on Saturday when it travels to No. 6 Bryant College for a game at 10 a.m. Saint Michael’s (5-4, 4-3 NE-10) visits No. 7 Bentley College on Saturday for a match at 2 p.m.