Munson notches first career hat trick in victory

RINDGE, N.H. (September 11, 2004) – The Franklin Pierce field hockey team upended visiting American International College 3-2 in Northeast-10 action this afternoon. Senior forward Chelsey Munson (Weybridge, Vt./Middlebury Union) scored all three goals for the Ravens en route to their second win of the season.

Munson started the scoring with 11:27 remaining in the first half, converting on a pass by junior Trisha Langevin (Bellingham, Mass./Bellingham). She gave the Ravens a 2-0 advantage at the 8:10 mark in the first half when she batted a Collette Brady (Bellingham, Mass./Bellingham) cross out of the air and into the net.

Junior defensemen Kiara Mojica (Windsor, Conn./Windsor) got the Yellow Jackets on the board early in the second half, as she scored on a feed from senior forward Melissa Cuthbert (Kwazulu Natal, S. Africa/Westville Girl’s). American International knotted the score at two with just over eleven minutes remaining in the second half when freshman forward Nicole Phelps (Nassau, N.Y./Columbia) scored a goal, also assisted by Cuthbert.

The tie was broken with 10:02 left in the second half when a scramble in front of the American International net resulted in an unassisted goal by Munson, her third of the game and fourth of the season. Franklin Pierce held the lead for the final ten minutes of the match and went on to win by a final score of 3-2. Junior goalkeeper Brandi Guertin (Bellingham, Mass./Bellingham) earned her second victory of the year, saving 13 shots. Cindy Armand (Danvers, Mass./Danvers) took the loss for the Yellow Jackets despite saving 27 shots.

Franklin Pierce (2-1, 2-1 NE-10) will be in action on Monday, as they travel to Plymouth State University for a non-conference match at 4 p.m. American International (0-5, 0-4) will travel to Merrimack for a Northeast-10 Conference tilt on Wednesday beginning at 4 p.m.