River Hawks use five second half goals to defeat Ravens

RINDGE, N.H. (October 2, 2004) – The Franklin Pierce field hockey team was defeated 5-0 by visiting, No. 1 nationally ranked UMass Lowell today in Northeast-10 action. After a first half in which neither team scored a goal, the top-ranked River Hawks exploded for five goals in the second half en route to their 12th victory of the season. With the win, UMass Lowell remains undefeated and improves their record to 12-0 overall, 9-0 in league play. Franklin Pierce drops to 3-6 both overall and in conference competition following today’s match.

Junior Taylor Kloss (Georgetown, Mass./Georgetown) broke the scoreless tie with an unassisted goal just 3:03 into the second half. From there, the River Hawks erupted for three more goals in a span of 2:55. Sophomore Sara Hohenberger (Windham, N.H./Salem) notched the first of those off a pass from senior Jacklyn Driscoll (Waltham, Mass./Waltham) with 21:49 remaining in the second half. Freshman Annie Pease (Waterville, Maine/Waterville) came off the bench and quickly scored the third UMass Lowell goal 1:45 later. Driscoll, who finished with five points on the day, scored the final two goals for UMass Lowell. She now leads the team with 30 points and 12 goals. The first of her two tallies came on a penalty shot at the 18:54 mark in the second half. She then capped off a brilliant second half by taking a cross by Hohenberger and sending it past Franklin Pierce goalkeeper Brandi Guertin (Bellingham, Mass./Bellingham) with 13:29 left in the game.

Sophomore goalkeeper Nicole Staiti (Barre, Mass./Quabbin Regional) played the majority of the game in net for the River Hawks, saving all four shots that she faced en route to her eleventh victory of the season. Despite saving 19 shots, Guertin took the loss for the Ravens.

Franklin Pierce (3-6, 3-6 NE-10) will be in action on Tuesday, as they travel to Saint Anselm College for a Northeast-10 Conference match at 4 p.m. UMass Lowell (12-0, 9-0 NE-10) will also play on Tuesday, when they travel to Saint Michael’s College for a league game beginning at 3:30 p.m.