No. 8 Saint Michael’s Tops Franklin Pierce, 3-1
Brancaleone leads Purple Knights with two goals and an assist
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Jennifer Provencher scored a goal on Tuesday at Saint
Michael's.COLCHESTER, Vt. (October 10, 2006)
– The Franklin Pierce field hockey team suffered a tough 3-1
setback to Saint Michael’s College, ranked No. 8 in this
week’s National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA)
poll. The Purple Knights collected two unanswered goals in the
second half to earn their eighth victory of the season.
Saint Michael’s opened the scoring midway through the first
half as senior Lindsay Brancaleone (Gloucester, Mass./Manchester
Essex Regional) posted her first goal of the match off an assist
from sophomore Andrea Slaven (Danvers, Mass./Bishop Fenwick).
Franklin Pierce fired back in the closing seconds of the half to
knot the score at 1-1 as sophomore Jennifer Provencher (Rye,
N.H./Portsmouth) deposited her second goal of the season off
a dish from senior captain Angela
Barone (Norwood, Pa./Interboro).
Saint Michael’s took the lead just 5:23 into the second half
when Brancaleone registered her second goal of the game off a
helper from sophomore Tricia McCormick (East Walpole,
Mass./Walpole). The Purple Knights added an insurance goal just six
minutes later on a goal by senior Cassie Dewey (Lebanon, N.J./Mount
Saint Mary’s Academy).
Saint Michael’s goalkeeper, senior Tina Nardi (Rupert,
Vt./Salem Central) stopped five shots to preserve the win for the
Purple Knights. Franklin Pierce senior goalkeeper, Amanda Pietraszuk (Clinton, Conn./The Morgan
School) made three saves in the loss.
Franklin Pierce (3-8, 3-7 NE-10) will be in action again on
Thursday as it travels to No. 7 ranked UMass Lowell at 7 p.m. Saint
Michael’s (8-5, 7-4 NE-10) travels to Assumption College on
Sunday at 2 p.m.