Ravens to Face Bryant Wednesday at Winchendon School 

RINDGE, N.H. (October 23, 2000) - The rewards of a winning season are paying off for the Franklin Pierce University field hockey team.

The Ravens, whose 10 wins this year are two more than the team produced in its three previous years competing at the varsity level, will host Bryant College in the first round of the Northeast-10 Conference tournament Wednesday at the Winchendon (Mass.) School at 3 p.m.

The Ravens are seeded fourth in the six-team tournament and are 10-6 overall, 6-3 in the NE-10. The Bulldogs are seeded fifth after going 6-11 during the regular season, 5-4 in the NE-10.

This will be the second time Bryant and FP have faced each other. During a regular-season game in Winchendon on September 26, the Ravens rallied for a 4-2 win in a driving rain storm.

After Bryant jumped out to a 2-0 lead on a pair of goals by Elizabeth Gunn (Vineyard Haven, Mass.) in the opening 10 minutes of the rain-soaked contest, the Ravens rallied for three goals in the final 17 minutes.

FP got one back on a goal by Debbie Jones (Escondido, Calif.) with 20 minutes left in the first half, but went into the half trailing 2-1.

Karen Clarke (Brewster, N.Y.) tied the game in the 54th minute and Kelly Henry (Wyoming, R.I.) put the Ravens ahead five minutes later. Chrystean Page (Turner, Maine), who had a goal waived off in the first half, added an insurance marker with 3:20 left.

The winner would move on to the semifinal round Friday to play top-seeded St. Michael's in Colchester, Vt., at 3 p.m. The Purple Knights, who FP beat during the regular season, received a first-round bye.


2000 Northeast-10 Conference Field Hockey Championship
Oct. 25-29

Quarterfinals
Wednesday, Oct. 25
Game 1: No. 6 Stonehill (8-10, 3-6 NE-10) at No. 3 Bentley (14-3, 7-2), 3 p.m.
Game 2: No. 5 Bryant (6-11, 5-4) at No. 4 Franklin Pierce University
(10-6, 6-3), 3 p.m.

Semifinals
Friday, Oct. 27
Game 3: Winner Game 2 at No. 1 St. Michael's (13-3, 8-1), 3 p.m.
Game 4: Winner Game 1 at Assumption (10-7, 7-2), 3 p.m.

Finals
Sunday, Oct. 29
At Site of Highest Remaining Seed
Semifinal winners, 12 p.m.