No. 3 Bentley Runs Past Franklin Pierce, 5-0
Falcons end season with shutout victory
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Amanda Pietraszuk made nine saves on Sunday against Bentley.RINDGE, N.H. (October 24, 2004) –
The No. 3 nationally ranked Bentley College field hockey team
blanked host Franklin Pierce, 5-0 today in Northeast-10
competition. The Falcons closed out their regular season with an
overall record of 19-1, including a 15-1 mark in Northeast-10 play.
With the loss, Franklin Pierce drops to 5-11 overall and 4-11 in
the league.
Bentley dominated play, outshooting the Ravens 23 to three, while
earning a 16 to four penalty corner advantage. The Falcons
converted on one of those penalty corners in the ninth minute of
play, as senior Kerry Kopec (Bethel, Conn./Bethel) notched her
fourth goal of the season off a pass from sophomore Lindsey
Harrington (Atkinson, N.H./Timberlane Regional). Neither team
scored for the remainder of the first half, and Bentley maintained
a 1-0 lead at the close of the first frame.
In the second half of the match the Falcons added four goals.
Freshman Heather Buda (East Kingston, N.H./St. Thomas Aquinas) gave
Bentley a 2-0 advantage when she banged home a rebound early in the
second half for her ninth goal of the season. Just under ten
minutes later sophomore Mary Rogers (Watertown, Mass./Watertown)
took a Kopec feed and tallied her 22nd goal of the year. Harrington
padded the Bentley lead, finding the cage two times. Her 16th goal
of the year came with 20:42 remaining in the second half, while her
17th came just 2:50 later. She finished with a match-high five
points on the day, as the Falcons held on for a 5-0 victory.
Goalkeepers Kristin Johnson (Reading, Mass./Reading) and Meaghan
Johnson (South Easton, Mass./Oliver Ames) combined for the
team’s ninth shutout of the season. Kristin Johnson earned
her 18th win of the year despite facing zero shots in her 35
minutes of play. Sophomore Amanda
Pietraszuk (Clinton, Conn./Morgan School) took the loss for
Franklin Pierce. She saved nine shots and surrendered one goal in
just under 53 minutes of play. Junior Brandi Guertin (Bellingham,
Mass./Bellingham) played the remaining 17 minutes of the
match, saving seven shots.
Franklin Pierce (5-11, 4-11 NE-10) will return to action tomorrow
for Senior Day, when they will wrapup their season with a home
match versus Northeast-10 foe Saint Anselm at 3:30 p.m. Bentley
(19-1, 15-1 NE-10) will be off until Saturday, when they host the
first round of the Northeast-10 Conference Tournament.