Franklin Pierce Edges Assumption, 4-3 (PS)
Huszar nets game-winning penalty stroke to lift Ravens; Pietraszuk collects 16 saves in victory
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Amanda Pietraszuk made 16 saves on Thursday against
Assumption.RINDGE, N.H. (September 14, 2006)
– The Franklin Pierce field hockey team posted a 4-3 victory
in penalthy strokes over Assumption College in Northeast-10
Conference action this evening at Sodexho Field. Senior Mary Beth Huszar (Greenville,
N.H./Greenville) netted the game-winning goal in stroke play
to give Franklin Pierce its first victory of the season.
Franklin Pierce opened the scoring early in the first half as
sophomore Jenee Clifford (Sandown,
N.H./Timberlane) slapped a shot past Assumption goalkeeper
Brandi Guertin (Bellingham, Mass./Bellingham) just 5:58 seconds
into the match.
Assumption quickly rallied back, posting two goals in a 5:18 span.
Graduate Courtney Nottebart (Walpole, Mass./Walpole) and senior
Laura DuBois (Sudbury, Mass./Lincoln-Sudbury) each tallied scores
to give the Greyhounds the 2-1 advantage. Less than two minutes
later, Huszar responded for Franklin Pierce, collecting her first
goal of the season to tie the game at 2-2.
In the second half, Franklin Pierce struck first as freshman Ashley Abernathy (Bellingham,
Mass./Bellingham) recorded her first collegiate goal to give
the Ravens a 3-2 lead. Assumption answered midway through the
second frame when sophomore Jill
Hughes (Brownsville, Vt./Windsor) notched her second goal of
the season off a Sarah Bullock
(Chelmsford, Mass./Chelmsford) assist.
With the scored tied at 3-3, the game headed into overtime. Each
team had its scoring opportunities in the extra frames, but neither
could convert. Guertin made two of her nine saves in the two
overtime periods, while Pietraszuk posted six of her 16 saves to
force penalty strokes.
Franklin Pierce took the early 1-0 advantage in stroke play as
Clifford converted the Ravens third attempt by pushing the ball
past the right side of Guertin. Assumption freshman Michelle
Pasquale (Shrewsbury, Mass./ Shrewsbury) immediately retaliated
with shot past Pietraszuk to even the strokes at 1-1. Huszar
followed with a good attempt for the Ravens to take a 2-1 lead and
Pietraszuk clinched the victory with a save on Assumption’s
final attempt.
Franklin Pierce (1-1, 1-1 NE-10) will be in action again on
Saturday as it travels to Bryant University for a match starting at
7 p.m. Assumption College (1-4, 1-2 NE-10) will host UMass Lowell
on Saturday at 10 a.m.