Provencher nets first collegiate goal despite loss

Box Score

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (September 25, 2006) – The Franklin Pierce field hockey team suffered a tough, 3-2 setback to American International College in Northeast-10 Conference action this afternoon at Yellow Jackets field. Yellow Jacket junior Jamie Anderson (North Attleboro, Mass./North Attleboro) led all scorers with a pair of goals for four points.

American International opened the scoring just 11:08 into the first half as sophomore Stephanie Laskey (Erving, Mass./Greenfield) registered her first goal of the season off a Yellow Jacket penalty shot. Franklin Pierce responded midway through the first half when sophomore Jennifer Provencher (Rye, N.H./Portsmouth) netted her first collegiate goal to knot the score at 1-1.

American International came out firing early in the second half, as Anderson rallied off back-to-back goals to give the Yellow Jackets a 3-1 lead. Franklin Pierce cut the lead to 3-2 on a goal from sophomore Trish Slowinski (Colrain, Mass./Mohawk Regional), but junior goalkeeper Cindy Armand (Danvers, Mass./Danvers) and the Yellow Jacket defense limited the Ravens to only one shot thereafter to preserve their second win of th e season.

Franklin Pierce goalkeeper, senior Amanda Pietraszuk (Clinton, Conn./The Morgan School) made seven saves for the Ravens, while Armand stopped seven shots for the Yellow Jackets.

Franklin Pierce (3-4, 3-3 NE-10) will be in action again Wednesday as it travels to No. 5 ranked, Stonehill College at 7 p.m. American International (2-5, 2-4 NE-10) will host Stonehill on Saturday at 12 p.m.