Franklin Pierce Defeated By No. 8 Bryant, 4-1
Howard scores for the second straight game; Huszar ties the Franklin Pierce single-season assists record
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Stephanie Howard found the net for the Ravens on
Saturday at Bryant. |
SMITHFIELD, R.I. (October
6, 2007) – Julie Kuchyt (Hatfield, Mass./Smith
Academy) and Caroline Carr (Wrentham, Mass./King Philip) each
scored twice as Bryant University, ranked eighth in this
week’s STX/NFHCA National Div. II Coaches Poll, defeated
Franklin Pierce University by a score of 4-1 in a Northeast-10
Conference field hockey match on Saturday night at the Turf Field
Complex.
Junior defender Stephanie Howard (Norwalk,
Conn./Norwalk) scored the lone goal of the evening for the
Ravens, finding the back of the net for the second consecutive
match. She increased her career high with her third goal of the
season and of the last two matches at the 15:06 mark of the first
half, off of a pass from graduate student Mary Beth Huszar
(Greenville, N.H./Mascenic Regional). With her fifth
assist of the season, Huszar also tied the school record for most
assists in a single season, last achieved by Karen Clarke ’00
and Kristen Clarke ’00, both in 2000.
Kuckyt began the scoring in the fourth minute, taking a pass from
Kelly Frantz (Southbury, Conn./Pomperaug) and beating freshman
netminder Tevis Hannington (Canton, Mass./Notre Dame
Academy). Carr recorded her first goal of the game, the
eventual game-winner, exactly six minutes later at the 9:57 mark,
also with the assist credited to Frantz.
Both players scored their second goals of the game later in the
evening, Kuchyt’s coming in the 30th minute and Carr’s
in the 40th minute.
Hannington made two saves for the Ravens on the night, while
Bryant’s Kundayi Mawema (Hare, Zimbabwe/Dominican Convent)
made one save before ceding the net to teammate Kasey Kortz
(Louisville, Ky./St. Francis) for the final 14:53 of play.
Franklin Pierce (1-13, 1-10 NE-10) will return to action on
Wednesday evening, when the Ravens welcome Saint Michael’s to
Sodexho Field for a 6 p.m. Northeast-10 match. Bryant (10-5, 10-2
NE-10) will take on Southern Connecticut State on Wednesday
night.