SPARKILL, N.Y. (November 7, 2022) -- Freshman Jasmijn Van Drunen scored twice on Monday afternoon, including the 47^th-minute game-winner, as St. Thomas Aquinas slipped past the Franklin Pierce University field hockey team, 2-1, at Spartan Field. Sophomore Rebecca Phillips (West Amwell, N.J.) scored the lone goal in defeat for the Ravens in the Northeast-10 Conference contest.

With the loss, Franklin Pierce falls to 4-13 (3-9 NE10), while St. Thomas Aquinas improves to 10-7 (8-4 NE10).

After a scoreless first quarter, the two teams traded goals in a span of just 2:34 in the second quarter. St. Thomas Aquinas had the opener in the 17^th minute, when senior Brittany Lionarons was able spring Van Drunen in on a breakaway with a ball ahead from the midfield. Van Drunen ultimately popped a shot into the top-right corner for her seventh goal of the season.

Franklin Pierce had the quick answer, in the 20^th minute. Phillips picked up her fourth of the season on a strong individual effort, as she took possession at the top of the circle, beat multiple defenders on her way into the middle of the circle and then found a shooting lane to tie the score.

The third quarter went scoreless as well, but the Spartans snapped the 1-1 tie just 103 seconds into the fourth. Sophomore Nicola Van Vuuren worked the ball to the left side of the circle for Van Drunen, who reversed her stick and sent a laser of a shot back across traffic and into the right side of the cage to complete her second multiple-goal game of the season.

Sophomore Addy Araneo (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) finished with nine saves against 11 shots and suffered the loss (4-7) in front of the Franklin Pierce net. Graduate student Jessie Hohenstein (7-2) stopped two of three shots for St. Thomas Aquinas in the victory.

The Ravens will close out the season on Saturday, Nov. 12, with an NE10 contest at Pace, at 4 p.m. in Pleasantville, N.Y.