No. 17 Field Hockey Overpowers MIT In 3-1 Conference Victory
Box ScoreSpringfield, Mass. - October 4, 2008 - The Springfield College field hockey team netted a goal in the first four minutes of play and never looked back as it overpowered MIT en route to a 3-1 victory in New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) play on Saturday morning.
With the win, the 17th-ranked Pride improve to 6-3, 2-0 in league play while the Engineers drop to 5-7, 0-2.
The Pride jumped on the board first as Alexa Carlson collected the ball during a scramble in front of the cage and poked it past MIT goalie Keri Dixon just 3:40 into the contest.
Morgan Rein gave the Pride a 2-0 advantage off a penalty corner with 9:53 left in the first half. Rein ripped a shot from seven yards out into the back of the cage after she received a pass from teammate Meg Bradley. Springfield ended the half with a 2-0 lead after controlling much of the play in the opening stanza.
MIT cut the Pride's lead to one with just over 10 minutes remaining in regulation as Ekavali Mishra finished a pass from Anna Teruya on a penalty corner.
However, Springfield, which applied constant pressure throughout the contest, put the game away two minutes later as Jane Kelleher netted her team-leading seventh goal of the year.
Alison McCarthy recorded the win in goal, making just one save on four shots faced.
The Pride outshot the MIT, 29-4, in the game as Dixon made five stops in the cage for the visitors.
The Pride will get on a bus and travel west to face SUNY Cortland tomorrow at 1:00 pm in a non-conference contest.
Team Links
- 2009 Schedule
- 2009 Roster
- 2009 Statistics
- 2009 JV Schedule
- Photo Gallery
- 2008 Recruiting Brochure (.pdf)
- NEWMACsports.com
- Team Archives
Head Coach Melissa Rogers
After only five years as head coach of the Pride, Melissa Rogers, has continued the SC tradition of winning on the field hockey turf, posting an impressive 94-24 record, good for a winning percentage of .796 at the helm of her alma mater. She is the reigning NEWMAC Coach of the Year and NFHCA New England East Region Coach of the Year. Read more.