COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College field hockey team opened its home slate with a 3-1 loss to American International College on Wednesday evening at Duffy Field. The Purple Knights played the first of three consecutive non-league contests against Northeast-10 Conference opponents.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (0-3), AIC (2-1)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Junior Allie Medeiros (East Greenwich, R.I./Saint Mary Academy - Bay View), 1 goal (1st career)
• Senior Courtney Watt (Auckland, New Zealand/Albany Senior/Vermont), 4 saves

OPPONENT LEADERS

• First-year Mayra Bok, 1 goal, 1 assist
• Graduate student Na'Bree Wallace, 1 goal
• Senior Brooke Szafran, 1 goal
• Graduate student Taylor Wildes, 3 saves
• Sophomore Rylee Constant, 1 defensive save

GAME FACTS

• The teams played their 11th consecutive contest decided by two goals or fewer.
• The teams stood deadlocked until the final quarter.

THE ACTION

• Wallace put AIC on the board on the first shot of the game, tipping Bok's drive from the edge of the circle during a penalty corner sequence in the fifth minute.
• The Purple Knights drew even during a corner set of their own late in the opening stanza. After senior Bridgie Loughlin's (Kingston, N.Y./Kingston) initial shot was blocked, junior Morgan Cathcart (Wethersfield, Conn./Wethersfield) pounced on the rebound and sent it on net, where Constant came up with her defensive save. However, Medeiros pushed home the third bid by the hosts with one second left.
• Watt made three second-period stops, keeping AIC scoreless despite a 7-1 shot edge by the visitors.
• Bok broke the deadlock 54 seconds into the fourth period, going five-hole on Watt after taking senior Dominique Bassallo's centering pass.
• Szafran padded the lead only 5:17 later, at 51:11, tallying on a rebound after Bok's initial shot was blocked.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Southern New Hampshire University, 2 p.m.