COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College field hockey team fell to Mansfield University, 4-1, on Sunday at Duffy Field during the Best Western Windjammer Fall Classic. In the final game of the weekend, No. 1 Kutztown University blanked Southern Connecticut State University, 7-0.
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RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (0-2), Mansfield (2-0)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Senior Chloe Sapienza (Georgetown, Mass./Georgetown), 1 goal
- Graduate student Bridgie Loughlin (Kingston, N.Y./Kingston), 1 assist
- Senior Addy Fenton (Andover, Mass./Phillips Academy), 2 defensive saves
- Senior Riley O'Connor (Canton, Mass./Canton), 8 saves in 30 minutes, loss
- Junior Joelle Cameron (West Bridgewater, Mass./West Bridgewater), 6 saves in 30 minutes of relief
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Junior Ella Du Plessis, 1 goal
- Junior Leah Toskey, 1 goal
- Junior Sophia Vadnais, 1 goal
- Sophomore Melanie Esh, 1 goal
- Graduate student August Lewis, 5 saves
GAME FACTS
- After collecting four defensive saves on Saturday, Fenton's pair on Sunday gave her 15 for her career, within one of Shannon Rice's '15 10-year-old school record (16).
- Loughlin, who has played a hand in 28 of her team's last 37 goals, lent her 18th career assist, tying three players for sixth in program annals.
THE ACTION
- Vadnais scored 5:01 in following a scramble out front, and Toskey made it 2-0 at 13:23 by burying a penalty stroke.
- The Purple Knights broke on the board at 21:24, with Sapienza batting in Loughlin's end-line cross.
- Du Plessis re-established the two-goal lead in the 42nd minute by putting home a rebound.
- Esh sealed the win in the 51st minute, converting senior Emily Santillana's centering cross.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Wednesday at American International College, 4 p.m.
