COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College field hockey team lost to No. 8 Assumption University, 2-0, on Wednesday evening during Northeast 10 Conference play at Duffy Field. The Greyhounds' national ranking is according to the National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA), and they also find themselves among five teams under consideration for the first NCAA East Region poll.
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RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (1-14, 1-8 NE10), Assumption (10-5, 9-1 NE10)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Senior Joelle Cameron (West Bridgewater, Mass./West Bridgewater), 34 saves
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Senior Elle Murray, 1 goal
- Sophomore Nova Rijks, 1 goal
- Graduate student Paige Gillette, 1 save
GAME FACTS
- Cameron's 380 saves this fall are good for 12th in NCAA history, across all three divisions. They are the most since 1997, when Kelly Cochran of Division III Earlham College set the all-divisions record of 490.
- Assumption extended its winning streak to eight games, being limited to two goals after entering the night averaging 4.7 goals during its current run of success.
THE ACTION
- After Cameron denied Assumption's first eight shots on goal, the Greyhounds broke the stalemate at 12:04 of the first quarter, as Rijks blasted a shot from the edge of the circle inside the right post and beyond an extended netminder after taking junior Daisy Stone's penalty corner entry feed.
- First-year Maddy Wall (Southboro, Mass./Notre Dame Academy) had a tying bid from the right wing kicked away by Gillette in the 14th minute.
- Cameron kept it 1-0 with a pad save of junior Taylor Tory during the 20th minute.
- In the 23rd minute, Cameron denied junior Julia Carbone, but Murray scooped up the rebound and slipped in her 11th goal of the season.
- The Purple Knights blanked the Greyhounds from there, as Cameron turned away the visitors' final 18 shots on net. Saint Michael's yielded only seven shots in the fourth quarter while matching Assumption in penalty corners (2-2).
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Saturday at Pace University, 1 p.m.
