COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College field hockey team opened Northeast 10 Conference play with a narrow 2-1 loss to Southern Connecticut State University on Saturday at Duffy Field.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (0-6, 0-1 NE10), Southern Connecticut State (3-3, 1-0 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Sam DeGeorge (Saco, Maine/Cheverus), 1 goal (1st career)
• First-year Maddy Wall (Southboro, Mass./Notre Dame Academy), 1 assist
• Senior Joelle Cameron (West Bridgewater, Mass./West Bridgewater), 23 saves
• Sophomore Megan Ouellette (Wolfeboro, N.H./Kingswood Regional), 1 defensive save

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Taylor Leckey, 1 goal
• First-year Isabella Fölster, 1 goal
• Sophomore Lyndsay Troisi, 0 saves

GAME FACTS

• With a career-high-tying 172 saves this season, Cameron is tied with Nicki Collette '99 for second in program history. She is eight shy of Jean Harbeck's '90 37-year-old program record of 180, set in 1988. With 347 career stops, Cameron is six short of Jennifer England '93 (353) for fourth place.
• Ouellette posted her fourth defensive save of the season.

THE ACTION

• Leckey put the Owls in front during an 11th-minute penalty corner sequence, completing a give-and-go with sophomore Lindsey Onofrio from the middle of the circle.
• Less than 30 seconds after Cameron made a diving stick save, DeGeorge slipped behind the visiting defense to receive Wall's through ball before finishing in close early in the 20th minute.
• With two minutes to go in a tie game, Ouellette dove across the goal line to deny junior Kyla Hart-Perron's go-ahead attempt.
• Just inside the final minute, Cameron knocked a pass away with her stick, and Fölster cleaned up the rebound for the winner on the game's final shot.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday vs. Bentley University, 6 p.m.