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Game Recap: Field Hockey |

Field Hockey Earns Third Straight Shutout, 3-0, Against Saint Michael's

MANCHESTER, N.H. – Junior Katherine Sears (Northboro, Mass.) made 10 saves and sophomore Katie Neyland (Boxborough, Mass.) notched a goal and an assist as the Saint Anselm College field hockey team posted a 3-0 victory against Saint Michael's College on Wednesday at Grappone Stadium.

STANDOUT PERFORMERS

  • Sears turned away a season high in shots as she piled up the most saves she has made since stopping 14 shots against Stonehill on Nov. 4, 2014.
  • Neyland's three points were her first since Oct. 4, while junior Rose Mooney (No. Attleborough, Mass.) added two helpers for her first points since Sept. 19.
  • Sophomore Emma Kincaid (W. Bridgewater, Mass.) potted her team-leading ninth goal of the season, while classmate Erin Collins (Auburn, Mass.) also added a strike.

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Kincaid, making her first start of the season, put the Hawks on the board just 2:39 into the contest as she batted in a ball at the left post following a cross from Mooney on the right.
  • Saint Anselm doubled its lead just under five minutes later as another feed from the right side – this one from Neyland – went off the goalkeeper's pads and into the back of the cage. Mooney was credited with an assist on the play.
  • Neyland helped make it 3-0 in the 20th minute when she received the insert off a penalty corner and sent a bouncing drive from the top of the circle that found the stick of Collins – the inserter – in deep at the left post where she finished at a tough angle.
  • Sears made one of her huge nine first-half saves with 5:46 to play in the first half as she used the blocker to swat away a penalty stroke attempt by Megan Deschaine.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

  • Saint Michael's goalkeeper Abigail Bowie made eight saves in the loss.
  • Shots were even at 13 apiece as Saint Michael's outshot Saint Anselm, 12-8, in the opening stanza. The Purple Knights also held an 11-4 advantage in penalty corners.

NOTES

  • Saint Anselm improves to 12-3 on the season, extending the single-season program record for wins, while also remaining perfect at home at 11-0.
  • The Hawks have won six of their last eight matches overall, with all six wins coming via shutout, including three straight. The Hawks have outscored their opponents in those six wins, 18-0, as well as 21-6 during the eight-game stretch. Saint Anselm has allowed just nine goals in its last 11 matches and seven in its last nine.
  • Sears, who notched her fifth shutout of the season, including her third straight, extended her shutout streak to 215:12 dating back to Oct. 13. Sears is closing in on her career long of 251:17, which she set Sept. 29-Oct. 10 of this season.
  • Sears now is tied for first in the Northeast-10 in wins (12) and shutouts, while ranking second in both goals-against average (0.94) and save percentage (.806).

UP NEXT

  • The Hawks return to action Saturday, Oct. 24 at noon when they take on Southern Connecticut State University.
  • The final regular-season home game for the Hawks is Saturday, Oct. 31 at 1 p.m. when they play host to Merrimack College at Grappone.

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