Field Hockey upended by Anna Maria, 6-2

(Paxton, Mass.) The Rivier University Field Hockey team fell to Anna Maria College, 6-2 in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference contest on Saturday morning in Paxton, Mass. The loss drops the Raiders to 2-10 overall and 0-5 in the conference while Anna Maria improves to 10-4 and 3-1 in league play.

The AMCATS scored in the second minute of the game and tallied five more throughout the game as they went on win their fourth straight contest. The AMCATS held a slight edge in shots with 16 compared to the Raiders 14. They also held a 6-2 advantage in penalty corners.

Rivier's Jordan Parece (Pelham, N.H.) scored both goals for the Raiders as the team took 14 total shots on net. Her first goal came in the 4th minute of play as they answered an AMCAT goal to tie the game at 1-1.

Anna Maria wasted little time getting on the scoreboard, as Kayla Lapierre (Worcester, Mass.) connected on a pass from Kylie Dalbec (Portland, Mass.) 2:47 into the game to net the first goal.

Just two minutes later, at the 4:16 mark Rivier's Parece broke past the defense with the ball and put it past AMCAT netminder, Bryanna Tobin (Deep River, Conn.) to tie the game at 1-1.

The AMCATS responded a minute later as Nicole Denver (Springfield, Mass.) netted her first goal of the game off of a pass from teammate Kaitlyn Moran (Leicester, Mass.). The AMCATS went on a scoring streak with three more goals in the first half. Lapierre scored her second goal of the game at the 10:25 mark after receiving a cross pass from Dalbec. Dalbec then scored just two minutes later after a scramble in front of the net. The last goal of the half was scored with 10 minutes remaining as Moran found the back of the net. The AMCATS took a 5-1 lead going into the halftime break.

The second half did not see as much scoring as the first as only two more goals were tallied. The AMCATS finished the day with a goal from Denver ten minutes into the second half, for her second goal of the day. Parece tallied Rivier's final goal of the day in the 43rd minute for her second unassisted goal on the day.

The Raiders starting goalkeeper, Emily Foster (West Lebabnon, N.H.) saw four shots on net and tallied one save while teammate Stevie Charest (Lisbon, Maine) relieved her in the 10th minute of play and recorded six saves for the day. AMCATS netminder, Bryanna Tobin saw nine shots on goal and tallied seven saves in the victory.

Rivier will host Husson University on Monday evening for a 6pm non-conference contest at Raider Field.