Bulldogs Clinch Fifth in NE-10 with 4-3
Win at AIC
Springfield, Mass. - The
Bryant University Field Hockey team concluded its regular season
with a 4-3 win at American International Sunday afternoon.
With the win, the Bulldogs finish the regular season 11-9 (9-7
NE-10) and in fifth place in the Northeast-10.
Bryant will play at #4 St. Michaels in the NE-10 Quarterfinals
Wednesday (2 p.m.)
Senior captain Laynie Sadler (Rehoboth, Mass.)
led the Bulldogs with two goals, her 13th and
14th of the season.
Junior Courtney O'Brien (Tewksbury, Mass.) got
the Bulldogs going early, scoring in the fourth minute on a shot
right in front of AIC goaltender Cindy Armand.
Senior captain Michaela Dwyer (Buskirk, N.Y.)
made it 3-1 in the 36th minute, scoring an unassisted
goal just 46 seconds after the Yellow Jackets had cut the lead to
2-1.
With the game in hand, freshman goaltender Kundayi
Mawema (Hare, Zimbabwe) got the rest of the afternoon off,
as Chelsea Pettengill (South Portland, ME.) made
her collegiate debut. Pettengill made three saves on five shots, as
AIC made a late comeback that was one goal too short.
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