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South Easton, Mass. - The University of Massachusetts Lowell
defeated Southern Connecticut State University, 4-1, to advance to
the NE-10 field hockey semifinals. An hour later, Merrimack College
joined them as the Warriors defeated Adelphi University, 2-1 in
quarterfinal action.
In the first quarterfinal of the afternoon, third seeded UMass
Lowell took a 1-0 lead in the 29th minute when senior
Jaci Moulton (Baldwinville, Mass.) scored
an unassisted goal off a rebound. The score remained 1-0 entering
the second half, however that quickly changed as UMass Lowell piled
on three additional goals in a ten minute span.
Katie Enaire (Amesbury, Mass.) scored in
the early minutes of the half followed by Sammy Macy's
(Tewksbury, Mass.) 23rd goal of the season.
Enaire would add another goal minutes later to give UMass Lowell a
4-0 lead.
Southern Connecticut cut the lead to 4-1 when Kelly
Ann McCafferty (Durham, N.H.) scored her 10th goal of
the season in the 56th minnute.
JuniorLauren Zarrella (Morris, Conn.)
made a game-high 13 saves in goal for the Owls.
With the victory, UMass Lowell will advance to the semifinal round
and face defending champion, Bentley University, 2 p.m. on
Saturday.
In the other quarterfinal contest, Merrimack defeated Adelphi for
the third time this season with a 2-1 victory to advance to the
Northeast-10 semifinals for the first time in team history.
Freshman April Daugherty (Lincoln, R.I.)
scored the first goal of the game in the 15th minute to give the
Warriors an early 1-0 lead.
Sophomore Sarah Salatto (Guilford,
Conn.) scored the game's eventual game-winning goal
seven minutes into the second half off a rebound. Adelphi cut
the score in half late in the second half when Emilee Rahner
(Setauket, N.Y.) scored her first goal of the season.
Despite the comeback, the Warriors held off the Adelphi offense
and conserved the 2-1 victory. Freshman Kerri
Bergquist (Mashpee, Mass.) made four saves in goal
for Merrimack, while her counterpart Lucia Vigliotti
(Westbury, N.Y.) recorded eight saves for the
Panthers.
Merrimack will face top seed and host of the final four, Stonehill
College in the semifinals at 11 a.m. on Saturday.
With 16 member institutions the Northeast-10 shares the distinction
of being the largest Division II conference in the country along
with the PSAC and WVIAC. Its 23 championship sports provide
athletic opportunities for over 5,500 student-athletes, the largest
such program of any Division II conference.
- NE-10 -
Wednesday, October 28
Quarterfinals
#3 UMass Lowell 4, #6 So. Connecticut 1
#4 Merrimack 2, #5 Adelphi 1
Saturday, October 31
Semifinals
#4 Merrimack vs. #1 Stonehill - 11 a.m.
#3 UMass Lowell vs. #2 Bentley - 2 p.m.
Sunday, November 1
Championship
Final
TBA vs. TBA
