Easton, Mass. - Top seed Stonehill College and
second seeded Bentley University will meet up in the Northeast-10
Championship Final tomorrow afternoon after both teams recorded
shutout victories in the semifinals earlier today at W.B. Mason
Stadium on the campus of Stonehill College.
Stonehill defeated Merrimack College, 3-0, in the first semifinal
game and Bentley was victorious over the University of
Massachusetts Lowell, 1-0, in the later game. The Skyhawks and
Falcons will be facing each other for the first time ever in the
Northeast-10 Championship game.
This morning, the Stonehill offense to waste any time getting
started as the Skyhawks jumped out to an early 1-0 lead when junior
Courtney Foley (Wakefield, Mass.) scored
her sixth goal of the year off a pass from Claire
Hourihan (East Amherst, N.Y.) from the right side off
a penalty corner. Stonehill, the conference leader in penalty
corners, held an 8-2 advantage in the first half for corners. For
the game, the Skyhawks recorded 18 penatly corners.
The game remained 1-0 in Stonehill's favor through halftime,
however early in the second half senior Jackie Ladino
(North Dartmouth, Mass.) scored her 12th goal of the
season after knocking in a loose ball off a rebound. The
Stonehill defense kept the Merrimack offense at bay as they held
the Warriors to only three shots throughout the game.
Stonehill scored its third goal of the contest late in the second
half when sophomore Kathryn Nelson (Shrewsbury,
Mass.) connected for her tenth goal of the
season.
Merrimack goalkeeper Kerri Bergquist (Mashpee,
Mass.) made 12 saves in the contest.
With the win Stonehill improves to 17-3, while Merrimack drops to
13-8.
In the second semifinal contest, Bentley sophomore
Stephanie Sideris (Watertown, Mass.)
scored the games only goal late in the second half as she knocked
in a loose ball from the far side off a corner. It was her
tenth goal of the year.
Both teams battled through a scoreless first half as each team's
goalkeepers made five saves each. Bentley's
Alyssa Sliney (Brewster, Mass.) finished
with nine saves, while UMass Lowell's Amy Carbon
(Bellingham, Mass.) made six saves.
Bentley improves to 15-4 with the win, while UMass Lowell is now
16-5.
The Northeast-10 Championship Final can be seen LIVE, free of
charge to all fans. Catch the action on Northeast10.tv.
Live action begins at 12 p.m.
- NE-10 -
Wednesday, October
28
Quarterfinals - at
Higher Seed
Game 1: #3 UMass Lowell 4, #6 So. Connecticut 1
Game 2: #4 Merrimack 2, #5 Adelphi 1
Saturday, October 31
Semifinals - Final Four
at Stonehill College
Game 3: #1 Stonehill 3, #4 Merrimack 0
Game 4: #2 Bentley 1, #3 UMass Lowell 0
Sunday, November 1
Championship
Game 5:#2 Bentley at #1 Stonehill - 12 p.m.
