Field Hockey Stays Hot; Downs Franklin Pierce 4-1
Smithfield, R.I. - The Bryant Field Hockey team continued its stellar play of late, winning its third straight, 4-1 over Franklin Pierce College, under the lights Saturday night at the Bryant Turf Complex.
Co-captain Laynie Sadler (Rehoboth, Mass.) led the way for the Bulldogs scoring twice. Sadler responded only seconds after the Ravens took the first half lead, taking a Shana Libman (Attleboro, Mass.) feed and burying it past Raven goaltender Amanda Pietraszuk.
Courtney O'Brien (Tewskbury, Mass.) scored the game-winning goal in the 29th minute, taking a pretty pass from Caroline Carr (Wrentham, Mass.) and finding the back of the net.
Bryant shut the Ravens offensive attack down in the second half and put the game away, scoring twice in a three minute span in the waning moments.
Libman finished off an odd-man rush scoring her third of the season. Co-captain Michaela Dwyer (Buskirk, N.Y.) registered the assist. Then, Sadler found the back of the net with less than a minute to play, redirecting a Libman shot.
Libman finished the match with a goal and two assists. Kundayi Mawema (Hare, Zimbabwe) was not busy in net but was there when she needed to be, stopping two shots.
Bryant (3-3, 3-1 NE-10) will go for its fourth straight win when they host Bentley Wednesday at the Bryant Turf Complex at 4 p.m.