Field Hockey Snaps 3-Game Winning Streak; Falls 2-0 to #3 Bentley
Smithfield, R.I. - The Bryant University Field Hockey team saw its three game winning streak snapped Wednesday afternoon, at the hands of the third-ranked Bentley Falcons, who defeated the Bulldogs 2-0 under sunny skies at the Bryant Turf Complex.
Bryant fired 11 shots against freshman goaltender Alyssa Sliney, but could not put one past her. Sliney has not allowed a goal in her last298 minutes.
The Falcons scored just 1:19 into the match, when Kate Bruden pulled the ball out of a scramble in front of Bulldog goaltender Kundayi Mawema (Hare, Zimbabwe) and fired it past into the net. They made it 2-0 in the 51st minute when Heather Buda redirected Amanda Deppe's shot past Mawema.
Bryant had plenty of chances, including eight penalty corners in the second half, but could not convert. Their best chance came with 22 minutes to go, when the Bulldogs received three consecutive corners, but Shana Libman (Attleboro, Mass.) was robbed by Silney.
Libman led the Bulldogs with five shots, while Laynie Sadler (Rehoboth, Mass.) and Courtney O'Brien (Tewksbury, Mass.) fired two shots each.
Mawema kept the Bulldogs in the game throughout, stopping ten shots.
The Bulldogs (3-4, 3-2 NE-10) visit ninth-ranked St. Michaels Saturday (1 p.m.).