Bryant downs Stonehill, 4-2, on Friday

SMITHFIELD, R.I. -- Brittany Gouws scored a pair of goals and finished with five points to lead the Bryant University field hockey team to a 4-2 victory over Stonehill on Friday afternoon.

Emma Rothkopf and Natalie Brown each scored their first goals as Bulldogs, while Natalie Griffin and Julie Diderich added a pair of assists. 

Game Information
Bryant 4, Stonehill 2
Records: Bryant (4-3) | Stonehill (0-6)
Location: Bryant Field Hockey Complex (Smithfield, R.I.)

Key Moment

• Rothkopf and Gouws scored four minutes apart in the second quarter to give Bryant a 2-0 lead.     

How it Happened

• After a scoreless first quarter, Rothkopf and Gouws gave Bryant a 2-0 lead with goals four minutes apart. 
• Rothkopf took a perfect pass from Natalie Griffin and buried into the back of the cage.
• Four minutes later, Rothkopf stopped the penalty corner and Gouws ripped it home.
• Gouws then made it 3-0 in the third quarter as she redirected a shot from Taryn Rauff off the cross bar and in.
• The Skyhawks made it 3-2 with a pair of goals from Raegan Hickey.
• Brown capped the scoring as she was able to finish in an open net with just over a minute left.

Bryant Notes and Notables

• Bryant has now won each of the two Division I meetings between the programs.
• The Bulldogs have won four of their first seven games for the first time since 2013 (team started 7-1). 
• Gouws recorded five points (2g, 1a) and now leads the team with 11 points. 
• Gouws has 42 career points, tied for the third-most in DI program history and the seventh-most all-time.
• Rothkopf recorded her first three points as a Bulldog, scoring a goal and adding an assist.
• Diderich recorded her first two career points with assists.
• Brown notched her first goal as a Bulldog and her first collegiate goal. 
• Griffin finished with two assists and now has a goal and two assists in the last two games.
• Rauff picked up an assist and now has 38 career points. 
• Colby Lavoie posted one save to earn her first collegiate victory in goal.

Up Next
Bryant wraps up its week on Sunday when it faces No. 16 Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, N.C.