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SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY SEAHAWKS

Salve Regina field hockey sets program record for wins in season

Photo by Brooke Scoca
Photo by Brooke Scoca
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SEAHAWK FIELD HOCKEY RESULTS

Salve Regina 5, Western New England 0
Middletown, R.I. – Gaudet Field
Saturday, October 24, 2015

Series and Streaks
Salve Regina leads the all-time series, 12-7, and has won the last nine meetings. Seahawks sweep the season series by a combined score of 10-0.

Three Stars of the Game
1 – Salve Regina senior Abigail Tepper (Foxboro, Mass.) - scored three goals to raise her nationally-ranked average to 1.53 goals per game.
2 – Salve Regina senior Marissa Gagnon (Smithfield, R.I.) - scored a pair of second-half goals, her 15th and 16th on the season.
3 – Salve Regina junior Erin Gendreau (Sandwich, Mass) - controlled the midfield and also assisted on Gagnon's second goal of the game.

Key Stat of the Game
Amber Cody (Pawling, N.Y.) and Lindsey Mazzola (Upton, Mass.) both were credited with defensive saves for Salve Regina, while goalkeeper Jessie Severino (Branford, Conn.) made five stops for the team's sixth shutout of the season.

Turning Point
Abigail Tepper's goal at 20:11 was the first score of the game, but it was Marissa Gagnon's goal at 53:07 that made it a 3-0 score and allowed the Seahawks to feel less threatened.

Quick Hits

  • The Seahawks score five or more goals for the eighth time in 2015.
  • Tepper extends her goal-scoring streak to 11games, and has scored goals in 16 of 17 games this season. She entered the contest ranked fifth in Division III with 1.44 goals per game; now raises that mark to 1.53 goals per game.
  • Salve Regina entered the game with a No. 4 national ranking for goals per game (4.67).
  • The Seahawks honored their eight seniors before the contest - Mary Cain, Alexisse Clinger, Kaitlyn Clinger, Marissa Gagnon, Allison Gold, Julia Grover, Lindsey Mazzola, Abigail Tepper. The group has a 45-29 record over the four seasons (.608) for the most wins of any class of field hockey players.
  • Salve Regina exceeds its previous record win total (14 - in 2004 and 2014).

Quotes
"It is always great to get a big win on senior day. This senior class has played an integral part in making us a top contender in the CCC. They have been a very special group to coach over the past four years." - Salve Regina head coach Jennifer Foster

Next up
Salve Regina (15-2; 8-1 CCC) – Wednesday, October 28 vs Nichols, 7 p.m.
Western New England (7-9; 4-6 CCC) – Wednesday, October 28 vs Endicott, 4 p.m.