Salve Regina victory sets up showdown for Saturday

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SEAHAWK FIELD HOCKEY RESULTS

Salve Regina 8, Nichols 2
Middletown, R.I. – Gaudet Field
Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Series and Streaks
Salve Regina leads the all-time series, 17-15, and has won five of the last six meetings. Seahawks sweep the season series by a combined score of 19-2.

Three Stars of the Game
1 – Salve Regina senior Abigail Tepper (Foxboro, Mass.) scored two goals and added an assist to extend her program single-season record to 28 goals in 2015.
2 – Salve Regina junior Erin Gendreau (Sandwich, Mass) also scored two goals and had an assist.
3 – Salve Regina senior Julia Grover (Cotuit, Mass.) scored a goal and assisted on Tepper's second goal.

Key Stat of the Game
The Seahawks outshot the Bison 21-8 and 16-6 in shots on goal.

Turning Point
Despite trailing 4-0 at the half the Bison opened the second half strong but two goals in a matter of 19 seconds from Gendreau at 38:30 and Tepper at 38:49 took the wind out off the the Bison's sails and the Seahawks were able to cruise to the 8-2 victory.

Quick Hits

• The Seahawks score five or more goals for the ninth time in 2015.
• Tepper extends her goal-scoring streak to 12 games, and has scored goals in 17 of 18 games this season. She entered the contest ranked third in Division III with 1.53 goals per game.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Jessie Severino (Branford, Conn.) made three saves and allowed one goal in 51:02 of action to improve to 16-2 on the season.
• Bison goalkeeper Katherine Cotton (Kennebunk, Maine) took the loss, allowing three goals on four shots in just 20:10 of action.
• Courtney White (Orange, Mass.) and Taylor Shippee (Shelburne Falls, Mass.) scored in the second half for the only Bison goals of the season against Salve Regina.
• Salve Regina entered the game with a No. 4 national ranking for goals per game (4.67).

Quotes
"I'm pleased with how our team performed despite the weather conditions. We were able to play our whole roster tonight, all players received quality minutes which helps us prepare for the upcoming CCC tournament." - Salve Regina head coach Jennifer Foster

Next up
Salve Regina (16-2; 10-1 CCC) – Saturday, October 31 at University of New England, 4 p.m.
Nichols (1-16, 0-11 CCC) – Saturday, October 31 at Endicott, 1 p.m.