Field Hockey Drops GNAC Contest At Lasell Saturday

NEWTON, Mass. - The University of Saint Joseph (USJ) field hockey team was blanked, 7-0, on the road by the Lasell University Lasers in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) match on a gloomy Saturday afternoon at Grellier Field in Newton, Mass. The Lasers scored four times in the first half before tacking on three more goals in the second stanza to account for the final score.

GAME INFORMATION
Score: USJ 0, Lasell 7
Records: USJ (0-9, 0-4 GNAC), Lasell (6-4, 3-1 GNAC)
Location: Grellier Field (Newton, Mass.)

KEY MOMENTS

• Lasell's junior forward Lily Stark (Saco, Maine) had a nose for the goal on the day and would finish the contest with a whopping career-high five goals for the Lasers in the victory. Stark wasted little time making her presence known in the game and scored the first three goals for the hosts. She found the back of the net twice in the first quarter with goals at the 5:32 mark and 8:51 mark. She then added her third goal of the day in the second quarter 20:14 into the match to log a first-half hat-trick.
• Senior forward Sheridan Blaha (Waltham, Mass.) tacked on the fourth goal of the first half for the Lasers off a feed from Stark to give Lasell a commanding 4-0 advantage heading into the halftime intermission.
• The Lasers and Stark would continue to apply pressure to the Blue Jays and two more third-quarter goals from Stark at the 33:00 mark and 39:47 mark ballooned the Lasell lead to 6-0. The fifth and final goal from Stark would result in an impressive 11-point outburst for her in the match.
• Blaha netted her second marker of the contest just before the end of the third period with an unassisted strike at the 42:56 mark to give her a multi-goal game and account for the final margin of victory for the Lasers.

NOTES

• Today's game marked the second meeting all-time between the two GNAC programs. Lasell has won both contests via shutout.
• Seven goals is the most the Blue Jays have allowed through the opening nine games of the season. It also ties the most goals allowed in a game in the program's brief two-year history.
• The Lasers held a significant advantage in shots on the day, 26-12, including a 16-10 edge in shots on goal.
• The Blue Jays earned more penalty corners than the Lasers in the contest, 7-5.
• USJ's junior goalkeeper Wendy Bowden (Old Saybrook, Conn.) made six saves in 37+ minutes between the posts in the setback and falls to 0-9 on the year.
• Sophomore netminder Abby Delgado (Southington, Conn.) made her first appearance in goal on the season for the Blue Jays. She relieved Bowden and played the final 22+ minutes and made one save.
• Lasell's sophomore keeper Courtney Tello (Nashua, N.H.) played the first half and earned the win in goal for the Lasers to improve to 6-4 on the season. Tello made five saves in the triumph.
• Freshman Abby Boudreau (Wakefield, Mass.) spelled Tello and played between the pipes for the Lasers in the second half. She finished with three saves to secure the combined shutout.

UP NEXT

Field hockey returns to play on Tuesday, October 4 in a GNAC match at home versus Elms College. The action is set to begin between the Blue Jays and Blazers at 6:00 p.m. on the USJ Field Hockey Field in West Hartford, Conn. Admission to all USJ regular-season games is free of charge. Fans who cannot make it to matches in person can watch all of the action live and on demand by visiting https://portal.stretchinternet.com/usj/.