Box ScorePLYMOUTH , N.H. – October 30, 2008 - Despite 16 saves from Alison McCarthy, the Springfield College field hockey team dropped its final regular season contest at Plymouth State, 3-0, in non-conference action at chilly Arold Field.
Sarah Smith ( Lexington , Mass. ) scored two goals to lead Plymouth State University to the 3-0 win.
Sophomore Kristina Conroy ( Wakefield , Mass. ) added a goal and an assist for the Panthers, and freshman goalkeeper Elyse Sedgley ( Hopkinton , N.H. ) earned her fifth shutout of the season. PSU captured its fifth straight win to improve to 10-6 overall, while Springfield wrapped up its regular season with a 12-6 mark.
Smith scored the only goal of the first half for the Panthers, converting a penalty corner from Conroy midway through the stanza. It remained a 1-0 game until Smith added her second of the game and team-leading 16 th of the season with a nice redirect of a cross from freshman Lauren Bergeron (New Hampton, N.H.) with seven minutes remaining in the second half. Bergeron set up Conroy with an insurance goal four minutes later to seal the win for the home team.
Both freshman goalkeepers, Sedgley and McCarthy made some outstanding saves and finished with identical statistics – 16 saves overall with 10 coming in the first half.
PSU wraps up its regular season this Saturday with a key Little East Conference contest at Bridgewater State (2:00 p.m.) Springfield returns home to host a New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference quarterfinal play-off game as the top seed on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. against MIT.
After eight years as head coach of the Pride, Melissa Sharpe, has continued the SC tradition of winning on the field hockey turf, posting an impressive 120-58 record, good for a winning percentage of .674 at the helm of her alma mater. Read more.