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20210421 - FH vs. Keene State
Haley Wakefield drives up field against the Owls
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Winner Keene St. KSC (3-2, 1-1)
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Plymouth St. PSU (0-3, 0-2)
Winner
Keene St. KSC
(3-2, 1-1)
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Final
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Plymouth St. PSU
(0-3, 0-2)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Keene St. KSC 0 2 0 1 3
Plymouth St. PSU 0 1 0 1 2

Game Recap: Field Hockey | | Christopher J. Kilmer, Asst. Director of Communications for Athletics

FH: Perry leads Panthers in season finale against Keene

PLYMOUTH, N.H. – Junior Natalie Perry (Conway, N.H.) notched a goal and an assist, but Keene State College rallied for a 3-2 win over Plymouth State University in a Little East Conference (LEC) field hockey game at a rainy Panther Field on Wednesday afternoon.
 
Perry put the Panthers ahead in the second quarter, but Keene State came back with a pair of goals just 36 seconds apart to go in front at the half. Plymouth State tied the score with ten minutes to play, but again the Owls came right back, and Keene earned the win when the game was called due to lightning with just 1:34 remaining.
 
Plymouth State ends its season with an 0-3 mark (0-2 LEC), while Keene State improves to 3-2 (1-1 LEC).
 
The Basics:
  • Plymouth State 2, Keene State 3
    • Plymouth State (0-3, 0-2 LEC)
    • Keene State (3-2, 1-1 LEC)
Top Performers: How it Happened:
  • Plymouth State had a prime scoring opportunity early in the second quarter when Perry sent a drive from the nearside across the arc to freshman Meghan Cote (Tilton, N.H.) on the weakside but PSU was unable to convert.
  • The Panthers got on the board in the 22nd minute when Perry fired a shot on a quick restart that snuck past the Owls' goalie for a 1-0 lead.
  • Keene came back to tie the score with just under seven minutes left in the half when senior Jordyn Martin (Wantage, N.J.) fired a shot that was redirected by sophomore Ellie Hunkins (Greenland, N.H.) at the far post off a penalty corner.
  • The visitors pulled ahead less than a minute later when freshman Demetria Gonzalez (Merrimack, N.H.) fired a shot from well outside the arc that senior Nina Bruno (Agawam, Mass.) got just enough of her stick on to flick into the goal.
  • Keene stayed in front until early in the fourth quarter. Perry sent the ball to senior Haley Wakefield (South Paris, Maine) off a penalty corner and Wakefield's backhanded shot found the back of the cage to square the game at 2-2.
  • The Owls took the lead for good with nine minutes left on the clock. Bruno's initial shot was saved, but sophomore Chase Lambert (West Suffield, Conn.) was there to knock in the rebound.
  • The game was called due to lightning with 1:34 remaining in the fourth.
By the Numbers:
  • Plymouth State held a 15-14 edge in shots, while the Owls earned nine penalty corners to PSU's six.
  • Perry finished with a goal and assist on three shots, while Wakefield had a goal in three shots.
  • Sophomore Alessia Salzillo (Saugus, Mass.) led the Panthers with four shots.
  • Senior Jess Distler (Brookfield, N.H.) made five saves but dropped to 0-1, while KSC freshman Molly Edmark (Plymouth, N.H.) made five stops to improve to 3-2.
Up Next:
  • The game marked the end of Plymouth State's season and was the final contest in the careers of Kaitlyne Silva (East Providence, R.I.), Olivia Geisser (Lowell, Mass.), Wakefield and Distler.
 
 
 
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