DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Senior
Sarah Adamske (Windham, N.H.) and graduate student
Ellie Monahan (Watertown, Mass.) each scored twice to lead Plymouth State University to a 6-1 win over the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in a Little East Conference (LEC) field hockey game at Cressy Field on Saturday afternoon.
Monahan got the Panthers on the board just over five minutes into the contest, redirecting a pass from junior
Lexi Berrettini (Lake Bluff, Ill.) across the goal mouth to give Plymouth State a 1-0 lead. The Panthers controlled play throughout the first half, adding two more goals in the second quarter. Adamske tallied her first of the game at the 5:28 mark, tapping in a rebound after Monahan's shot slipped past the UMass Dartmouth goalkeeper and hit the post. Less than five minutes later, junior
Georgia Coleman (North Conway, N.H.) fired a shot past the goalkeeper to extend the lead to 3-0.
Adamske struck again midway through the third quarter, firing through traffic to push the advantage to 4-0. UMass Dartmouth got on the board early in the fourth quarter, but Berrettini converted a pass from senior
Abby Bsullak (Poland, Maine) to restore the four-goal lead. Monahan capped the scoring in the final minute, knocking home a feed from freshman
Amelia Avery (Campton, N.H.).
Plymouth State improves to 5-9 (3-0 LEC), while UMass Dartmouth drops to 3-12 (2-1 LEC).
The Basics:
- Plymouth State 6, UMass Dartmouth 1
- Plymouth State (5-9, 3-0 LEC)
- UMass Dartmouth (3-12, 2-1 LEC)
How it Happened:
- PSU opened the scoring when Monahan found the back of the cage just over five minutes into the contest.
- Adamske doubled the lead in the second quarter, tapping in the rebound off Monahan's shot.
- Coleman extended the advantage less than five minutes later, and the Panthers carried a 3-0 lead into halftime.
- Adamske scored off a penalty corner midway through the third quarter to make it 4-0.
- UMass Dartmouth got on the board early in the fourth quarter, but Berrettini answered with her team-leading ninth goal of the season with less than 10 minutes remaining.
- Monahan rounded out the scoring in the last minute with her eighth goal of the year.
By the Numbers:
- Adamske now has three goals on the season.
- Monahan recorded her second multi-goal performance of the season and has eight goals overall.
- Berrettini scored for the third straight contest and leads the team with nine goals. She also added an assist.
- Coleman's goal was her sixth of the season.
- PSU held decisive advantages in shots (28-6), shots on goal (21-3) and penalty corners (8-1).
- Plymouth State has won each of the last five meetings between the teams.
Up Next:
- Plymouth State hosts VTSU Castleton in an LEC game on Tuesday (Oct. 20) at 4 p.m.
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