Box Score

CHICOPEE, Mass. – The American International College field hockey team lost a 7-1 Northeast-10 contest to visiting Bentley University Sunday afternoon at Elms College. The Falcons improved to 8-5 on the season and 8-3 in the NE-10, while the Yellow Jackets dropped to 2-11 overall and 2-10 in conference play. Freshman #Jessica Hall# (Higganum, Conn.) scored the first goal of her collegiate career for AIC.

Six different players scored a goal for Bentley, with junior Courtney Bartlett (Brunswick, Maine) registering the only multi-goal effort of the game. She scored her first goal of the game in the 26th-minute to give the Falcons a 3-0 lead at halftime and opened the second half scoring just 4:55 into the second stanza.

Junior Abbie DeMusis (Guilford, Conn.) opened the scoring 8:41 into the contest and senior Megan Ramah (Southwick, Mass.) scored what proved to be the difference maker at the 12:34 mark of the match. Hall scored off a penalty corner for AIC after time had expired.

Junior Alyssa Sliney (Brewster, Mass.) made four saves in recording the win in goal for Bentley. Freshman #Kim Steiner# (Redford, N.Y.) registered 11 saves, one of which was a diving stop on junior Kate Johnson's (Hopewell Junction, N.Y.) penalty stroke, and allowed three goals in 27:18 in taking the loss. Sophomore #Nicole Spence# (Port Jefferson, N.Y.) tallied five saves and allowed four goals in 42:42.

The Falcons out shot AIC 24-8 in the game, including a 15-5 margin in the first half, and had a 9-8 advantage in penalty corners.

The Yellow Jackets return to action Thursday when they host Assumption at Holyoke High School at 7 p.m.