Box Score
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The American International field hockey team dropped 2-1 overtime decision to Merrimack College Saturday afternoon in a Northeast-10 conference contest. The Warriors improved to 14-1 overall and 8-0 in conference play, while the Yellow Jackets fell to 9-6 overall and 4-3 in NE-10 play.
The contest remained scoreless until 56:03 when junior forward April Daugherty (Wakefield, RI ) scored an unassisted goal to give Merrimack a 1-0 lead. The Warriors lead only lasted 1:12, senior forward
Amanda McLean (Branford, Conn.) found the back of the net off a pass from junior forward
Kristen Angeletti (Wallingford, Conn.) to tie the game and send it into overtime.
Fourteen minutes fifty five seconds into overtime Merrimack senior forward Sarah Salatto (Guilford, CT) took a shot that ended the game to give Franklin Pierce a 2-1 victory over the Yellow Jackets.
Junior goalkeeper Kerri Bergquist (Mashpee, MA) made 10 saves in net for the Warriors, while senior goalie
Kim Steiner (Little Falls, N.Y.) stopped 16 in the loss.
Merrimack outshot AIC 34-17, while the Yellow Jackets held a 15-10 advantage in penalty corners.
AIC will host Adelphi University on Tuesday night for a 6 p.m. Northeast-10 contest at Ronald J. Abdow field.
