#9 AIC YELLOW JACKETS (8-1, 4-0 NE-10)
vs.
ASSUMPTION GREYHOUNDS (4-4, 2-2 NE-10)
Thursday, September 29, 2016, 7:00 p.m.
Multi Sport Stadium, 500 Salisbury Street, Worcester, Mass.
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LEADERS:
AIC:
Goals:Taylor Ruscillo 4,
Emma Heroth 3,
Payton Montague 2
Assists:Paris McGuckin 3,
Anna King 2,
Taylor Ruscillo 2
Points:Taylor Ruscillo 10,
Emma Heroth 6, Two tied with 4
Goalkeepers:
Taylor Ross: 8GP, 8GS, 7-1, 0.46 GAA, .879 SV%, 4 ShO
Chelsea Lombardo: 1 GP, 1 GS, 1-0, 0.00 GAA, 1.00 SV%, 1 ShO
ASSUMPTION:
Goals:Belle Ives 4, Allison Sheahan 4, Meghan Sullivan 3
Assists:Kristin McCarthy 3, Ashley Lockwood 2, Seven tied with 1
Points:Belle Ives 9, Allison Sheahan 9, Meghan Sullivan 6
Goalkeepers:
Sarah Bodzinski: 7 GP, 6 GS, 3-3, 1.48 GAA, .815 SV%, 2 ShO
Bridget Boyle: 2 GP, 2 GS, 1-1, 2.67 GAA, .500 SV%, 0 ShO
The American International College field hockey team pays a visit to Worcester to battle the Assumption Greyhounds in a non-conference contest.
LAST TIME OUT: The Yellow Jackets picked up their
third straight overtime win with a 2-1 victory against the Bentley Falcons. Sophomore midfielder
Anna King had the winning tally on a penalty corner in overtime, firing home the winning shot from the left side of the circle on a rebound of the initial shot taken by freshman back
Chelsea Davis. Senior
Taylor Ruscillo opened the scoring in the twenty-fourth minute, but Bentley struck back before halftime. AIC outshot the Falcons 7-3 in the game.
Assumption played even with Saint Anselm
but fell 1-0 on a mid-second half goal by Allia Connolly. The Hounds outshot the Hawks 5-3 in the game and had a few strong opportunities to score, but were stymied by the Saint Anselm goalkeeper in the defeat.
LAST TIME THEY MET: Assumption scored three first half goals
in a dominating 4-0 win in Worcester on October 13, 2015.The Greyhounds held AIC without so much as a shot in the first half as they scored in the tenth, twenty-second, and twenty-fifth minutes. They also had a penalty stroke goal in the second half to increase their lead to four. AIC generated some chances late, with junior midfielder
Paige Montague putting two shots on target, but they could not break through. Sophomore
Taylor Ross made 13 saves in the defeat.
WORKING OVERTIME: The Yellow Jackets have won five overtime games this season, the most in the history of the program. Each of their last three wins have come in the sudden death session. The 2010 and 2014 teams each held the previous record for OT wins with four, and both of those teams advanced to the Northeast-10 Semifinal.
BACK WHERE IT BEGAN: Senior
Katie Lombardozzi spent her freshman year at Assumption, where she played in 18 contests and scored two goals for the Greyhounds during the 2013 season. One of those two goals was the game winning tally against the Yellow Jackets on October 23, 2013.
NEXT UP: AIC resumes their conference schedule with a Saturday matinee at Adelphi in Garden City, N.Y. The game is slated for a 1:00 p.m. start.
