NORTH ANDOVER, Massachusetts Junior back
Chelsea Davis scored and made a pair of defensive saves and freshman goalkeeper
Jessica Stone stopped 15 shots, but the No. 7 Merrimack Warriors took the Northeast-10 Conference opener from the American International College field hockey team by a 6-1 score on Saturday, September 22.
FAST FACTS:
SCORE: No. 7 Merrimack 6, American International 1
RECORDS: Merrimack improves to 5-1 overall and 1-0 in NE10 play; AIC falls to 0-5 and 0-1 in the conference
LOCATION: Merrimack Stadium, North Andover, Massachusetts
STATS:
AIC:
Chelsea Davis: Two defensive saves, one goal
Nichara Condo: One assist
Jessica Stone: Loss (0-5), 15 saves
Merrimack:
Colleen Ellis: Two goals, three shots on goal
Mary McNeil: One goal, three assists, three shots on goal
Katharina Ohmen: Win (5-1)
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The Warriors struck early, as Colleen Ellis one-timed a cross-pass from Mary McNeil to the cage at 1:29; McNeil and Ellis would each score to make it 3-0 before the game reached the 8:00 mark.
- AIC settled in after that, but the only goal the rest of the period came from Lindsey Nolte at 32:29.
- In the second half, the Warriors kept pounding away; Stone made stop after stop, and it took Merrimack getting a manpower advantage due to an AIC yellow card before Isabelle Duseau scored the fifth Merrimack goal at 51:20.
- Davis, who made a defensive save in the second half, then netted her first of the year, wiring home a shot on a corner from senior back Nichara Condo at 66:19.
- The Warriors responded in kind with a corner goal of their own, as MCNeil set up Alex Mondini just 1:23 later.
- Merrimack had one more chance to score on a final corner, but a second defensive save by Davis prevented a seventh goal.
PLAYER'S CORNER:
- "I think that we improve on things each time we step on the field. Some of the things we worked on came through today. Now it's just a matter of putting them together for a full seventy minutes and finishing in the offensive circle," Davis said of the game, adding that "I think things will come together next time and I think Stonehill is in for a surprise."
NEXT UP:
- AIC heads home for a nonconference matchup against No. 2 Stonehill on Wednesday, September 26 at 7 p.m.
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