#4 UMass Lowell takes 5-1 win over Franklin Pierce
Abernethy scores her fourth goal of the season;

Huszar sets new single-season assists record with her sixth helper of the year

LOWELL, Mass. (October 16, 2007) – Sammy Macy (Tewksbury, Mass./Tewksbury) scored twice and added an assist as the University of Massachusetts-Lowell, ranked fourth in this week’s NFHCA Div. II National Coaches Poll, defeated Franklin Pierce University by a 5-1 margin on Tuesday evening in a Northeast-10 Conference field hockey match at the Cushing Field Complex.

Sophomore Ashley Abernethy (Bellingham, Mass./Bellingham) moved into a tie for second on the Ravens with her fourth goal of the season at the 20:03 mark, as the forward deflected a shot from graduate student Mary Beth Huszar (Greenville, N.H./Mascenic Regional) past UMass Lowell goaltender Danielle Dodier (Kensington, NH, St. Thomas Aquinas) and into the back of the net.

With her sixth assist of the 2007 season, Huszar surpassed the school’s single-season assist record of five set in 2000 by both Karen Clarke ’00 and Kristen Clarke ’00, while also extending her point total to 26, also a single-season record at Franklin Pierce.

Macy began the scoring 1:46 into the match, beating freshman goaltender Tevis Hannington (Canton, Mass./Notre Dame Academy) in a one-on-one battle in front of the Raven net. After Abernethy evened the score later in the first, the River Hawks’ Jaci Moulton (Baldwinville, Mass./Narragansett) provided the book end to the first half with the game-winning goal, coming with 1:48 remaining in the opening half.

UMass Lowell scored three more times in the second half to account for the final score, with Macy and teammate Molly Clay (Rockport, Mass./Rockport) each scoring once and adding an assist. Hannington made five saves on the evening for the Ravens. 

Franklin Pierce (1-16, 1-13 NE-10) will play its final road game of the 2007 season on Thursday afternoon, as the Ravens take on Merrimack College in North Andover, Mass., beginning at 3 p.m. UMass Lowell (14-2, 13-1 NE-10) will battle another nationally-ranked opponent in Bentley College on Thursday night.

UMass Lowell 5, Franklin Pierce 1

Goals by period    1  2  Tot

Franklin Pierce     1  0 -  1

UMass Lowell        2  3 -  5

SCORING SUMMARY:

1.   1:46 UML Sammy Macy (7) (unassisted)

2.  20:03 FPU Ashley Abernethy (4) (Mary Beth Huszar)

3.  33:12 UML Jaci Moulton (15) (unassisted)

4.  37:02 UML Sammy Macy (1) (Molly Clay)

5.  43:14 UML Molly Clay (5) (unassisted)

6.  64:16 UML Katie Enaire (10) (Sammy Macy)

Shots: Franklin Pierce 2, UMass Lowell 21

Saves: Franklin Pierce 5 (Tevis Hannington 5), UMass Lowell 0