Thursday, March 25, 1999
Alison Drury Named to GTE Academic All-America District One At-Large Team
GORHAM, Maine -- Junior Alison Drury, a forward on the University of Southern Maine
field hockey team, has been named to the GTE Academic All-America District One Women's
Fall/Winter At-Large college division second team following a vote by district members of the
College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Drury (Canton, Maine/Dirigo H.S.) is the second USM student-athlete to be honored this
winter. She joins women's basketball standout Tracy Libby, who was previously named to the
GTE Academic District One All-America Women's Basketball second team for the college division,
as District One Academic All-Americans.
To be eligible, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.20 grade point average, be a starter
or important reserve with legitimate athletic credentials and be in at least their second year at the
institution.
A nursing major with a 3.91 cumulative grade point average, Drury led the Huskies in scoring
last fall with eight goals and six assists for 22 points, and was named to the All-Little East
Conference team.
She has been a DeanŐs List student all five semesters that she has attended Southern
Maine, and has achieved a 4.00 three times. She is a two-time winner of the Athletic DepartmentŐs
William B. Wise Scholar-Athlete Award, and has twice been named to the National Field Hockey
Coaches Association (NFHCA) National Academic squad. She will be doing an internship at the
Mayo Clinic this summer.
In 59 career games, Drury has 20 goals and 12 assists for 52 points, and she has seven
career game winning goals. Her 52 points places her ninth on the HuskiesŐ all-time scoring list.
GTE Academic All-America District One Women's Fall/Winter At-Large Team
First Team
Name Institution Class Hometown GPA Major
Paulina Auveri Franklin Pierce Sr. Helsinki, Finland 3.87 Sports & Leisure
Management
Jessica Allen Plattsburgh State Sr. Buffalo, NY 3.9 Art
Katie Johnson Clarkson Jr. Fairbanks, Alaska 4.0 Electrical Engineering
Jamie Kissell Binghamton Jr. Pearl River, NY 3.85 Biology
Cindy Manning Tufts Sr. Valparasio, IN 3.98 Biopsychology
Paulina Miettinen Franklin Pierce Sr. Helsinki, Finland 3.65 Elementary Education
Liz Peck Albany Gr. Pawling, NY 3.68 Molecular Biology
Tracy Sadowski M.I.T. Sr. Toms River, NJ 4.3/5.0 Chemical Engineering
Susan Shorrock W.P.I. Sr. North Smithfield, RI 3.9 Electrical Engineering
Debbie Won M.I.T. Jr. Chapel Hill, NC 4.8/5.0 Electrical Engineering
Second Team
Jennifer Bashant Clarkson So. Tupper Lake, NY 3.95 Biology
Jennifer Bunce Bentley Jr. East Dennis, MA 3.52 Accounting
Jennifer Collins Skidmore Jr. Franconia, NH 3.84 Business
Erin DeMarco Ithaca So. Latham, NY 3.87 Health & Physical
Education
Alison Drury Southern Maine Jr. Canton, Maine 3.91 Nursing
Deidre Dunn M.I.T. Sr. Weston, MA 4.0/5.0 Chemical Engineering
Leigh Ganter Binghamton Jr. Ithaca 3.90 Biology/Anthropology
Sarah Hilgenberg Wellesley Jr. Belmont, MA 3.67 Psycology (Pre-Med.)
Renee Helbok Ithaca Sr. Woodstock, NY 3.42 Clinical Science
Barbara Swallow Springfield So. Seekonk, MA 3.84 Sports Biology
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Saturday, November 7, 1998
Three USM Field Hockey Players Named All-Little East
GORHAM, Maine -- Three members of the University of Southern Maine field hockey squad
were named to the first-ever All-Little East Conference all-star team following a vote by the
conference's five field hockey head coaches. Albert D. Bean Jr., commissioner of the Little East
Conference, made the announcement late Wednesday (November 4) afternoon.
Named to the all-conference team were junior forward Alison Drury (Canton, Maine/Dirigo
HS), junior midfielder Kim Cochrane (Biddeford, Maine) and senior back Sara Sleeper
(Montpelier, Vt.). There was only one all-star team selected because only five of the eight
conference schools play field hockey.
Drury was the team's leading scorer with eight goals, including three game winners, and six
assists for 22 points. She became the tenth player in the 32-year history of the program to score
three goals in a single game when she netted all three USM goals in a 5-3 decision at St. Michael's
College.
Cochrane had her best offensive year this season with two goals, including her first career
game winning goal, and three assists for seven points. She also led the team with seven defensive
saves.
Sleeper, a four-year starter, has been a standout for the past three seasons as the Huskies
sweeper back. She scored the first two points of her career this season notching a pair of assists in
a September game against Eastern Connecticut.
"All three had outstanding seasons for us this year," said first-year head Bonny Brown-Denico
who guided the Huskies to a 9-12 final record and a spot in the Little East tournament semifinals.
"Alison leads by example and has a great sense of when to pick up the tempo. She was the
key to our offensive success this season.
"Kim is a very motivated, consistent player who will continue to get even better next year as a
senior. Sara has been one of the toughest backs we've had at USM, and she consistently came up
with the ball in one-on-one situations."
Southern Maine finished the season 9-12 overall and 1-3 in the Little East Conference. The
Huskies defeated Eastern Connecticut in the first round of the playoffs before being eliminated by
eventual champion Keene State in the semifinals.
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Saturday, October 31, 1998
Little East Connference Championship Tournament -- Semifinals
Owls Advance to Little East Conference Championship Game
KEENE, N.H. -- Junior forward Kate Bradley (Derry, N.H./Pinkerton Academy) and
sophomore forward Ally Huetz (South Burlington, Vt.) scored goals as the top seeded Keene
State College Owls defeated the fourth seeded University of Southern Maine Huskies 2-0 in the first
semifinal game of the inaugural Little East Conference Field Hockey Championship Tournament at
Owls Stadium Saturday night.
The win improves the Owls overall record to 15-5 and moves them into Sunday's
championship game against the winner of the Plymouth State College-University of Massachusetts
Dartmouth game later Saturday night.
Bradley gave the Owls a lead they would never relinquish when she converted a pass from
junior Carrie Trudeau (Saco, Maine/Thornton Academy) for her 16th goal of the season with
21:40 left in the first half.
Huetz gave the Owls some breathing room when she slammed a shot past USM freshman
goalie Andrea Guerette (Fairfield, Maine/Lawrence HS) off a penalty corner with 15:36 to play.
Sophomore Beth Chase (Kensington, N.H./Exeter Area HS) had the only assist.
Guerette had a strong game for the Huskies in a losing effort stopping 16 shots, including a
penalty stroke by KSC's Amy Wallace (Greenville, N.H./Mascentic Regional) with 2:47 left in the
first half.
Senior goalie Erin Bonner (East Stroudsburg, Penn.) had five saves for the Owls to post
her eighth shutout of the season. Bonner also stopped a penalty stroke by USM's Kerry LePage
(Greene, Maine/Leavitt HS) with 7:34 to play in the first half preserving the Owls' 1-0 lead.
at Keene, N.H.
Southern Maine (9-12) 0 0 = 0
Keene State (15-5) 1 1 = 2
Scoring Summary: KS, Kate Bradley 16 (Carrie Trudeau) 21:40; KS, Ally Huetz 3 (Beth Chase)
15:36
Goalie Saves: SM Andrea Guerette (70 min.) 16 KS Erin Bonner (70 min.) 5
Penalty Corners: SM 3 KS 10
Shots: SM 9 KS 18
Defensive Saves: SM 1 (Kim Cochrane) KS 0
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Thursday, October 29, 1998
Little East Conference - First Round Playoff Game
Huskies Dominate, Advance to LEC Semifinals
GORHAM, Maine -- Freshman forward Shannon Leydon (Bridgton, Maine/Lake Region
HS) had a pair of goals to lead the fourth seeded University of Southern Maine Huskies to 5-0
victory over the fifth seeded Eastern Connecticut State University Warriors in a first round game of
the 1998 Little East Conference Field Hockey Championship Tournament Thursday afternoon.
The victory advances the Huskies into Saturday's first semifinal game against top seeded
Keene State College at 5:00 p.m. Second seeded University of Massachusetts Dartmouth will play
third seeded Plymouth State College in the other semifinal. The two winners will play for the title on
Sunday at 1:00 p.m. The semifinals and finals will be played at Keene.
The Huskies dominated the contest from the outset outshooting the Warriors 57-0. Southern
Maine also had 30 penalty corners during the game.
Sophomore goalie Stacey Bulkeley (Pawcatuck, Conn./Stonington HS) kept the Warriors
in the game early making ten of her 23 saves, including stopping the second of two USM penalty
strokes, in the first half. The first penalty stroke went wide to Bulkeley's right.
Leydon finally solved Bulkeley with 15:01 left in the half knocking home a pass from
freshman Erin Hamblen (Gorham, Maine) for her first collegiate goal.
Junior forward Alison Drury (Canton, Maine/Dirigo HS) set up three of the Huskies four
second half goals as USM continued its relentless pressure on Bulkeley. Junior Rebecca Reed
(Westbrook, Maine), sophomore Cory Merrill (Naples, Maine/Lake Region HS), junior Kerry
LePage (Greene, Maine/Turner HS) and Leydon scored the Husky second half goals.
Southern Maine improves its overall record to 9-11. Eastern Connecticut, playing its first
season of varsity field hockey, finishes the season 0-11.
at Gorham, Maine
Eastern Connecticut (0-11) 0 0 = 0
Southern Maine (9-11) 1 4 = 5
Scoring Summary: SM, Shannon Leydon (Erin Hamblen) 15:01; SM, Rebecca Reed (Alison
Drury) 21:57; SM, Cory Merrill (Alison Drury) 16:37; SM, Kerry LePage (unassisted) 11:05;
SM, Shannon Leydon (Alison Drury) 7:42
Goalie Saves: EC Stacey Bulkeley (70 min.) 23 SM Andrea Guerette (70 min.) 0
Penalty Corners: EC 0 SM 30
Shots: EC 0 SM 57
Defensive Saves: EC 2 (Kim Rocheleau 2) SM 0
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Tuesday, October 27, 1998
Huskies Drop Heartbreaker in Double OT
LEWISTON, Maine -- Freshman Virginia Hurley (Revere, Mass.) knocked home the rebound
of her own shot late in the second sudden death overtime period to hand the Bates College Bobcats
a 1-0 victory over the University of Southern Maine Huskies in a non-league college field hockey
match Tuesday afternoon.
The loss spoiled the brilliant goaltending performance of USM freshman keeper Andrea
Guerette (Fairfield, Maine/Lawrence HS). Guerette had 29 saves in the contest, including 15 in the
two overtime periods. She made a spectacular sliding stick save on Bobcats' junior Kate Orellana
(Middlebury, Vt.) with eight minutes left in the second overtime to keep the game scoreless.
Bates improves to 6-7 overall and closes its regular season this Saturday hosting arch-rival
Colby College. Southern Maine, which has now lost four straight, dips to 8-7 overall. The Huskies
host winless Eastern Connecticut State University in a first round Little East Conference playoff
game Thursday afternoon at Paula D. Hodgdon Field.
at Lewiston, Maine
Teams 1 2 OT 2OT Final
Southern Maine (8-11) 0 0 0 0 = 0
Bates (6-7) 0 0 0 1 = 1
Scoring Summary: B, Virginia Hurley (unassisted) 5:38
Goalie Saves: SM Andrea Guerette (96:34) 29 B Peggy Ficks (96:34) 9
Penalty Corners: SM 6 B 13
Shots: SM 13 B 31
Defensive Saves: none
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Saturday, October 24, 1998
Drury's Hat Trick Not Enough For Huskies
COLCHESTER, Vt. -- Junior forward Alison Drury (Canton, Maine/Dirigo HS) scored three
goals, but it wasn't enough as the visiting University of Southern Maine Huskies dropped a 5-3
decision to the Division Two St. Michael's College Lady Knights in college field hockey action
Saturday afternoon.
The loss drops the Huskies to 8-10 heading into their regular season finale Tuesday at Bates
College. Southern Maine will host Eastern Connecticut State University on Thursday in a first round
game of the Little East Conference Tournament.
Drury is the tenth individual in the 32-year history of the Southern Maine field hockey
program to score three goals in a single game, and the first since present assistant coach Meredith
Bradley netted three goals against New England College in September 1995.
Junior forward Seanna Poelaert (East Kingston, N.H.) led the Lady Knights with a goal
and three assists. Freshmen Chrissy Daly (Hingham, Mass.) scored a pair of goals in the first half,
and Jamie Andrews (Walpole, Mass.) had a goal and an assist.
St. Michael's built a 4-1 lead when sophomore Morgan Phillips (Kingston, Penn.) scored
with 21:23 left in the second half. Drury scored twice within the next ten minutes to pull the Huskies
within one with 11:36 to play. Andrews iced the game for the Lady Knights converting Poelaert's
pass with 8:55 to play.
Freshman Andrea Guerette (Fairfield, Maine/Lawrence HS) had 12 saves for the Huskies
while senior Nicki Collette (Charlotte, Vt.) had seven saves for St. Michael's.
at Colchester, Vt.
Southern Maine (8-10) 1 2 = 3
St. Michaels' (10-5) 3 2 = 5
Scoring Summary: St. Mike's, Seanna Poelaert (Jamie Andrews) 23:20; St. Mike's, Chrissy Daly
(Courtney Breen) 20:05; St. Mike's, Daly (Poelaert) 16:13; SM, Alison Drury (Kim Cochrane)
14:04; St. Mike's, Morgan Phillips (Poelaert) 21:23; SM, Drury (Karen Dearborn) 17:51; SM,
Drury (Cochrane, Shana Gordon) 11:36; St. Mike's, Jamie Andrews (Poelaert) 8:55.
Goalie Saves: St. Mike's Nicki Collette (70 min.) 7 SM Andrea Guerette (70 min.) 12
Penalty Corners: St. Mike's 12 SM 5
Shots: St. Mike's 20 SM 18
Defensive Saves: St. Mike's 0 SM 1 (Cochrane)
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Thursday, October 22, 1998
Colby 4 Southern Maine 0
at Waterville, Maine
Southern Maine (8-9) 0 0 = 0
Colby (7-3) 4 0 = 4
Scoring Summary: C, Marcia Ingraham (Robynne DeCaprio, Jamie Cassidy) 26:43; C, Becca Bruce (DeCaprio) 11:17; C, Ingraham (penalty stroke); C, Liz Brandt (Emi Domoto-Reilly) 0:42.
Goalie Saves: SM Andrea Guerette (70 min.) 15 C Jane Stevens 1
Penalty Corners: SM 3 C 12
Shots: SM 4 C 22
Defensive Saves: none
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Saturday, October 17, 1998
Trudeau, Bonner Lift Owls Past Huskies
GORHAM, Maine -- Junior midfielder Carrie Trudeau (Saco, Maine/Thornton Academy)
scored her second goal of the season with 2:37 left in regulation, and senior goalie Erin Bonner
(East Stroudsburg, Penn) had 22 saves, including stopping a penalty stroke, to give the visiting
Keene State College Owls a 2-1 victory over the University of Southern Maine Huskies in a Little
East Conference field hockey match Saturday afternoon at Paula D. Hodgdon Field.
The win was the eighth in the last nine games for the Owls. Keene State improves its overall
record to 12-4 and 3-1 in Little East play. Southern Maine, which had its four-game winning streak
snapped, is now 8-8 overall and 1-3 in Little East games.
Trudeau slammed a pass from sophomore Kelly Smith (Lisbon, N.H.) past USM junior
goalie Michelle Fernald (Portland, Maine) to finish off a swift counter attack by the Owls who had
just withstood some relentless pressure from the Huskies who took 49 shots in the game.
Trudeau and Smith combined for the only goal of the first 35 minutes as Trudeau's drive from
the top of the circle was stopped by Fernald, but Smith was right there to knock the rebound home
for her tenth goal of the season.
Bonner played a brilliant game in goal for the Owls. She only allowed freshman Hope
Kurro's (Palmyra, Maine/Nokomis Regional) deflection of junior Kim Cochrane's (Biddeford,
Maine) drive five minutes into the second half to slip past her. The goal was Kurro's third of the
season. Bonner later stopped a penalty stroke taken by senior Shana Gordon (Turner, Maine/
Leavitt HS) to keep the game tied at 1-1.
Fernald finished the match with nine saves for the Huskies.
at Gorham, Maine
Keene State (12-4, 3-1) 1 1 = 2
Southern Maine (8-8, 1-3) 0 1 = 1
Scoring Summary: KS, Kelly Smith 10 (Carrie Trudeau) 16:38; SM, Hope Kurro 3 (Kim
Cochrane) 30:08; KS, Trudeau 2 (Smith) 2:37.
Goalie Saves: KS Erin Bonner (70 min.) 17 SM Michelle Fernald (70 min.) 9
Penalty Corners: KS 9 SM 17
Shots: KS 15 SM 49
Defensive Saves: none
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Thursday, October 15, 1998
Drury Goal Gives Huskies Win Over Beavers
FARMINGTON, Maine -- Junior forward Alison Drury (Canton, Maine/Dirigo HS) scored
her fifth goal of the season with 6:30 left in regulation to give the visiting University of Southern
Maine Huskies a 2-1 victory over the University of Maine at Farmington Beavers in a non-league
field hockey match Thursday afternoon.
Drury scored when she knocked the rebound of the her own shot past UMF freshman goalie
Meghan DeCourcey (Jefferson, N.H.). It was Drury's third game winning goal this season, and
the seventh of her career.
Southern Maine took a 1-0 lead midway through the first half on freshman Hope Kurro's
(Palmyra, Maine/Nokomis Regional HS) third goal of the season. Junior Rebecca Reed
(Westbrook, Maine) picked up the only assist.
Junior Holly Catlett (Leeds, Maine) tied the game for the Beavers with an unassisted goal
less than four minutes later.
Freshman goalie Andrea Guerette (Fairfield, Maine/Lawrence HS) had six saves for the
Huskies while DeCourcey finished the match with 14 saves for UMF.
The win was the fourth straight for the Huskies and improves their overall record to 8-7.
at Farmington, Maine
Southern Maine (8-7) 1 1 = 2
UMaine Farmington 1 0 = 1
Scoring Summary: SM, Hope Kurro (Rebecca Reed) 22:22; UMF, Holly Catlett (unassisted)
19:00; SM, Alison Drury (unassisted) 6:30
Goalie Saves: SM Andrea Guerette (70 min.) 6 UMF Meghan DeCourcey (70 min.) 14
Penalty Corners: SM 5 UMF 10
Shots: SM 28 UMF 13
Defensive Saves: none
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Tuesday, October 13, 1998
Huskies Explode Past Monks, Get Back to .500
GORHAM, Maine -- The visiting University of Southern Maine Huskies exploded for four
goals in the final seven minutes of the game to break open a tight game and post a 6-1 win over the
St. Joseph's College Monks in college field hockey action at Gorham High School field Tuesday
afternoon.
The win was the third straight for the Huskies who evened their record at 7-7. St. Joseph's
slips to 5-6.
Southern Maine dominated the first 35 minutes, outshooting the Monks 33-0. The Huskies
came away with a 2-0 lead at the break as junior Rebecca Reed (Westbrook, Maine) and
freshman Becky Manson (Limington, Maine) found the back of the cage.
St. Joe's, which did manage three shots against USM freshman goalie Andrea Guerette
(Fairfield, Maine) in the second half, cut the deficit in half when Colleen Shea scored with 16:25 left
in regulation.
The Huskies reasserted themselves to score four goals in a span of 5:22 to turn the game into
a one-side affair. Freshman Tara Giroux (Greene, Maine), Manson, Reed and freshman Karen
Dearborn (Bristol, Vt.) put shots past Laura Lombardi, who finished the game with 24 saves.
Giroux's goal was the first of her collegiate career.
Guerette was credited with one save for the Huskies.
at Gorham (HS), Maine
Southern Maine (7-7) 2 4 = 6
St. Joseph's (ME) (5-6) 0 1 = 1
Scoring Summary: SM, Rebecca Reed (Hope Kurro) 25:35; SM, Becky Manson (Tara Giroux)
15:23; St. Joe's, Colleen Shea (Lib Johnson) 16:25; SM, Tara Giroux (Hope Kurro) 6:22; SM,
Becky Manson (Alison Drury) 4:05; SM, Rebecca Reed (unassisted) 2:08; SM, Karen Dearborn
(Michelle Barry) 1:00
Goalie Saves: SM Andrea Guerette 1 St. J Laura Lombardi 24
Penalty Corners: SM 9 St. J 2
Shots: SM 55 St. J 3
Defensive Saves: SM 0 St. J 1 (Nicole Daye)
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Sunday, October 11, 1998
Huskies Sweep Weekend Road Trip
FITCHBURG, Mass. -- Juniors Alison Drury and Kerry LePage scored first half goals
and junior goalie Michelle Fernald kicked out 13 shots as the University of Southern Maine
Huskies defeated Fitchburg State College 2-1 in a non-league college field hockey game Sunday
afternoon.
The win gave the Huskies a sweep of their two-game weekend road trip to central
Massachusetts. USM defeated Clark University by the same count on Saturday. The Huskies are
now 6-7 on the season. Fitchburg State now stands at 6-5.
Drury (Canton, Maine/Dirigo HS) snapped a scoreless tie with 16:30 remaining in the first
half converting a pass from senior Shana Gordon (Turner, Maine/Leavitt HS). LePage (Greene,
Maine/Leavitt HS) made 2-0 with 4:53 left before intermission knocking in a Gordon pass.
Fernald (Portland, Maine) kept the hosts at bay until just 20 seconds remained in regulation
when senior Yuriko Seki (Yokohama, Japan) slipped a shot past her.
Junior Rebecca Tomassian (Bedford, Mass./Braintree) and sophomore Amanda Rivard
(Winchendon, Mass./St. Bernard's) each played a half and combined for nine saves for Fitchburg
State.
at Fitchburg, Mass.
Southern Maine (6-7) 2 0 = 2
Fitchburg State (6-5) 0 1 = 1
Scoring Summary: SM, Alison Drury (Shana Gordon) 16:30; SM, Kerry LePage (Shana
Gordon) 4:53; FS, Yuriko Seki (unassisted) 0:20
Goalie Saves: SM Michelle Fernald (70 minutes) 13
F Rebecca Tomassian (35 minutes) 6, Amanda Rivard (35 minutes) 3
Penalty Corners: SM 9 F 7
Shots: SM 25 F 24
Defensive Saves: none
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Saturday, October 10, 1998
Field Hockey Huskies Break Skid, Beat Clark
WORCESTER, Mass. -- Junior Kim Cochrane's (Biddeford, Maine) second goal of the
season with three minutes left in the first half snapped a 1-1 tie as the University of Southern Maine
Huskies went on to post a 2-1, come-from-behind victory over the Clark University Cougars in a
non-conference college field hockey match Saturday afternoon.
The win snapped the Huskies four-game losing skid and improves their overall record to 5-7.
The Huskies will play at Fitchburg State on Sunday. Clark had its three-game winning streak
stopped and slips to 7-4 overall. the Cougars next play at Smith College Tuesday (Oct. 13) night.
Cochrane's goal came just nine minutes after freshman forward Hope Kurro (Palmyra,
Maine/Nokomis Regional HS) had tied the game at 1-1 with her second goal of the season. Both
USM goals were set up off penalty corners. Freshman Tara Giroux (Greene, Maine/Leavitt HS)
was credited with an assist on Kurro's goal. Kurro collected the only assist on Cochrane's goal.
Clark had taken a 1-0 lead with 21:52 left in the first half when freshman Lynne Casey
(Leominster, Mass.) converted a penalty stroke.
USM junior goalie Michelle Fernald (Portland, Maine) had a big day making 28 saves.
Sophomore Lynne Bachand (Worcester, Mass./Worcester South HS) had 26 saves for the
Cougars.
at Worcester, Mass.
Southern Maine (5-7) 2 0 = 2
Clark (7-4) 1 0 = 1
Scoring Summary: C, Lynne Casey 6 (penalty stroke) 21:52; SM, Hope
Kurro 2 (Tara Giroux) 12:02; SM, Kim Cochrane 2 (Kurro) 3:01.
Goalie Saves: SM Michelle Fernald (70 minutes) 28 C Lynn Bachand (70 minutes) 26
Penalty Corners: SM 14 C 13
Shots: SM 42 C 30
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Wednesday, October 7, 1998
Hawes Leads Polar Bears Past Huskies
GORHAM, Maine -- Junior forward Heather Hawes (Westport, Mass./Portsmouth Abbey)
scored her fourth and fifth goals of the season, and assisted on the third, as the visiting Bowdoin
College Polar Bears defeated the University of Southern Maine Huskies, 3-1, in a college field
hockey match Wednesday afternoon at Paula D. Hodgdon Field.
The win snaps the Polar Bears' two-game losing streak and improves their record to 4-3. The
loss extended Southern Maine's losing streak to four games. The Huskies are now 4-7. USM
travels to Clark University (Worcester, Mass.) on Saturday for its next game while Bowdoin hosts
Tufts University the same day.
Southern Maine took the early lead when freshman Michelle Barry (Farmingdale, Maine/
Hall-Dale HS) scored her third goal of the season, converting a pass from junior Rebecca Reed
(Westbrook, Maine) twelve-and-a-half minutes into the game.
Hawes set up senior Marian Curtis (Yarmouth, Maine/North Yarmouth Academy) for the
tying goal with 11:25 to play in the half. The goal was Curtis' first of the season.
The Polar Bears grabbed the lead before half-time when Hawes slammed a shot past USM
junior goalie Michelle Fernald (Portland, Maine). Junior Johanna Babb (Camden,
Maine/Camden-Rockport HS) drew the only assist.
Hawes converted a penalty stroke eight minutes into the second half for the final score.
Fernald had 18 saves for the Huskies while senior Dana Krueger (Lake Forest, Illinois)
made six saves.
at Gorham, Maine
Bowdoin (4-3) 2 1 = 3
Southern Maine (4-7) 1 0 = 1
Scoring Summary: SM, Michelle Barry (Rebecca Reed) 22:38; B, Marian Curtis (Heather
Hawes) 11:25; B, Hawes (Johanna Babb) 3:21; B, Hawes (penalty stroke) 27:04
Goalie Saves: SM Michelle Fernald 18 B Dana Krueger 6
Penalty Corners: SM 5 B 15
Shots: SM 19 B 22
Defensive Saves: SM 2 (Kim Cochrane, Hope Kurro) B 0
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Saturday, October 3, 1998
Corsairs Blank Huskies in Field Hockey
DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- Senior Ashley Dorman (Harwich, Mass.) and junior Rebecca
Chase (Westport, Mass.) each scored goals to give the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Corsairs a 2-0 win over the visiting University of Southern Maine Huskies in a Little East
Conference field hockey game Saturday afternoon.
The loss was the third straight for the Huskies who drop to 4-6 overall and 1-2 in conference
play. UMass Dartmouth won its third straight to improve to 4-6 overall. The Corsairs remain
unbeaten in conference play at 2-0.
Dorman broke a scoreless deadlock with 11:38 remaining in the first half. Chase gave the
Corsairs some insurance scoring early in the second half. Both goals were unassisted.
Sophomore goalie Paula Malcolm (Milford, Mass.) was credited with six saves for the
Corsairs. Freshman Andrea Guerette (Fairfield, Maine/Lawrence HS) and junior Michelle
Fernald (Portland, Maine) combined for 12 saves for the Huskies.
at North Dartmouth, Mass.
Southern Maine (4-6, 1-2) 0 0 = 0
UMass Dartmouth (4-6, 2-0) 1 1 = 2
Scoring Summary: UMD, Ashley Dorman (unassisted) 11:38; UMD, Rebecca Chase
(unassisted) 29:26.
Goalie Saves: SM, Andrea Guerette (55 min.) 9, Michelle Fernald (15 min.) 3
UMD, Paula Malcolm (70 min.) 6
Penalty Corners: SM 13 UMD 8
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Thursday, October 1, 1998
Falcons Upend Huskies
WALTHAM, Maine -- Junior Jen Bunce (East Dennis, Mass.) and sophomore Lia
Pezzola (Mamaroneck, N.Y.) scored second half goals to give the Bentley College Falcons a 2-1
win over the University of Southern Maine Huskies in a college field hockey match on the Bentley
artificial turf Thursday afternoon.
The win was the fifth straight for the Division Two Falcons and improves their overall record to
7-3. Division Three Southern Maine, which has lost its last two games by heart-breaking one-goal
margins, slips to 4-5 on the season.
Despite a territorial dominance by the Falcons (19-3 shot advantage), the Huskies were able
to keep the game scoreless for the first 53 minutes on the standout goaltending of junior Michelle
Fernald (Portland, Maine) who had 16 saves in the match.
Bunce broke the scoreless deadlock by slamming home her ninth goal of the season off an
assist by sophomore Ann Marie Sheridan (Canton, Mass.). The play came off a penalty corner.
Pezzola got what proved to be the game winner eight minutes later when she converted a
penalty stroke.
The Huskies made thing interesting with two minutes to play as juniors Kerry LePage
(Greene, Maine/Leavitt HS) and Alison Drury (Canton, Maine/Dirigo HS) combined on LePage's
second goal of the season. The goal came off the Huskies only penalty corner of the game.
Junior goalie Carolyn Cahill (Milton, Mass.) had two saves for the Falcons.
at Waltham, Mass.
Southern Maine (4-5) 0 1 = 1
Bentley (7-3) 0 2 = 2
Scoring Summary: B, Jen Bunce (Ann Marie Sheridan) 17:09; B, Lia Pezzola (penalty stroke)
9:22; SM, Kerry LePage (Alison Drury) 2:02.
Goalie Saves: SM, Michelle Fernald 16 B, Carolyn Cahill 2
Penalty Corners: SM 1 B 17
Shots: SM 3 B 19
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Tuesday, September 29, 1998
Panthers Score Early, Hang On To Beat Huskies
GORHAM, Maine -- The Plymouth State College Panthers jumped out early scoring three
times in the first 17 minutes of the game, then had to survive a furious comeback effort by the
University of Southern Maine Huskies to post a 3-2 win in a Little East Conference field hockey
match Tuesday afternoon at Paula D. Hodgdon Field.
The victory lifts the Panthers' overall mark to 5-3, and they remain unbeaten in Little East play
at 2-0. Southern Maine, which had its three-game winning streak snapped, drops back to 4-4
overall and 1-1 in the Little East.
Freshman Sacha Jackson (Sangerville, Maine/Piscataquis HS) put the Panthers up 1-0
with her second goal of the season just four-and-a-half minutes into the game by converting a pass
from sophomore Courtney O'Sullivan (Kingston, N.H./Exeter HS).
Junior Jill Sutherland (Rockport, Mass./Rockport HS) and freshman Megan Fournier
(East Waterboro, Maine/Massabesic HS) found the back of the cage with their fifth and first goals of
the season, respectively, less than two minutes apart midway through the first half to give the
Panthers a comfortable 3-0 lead.
With less than 11 minutes to play in the half, the Huskies were awarded a penalty stroke.
PSC junior goalie Chris Perruzzi (South Portland, Maine/South Portland HS) made the stop of
junior Kerry LePage's (Greene, Maine/Leavitt HS) high shot to her right to preserve the lead.
Southern Maine got back into the game early in the second half scoring twice in a span of 32
seconds. Juniors Rebecca Reed (Westbrook, Maine) and Alison Drury (Canton, Maine/Dirigo
HS) scored, both assisted by freshman Hope Kurro (Palmyra, Maine/Nokomis Regional HS), to
pull the Huskies back within one.
Despite a 14-3 shots advantage in the second half, and a 33-11 edge for the game, the
Huskies were unable to get the equalizer passed Perruzzi, who finished the game with ten saves.
Junior Michelle Fernald (Portland, Maine) had nine saves in a losing effort for USM.
at Gorham, Maine
Plymouth State (5-3, 2-0) 3 0 = 3
Southern Maine (4-4, 1-1) 0 2 = 2
Scoring Summary: PS, Sacha Jackson 2 (Courtney O'Sullivan) 30:38; PS, Jill Sutherland 5
(Jaci Harradon) 19:38; PS, Megan Fournier 1 (Kim Webster) 17:45; SM, Rebecca Reed 4
(Hope Kurro) 31:42; SM, Alison Drury 3 (Kurro) 31:10.
Goalie Saves: PS Chris Perruzzi (70 min.) 10 SM Michelle Fernald (70 min.) 9
Penalty Corners: PS 5 SM 7
Shots: PS 11 SM 33
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Saturday, September 26, 1998
Huskies Blank Warriors in LEC Opener
WILLIMANTIC, Conn. -- Junior Rebecca Reed scored twice in the first half as the
University of Southern Maine Huskies went on to shut out the Eastern Connecticut State University
Warriors, 7-0, Saturday afternoon in the first Little East Conferene match for both teams.
The Huskies, who have won three straight and four of their last five games, are now 4-3
overall and 1-0 in the conference. Eastern Connecticut, playing its first varsity season, drops to 0-4
overall and 0-1 in the Little East.
Junior Alison Drury (Canton, Maine/Dirigo HS) gave the Huskies the lead less than seven
minutes into the contest converting a pass from senior Shana Gordon (Turner, Maine/Leavitt HS).
Freshman Becky Manson (Limington, Maine/Bonny Eagle HS) made it 2-0 with an assist
from sophomore Stephanie Houde (Eliot, Maine/Marshwood HS) five minutes later.
Reed (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook HS) then scored twice in the final ten minutes of the half
to make it 4-0 at the break. Senior Sara Sleeper (Montpelier, Vt./Montpelier HS) assisted on both
goals.
Junior Kim Cochrane (Biddeford, Maine/Biddeford HS), freshman Aimee Sharrow
(Framingham, Mass./Framingham HS) and freshman Karen Dearborn (Bristol, Vt./Mt. Abraham
HS) tallied goals for the Huskies in the second half.
In all, eleven different USM players contributed a goal or an assist during the game.
Southern Maine completely dominated the game outshooting Eastern Connecticut, 49-0.
USM goalies Andrea Guerette (Fairfield, Maine/Lawrence HS) and Michelle Fernald
(Portland, Maine/Portland HS) did not have to make a save while recording the team's third shutout
of the season. Sophomore Stacey Bulkely (Pawcatuck, Conn./Stonington HS) finished with a
season-high 22 saves for the Warriors who have yet to score a goal in four games.
at Willimantic, Conn.
Southern Maine (4-3, 1-0) 4 3 = 7
Eastern Connecticut (0-4, 0-1) 0 0 = 0
Scoring Summary: SM, Alison Drury (Shana Gordon) 28:20; SM, Becky Manson (Stephanie
Houde) 23:25; SM, Rebecca Reed (Sara Sleeper) 10:17; SM, Reed (Sleeper) 1:51; SM, Kim
Cochrane (Shannon Leydon) 29:24; SM, Aimee Sharrow (Manson) 17:21; SM, Karen
Dearborn (Michelle Barry) 16:10.
Goalie Saves: SM Andrea Guerette (35 min.) 0, Michelle Fernald (35 min.) 0
EC Stacey Buckeley (70 min.) 22
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Thursday, September 24, 1998
Drury Leads Field Hockey Huskies Past Salem State
GORHAM, Maine -- Junior Alison Drury (Canton, Maine/Dirigo HS) broke out of her
season-long scoring slump to score a goal and an assist as the University of Southern Maine
Huskies made two first half goals stand up for a 2-0 victory over the visiting Salem State College
Vikings in a college field hockey game Thursday afternoon at Paula D. Hodgdon Field.
The win is the third in the last four games for the Huskies who are now 3-3 overall, and gets
them to .500 for the first time this season. Salem State falls to 1-5.
Drury, the Huskies' top returning scorer from last season, had been held scoreless in her first
four games this season. She put the Huskies into the lead with 14:51 remaining in the first half
slamming home a shot set up by junior Rebecca Reed (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook HS). Ten
minutes later, Drury set up freshman Karen Dearborn (Bristol, Vt./Mt. Abraham) for Dearborn's
third goal of the season.
Southern Maine goalies, junior Michelle Fernald (Portland, Maine/Portland HS) and
freshman Andrea Guerette (Fairfield, Maine/Lawrence HS) combined for 16 saves during the
game. Salem State sophomore keeper Jeanette Gordon (East Boston, Mass./East Boston HS)
played a strong game making 25 saves.
at Gorham, Maine
Salem State (1-5) 0 0 = 0
Southern Maine (3-3) 2 0 = 2
Scoring Summary: SM, Alison Drury (Rebecca Reed) 14:51; SM, Karen Dearborn (Drury) 4:20.
Goalie Saves: SM, Michelle Fernald (53 minutes) 13 Andrea Guerette (17 minutes) 3
SS, Jeanette Gordon (70 minutes) 25
Penalty Corners: SM 10 SS 6
Shots: SM 27 SS 16
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Saturday, September 19, 1998
Barry Leads Huskies Past Bridgewater State
GORHAM, Maine -- Freshman Michelle Barry (Farmingdale, Maine/Hall-Dale HS) scored
the first two goals of her collegiate career and classmate Karen Dearborn (Bristol, Vt./Mt.
Abraham) picked up her second game winning goal of the season as the University of Southern
Maine Huskies field hockey team won for the second time this season defeating the Bridgewater
State College Bears, 4-2, Saturday afternoon.
The win improves the Huskies record to 2-3. Their next match will be Thursday when they
host Salem State College at Paula Hodgdon Field. Game time is 3:30 p.m. Bridgewater State slips
to 1-4 and hosts Salve Regina University on Wednesday.
The Huskies jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first half with goals seven minutes apart by junior
Michelle Fernald (Portland, Maine) and Barry. Senior Shana Gordon (Turner, Maine/Leavitt
HS) picked up an assist on Barry's goal.
Bridgewater State cut the deficit in half when junior Ann Silva (Somerset, Mass.) converted
a pass from freshman Stacey Sheridan (Mansfield, Mass.) with 20:32 to play.
Dearborn knocked home her second goal of the season just 64 seconds later to restore the
Huskies' two-goal lead. Junior Rebecca Reed (Westbrook, Maine) picked up the first of her two
assists on the play.
Barry gave USM a 4-1 lead with 17:52 left in regulation knocking home a pass from Reed.
Freshman Jessica Kistler (Leominster, Mass./St. Bernard's) closed the scoring for Bridgewater
State with 8:36 to play.
Freshman goalie Andrea Guerette (Fairfield, Maine/Lawrence HS) made 13 saves for the
Huskies to pick up her first win of the season. Junior Lorinda Champagne (Hampton Falls, N.H./
Winnacunnet HS) and freshman Alicia Moulton (Kennebunkport, Maine/Kennebunk HS)
combined for 13 saves for the Bears.
at Bridgewater, Mass.
Southern Maine (2-3) 2 2 = 4
Bridgewater State (1-4) 0 2 = 2
Scoring Summary: SM, Michelle Fernald (unassisted) 24:16; SM, Michelle Barry (Shana
Gordon) 17:15; BS, Ann Silva (Stacey Sheridan) 20:32; SM, Karen Dearborn (Rebecca Reed)
19:28; SM, Barry (Reed) 17:52; BS, Jessie Kistler (Silva) 8:36.
Goalie Saves: SM Andrea Guerette 13
BS Lorinda Champagne (54 minutes) 10 Alicia Moulton (16 minutes) 3
Penalty Corners: SM 11 BS 7
Shots: SM 30 BS 29
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Tuesday, September 15, 1998
NEC Upsets Huskies in Field Hockey
GORHAM, Maine -- Junior Alison Garreth (Churchville, Penn.) scored an unassisted
breakaway goal 1:46 into the second sudden death overtime period to give New England College a
3-2 victory over the University of Southern Maine Huskies in field hockey action Tuesday afternoon
at Paula Hodgdon Field.
The win was the first since 1980 for New England College against the Huskies. Southern
Maine had won the last 15 games between the two schools.
NEC never trailed in the game scoring just 2:11 into the contest. Junior Kristie Baldwin
(Exeter, N.H.) converted a pass from freshman Liza Barker (Greene, Maine/Leavitt HS) on a quick
counter attack.
Southern Maine quickly picked up its pace and tied the game five minutes later when junior
Rebecca Reed (Westbrook, Maine) knocked in a pass from junior Kerry LePage (Greene, Maine/
Leavitt HS).
Barker gave the visitors from Henniker, N.H., the lead for the second time with 13:05 left in
regulation. Sophomore Bethaney Howe (Bryant Pond, Maine/Telstar Regional) picked up the
assist.
Freshman Hope Kurro (Palmyra, Maine/Nokomis HS) forced the contest into overtime when
she netted an unassisted goal with 10:58 to play.
Southern Maine dodged a bullet in the first overtime when freshman goalie Andrea Guerette
(Fairfield, Maine/Lawrence HS) stopped a penalty stroke.
Senior goalie Angela Sanborn (Andover, N.H./Kearsarge Regional) backstopped NEC with
15 saves. Guerette finished with 18 saves for USM.
at Gorham, Maine
1st 2nd 1OT 2OT Final
New England College 1 1 0 1 = 3
Southern Maine (1-3) 1 1 0 0 = 2
Scoring Summary: NE, Kristie Baldwin (Liza Barker) 32:49; SM, Rebecca Reed (Kerry LePage)
27:38; NE, Barker (Bethany Howe) 13:05; SM, Hope Kurro (unassisted) 10:58; NE, Alison
Garreth (unassisted) 13:14.
Goalie Saves: NE, Angela Sanborn 15 SM, Andrea Guerette 18
Penalty Corners: NE 12 SM 7
Shots: NE 29 SM 17
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Saturday, September 12, 1998
Brown-Denico Gets First Field Hockey Win
GORHAM, Maine -- Freshman Karen Dearborn (Bristiol, Vt.) broke a scoreless tie with just
under 15 minutes to play and the University of Southern Maine Huskies field hockey team went on
to post a 2-0 win over the Wheaton College Lyons and present first-year head coach Bonny
Brown-Denico with her first career field hockey coaching victory.
Brown-Denico got her first win after the Huskies dropped two games last weekend in their
season opening tournament. Brown-Denico, a 1991 USM alumnae and former field hockey All-
American, replaced legendary coach Paula Hodgdon last winter. Hodgdon retired from coaching
after 31 seasons as the only previous head coach in USM's 31-year field hockey history.
Dearborn, who was stationed to the right side of the goal cage, converted a pass from
freshman Shannon Leydon (Bridgton, Maine) for her first collegiate goal with 14:56 remaining in
regulation.
Junior Kerri LePage (Greene, Maine) gave the Huskies an insurance goal scoring an
unassisted marker with just 6:43 to play.
Southern Maine held a wide edge in play and outshot the Lyons, 36-3, during the contest.
Wheaton's senior goalie Linda Whitney (Concord, Mass.) kept the Lyons in the contest playing a
very strong game. She finished with 19 saves.
USM's junior goalie Michelle Fernald (Portland, Maine) needed to make just two saves for
her first collegiate shutout.
at Gorham, Maine
Wheaton (1-2) 0 0 = 0
Southern Maine (1-2) 0 2 = 2
Scoring Summary: SM, Karen Dearborn (Shannon Leydon) 14:56; SM, Kerri LePage
(unassisted) 6:43.
Goalie Saves: SM, Michelle Fernald 2 W, Linda Whitney 19
Penalty Corners: SM 10 W 1
Shots: SM 36 W 3
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Sunday, September 6, 1998
Paula Hodgdon Invitational Tournament
Hartwick Captures Tournament Championship
GORHAM, Maine -- Junior Nicole Fish (South Glens Falls, N.Y.) tip in a shot just 93 seconds
into the first sudden death overtime period to give the Hartwick College Hawks a 2-1 victory over the
Fairleigh Dickinson University - Madison Devils in the championship game of the Paula Hodgdon
Invitational Field Hockey Tournament hosted at the University of Southern Maine.
Fish tip home junior Kim Carter's (Greene, N.Y.) drive from the left side just inside the circle.
The play was set up by a penalty corner.
The Devils took a 1-0 lead less than seven minutes into the game as senior Kristin Chew
(Bellmawr, N.J.) converted a pass from senior Kim Torsone (Fairfield, N.J.).
Hartwick got the equalizer seven minutes into the second half when freshman Johanna
Fairclough (Sea Cliff, N.Y.) knocked a pass from junior Charlene Van Doren (Chestertown, N.Y.)
past the Devils' sophomore goalie Amy Banghart (Mount Olive, N.J.).
Senior goalie Stacey Hart (North Easton, Mass.) finished with 10 saves for Hartwick while
Banghart was credited with nine saves.
In the third place game, the University of Massachusetts Lowell River Hawks (1-1) raced out
to a three-goal lead in the first half, then hung on for a 3-1 win over the host University of Southern
Maine Huskies (0-2).
The River Hawks jumped out to a 2-0 lead midway through the first half as sophomores Amy
LeVasseur (Thorndike, Mass.) and Kelly Ward (Byfield, Mass.) scored 46 second apart. Junior Erin
Stewart (Methuen, Mass.) gave the visitors a three-goal margin before the intermission with her
second goal of the tournament.
Southern Maine finally got on the board midway through the second half as junior Erin
Whitish (Fairfield, Maine) scored. The Huskies had a golden opportunity to close within one with 15
minutes to play, but junior Kerry LePage (Greene, Maine) hit the left post with a penalty stroke.
Sophomore Jen Anderson (Westford, Mass.) had 10 saves for UMass Lowell while freshman
Andrea Guerette (Fairfield, Maine) was busy making 17 saves for the Huskies.
Named to the all-tournament team were Fish and Turner of Hartwick, Chew and Torsone of
FDU-Madison, Ward and Kerri Brooks (Chelmsford, Mass.) of UMass Lowell; and Sara Sleeper
(Montpelier, Vt.) and Erin Hamblen (Gorham, Maine) of Southern Maine.
Third Place Game 1 2 Final
UMass Lowell (1-1) 3 0 = 3
Southern Maine (0-2) 0 1 = 1
Scoring Summary: UML, Amy Levasseur (unassisted) 20:56; UML, Kelly Ward (Jenifer Randall)
21:10; UML, Erin Stewart (unassisted) 14:31; SM, Erin Whitish (unassisted) 17:02.
Goalie Saves: UML, Jen Anderson 10 SM, Andrea Guerette 17
Penalty Corners: UML 10 SM 8
Championship Game 1 2 OT Final
Fairleigh Dickinson-Madison (1-1) 1 0 0 = 1
Hartwick (2-0) 0 1 1 = 2
Scoring Summary: FDU, Kristin Chew (Kim Torsone) 28:18; H, Johanna Fairclough (Charlene
VanDoren) 27:54; H, Nicole Fish (Kim Carter) 13:27.
Goalie Saves: FDU, Amy Banghart 9 H, Stacey Hart 10
Penalty Corners: FDU 9 H, 9
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Saturday, September 5, 1998
Paula Hodgdon Invitational Tournament
GORHAM, Maine -- Sophomore Erica Bates (Folsom, N.J.) scored the only goal of the
game with 38 seconds left in the first half to give the Fairleigh Dickinson University-Madison Devils
a 1-0 win over the host University of Southern Maine Huskies in the first round of the Paula
Hodgdon Invitational Field Hockey Tournament Saturday afternoon.
The Devils will meet the Hartwick College Hawks for the championship Sunday afternoon at
1:00 p.m. Hartwick advanced into the finals by defeating the University of Massachusetts Lowell
River Hawks, 2-1, on the strength of junior Linda Zarnoch's (Marcy, N.Y.) game winning goal and
assist in the other first round game.
The games were the season-opening contests for all four teams. Southern Maine will face
UMass Lowell for third place honors at 11:00 a.m. Sunday.
In ceremonies between games, USM officially renamed its field hockey field the Paula D.
Hodgdon Field after the longtime Huskies coach who retired at the end of the 1997 season after 31
years as the program's only previous head coach.
In the first game of the day, junior Charlene VanDoren (Chestertown, N.Y.) gave Hartwick
a 1-0 lead converting a pass from Zarnoch with 9:57 left in the first half. Zarnoch made it 2-0 five-
and-a-half minutes into the second half with an unassisted goal. UMass Lowell cut the deficit in half
with 17:54 left to play when junior Erin Stewart (Methuen, Mass.) scored an unassisted goal.
Hartwick's senior goalie Stacey Hart (North Easton, Mass.) made the lead stand up
finishing with five saves. Sophomore Jen Anderson (Westford, Mass.) had eight saves for UMass
Lowell.
FDU-Madison's Bates scored the only goal of the second game in the final minute of the first
half banging a shot past Southern Maine junior goalie Michelle Fernald (Portland, Maine).
Sophomore Melissa Schlueter (Toms River, N.J.) picked up the only assist. FDU sophomore
goalie Amy Bankhart (Mount Olive, N.J.) needed to make just two saves, both in the first half, for
the shutout. Fernald had eight saves for the Huskies.
Paula Hodgdon Invitational Tournament
at Gorham, Maine
Game One 1 2 Final
Hartwick (1-0) 1 1 2
UMass Lowell (0-1) 0 1 1
Scoring Summary: H, Charlene Van Doren (Linda Zarnoch) 9:57; H, Zarnoch (unassisted)
29:31; UML, Erin Stewart (unassisted) 17:54.
Goalie Saves: H, Stacey Hart (70 minutes) 5 UML, Jen Anderson (70 minutes) 8
Shots: H, 14 UML, 23
Game Two 1 2 Final
Fairleigh Dickinson-Madison (1-0) 1 0 1
Southern Maine (0-1) 0 0 0
Scoring Summary: FDU, Erica Bates (Melissa Schlueter) 0:38.
Goalie Saves: SM, Michelle Fernald (70 minutes) 8 FDU, Amy Banghart (70 minutes) 2
Shots: FDU, 14 SM 6
Sunday, September 6, 1998 Schedule
Game Three UMass Lowell vs. Southern Maine 11:00 a.m.
Championship Hartwick vs. Fairleigh Dickinson-Madison 1:00 p.m.
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Wednesday, August 19, 1998
Cochrane, Drury and Gordon Named USM Field Hockey Captains
GORHAM, Maine -- Juniors Kim Cochrane (Biddeford, Maine/Biddeford H.S.) and Alison
Drury (Canton, Maine/Dirigo H.S.) and senior Shana Gordon (Turner, Maine/Leavitt H.S.) of the
University of Southern Maine field hockey team have been named tri-captains for the upcoming
1998 season. First-year head coach Bonny Brown-Denico made the announcement.
The Huskies report to preseason training camp this Sunday (August 23) and will begin two-a-
day workouts the next day. Southern Maine opens its 1998 season September 5-6 hosting the
USM Invitational Tournament.
Cochrane, a center midfielder, had three assists and tied for the team lead with four
defensive saves in her first season as a starter. Over her first two seasons, Cochrane has collected
four assists.
Drury, a forward, is the team's top returning scorer. She netted six goals and six assists for 18
points last fall to finish third on the Huskies' score sheet behind departed forwards Meredith Bradley
and Paula Reed. In two seasons, Drury has tallied 12 goals and six assists for 30 career points.
Gordon, a right midfielder, is one of only three seniors on the Huskies preseason roster. A
three-year starter, Gordon had one goal and two assists for four points in 1997. In 58 career games,
she has scored two goals, including one game winner, and been credited with seven assists.
The Huskies three captains bring a variety of strengths and styles to their new leadership
roles.
"Kim speaks up when needed, and she takes charge when needed. She's a hard worker
who expects the others to work as hard," says Brown-Denico.
"Alison is one of the hardest working players on the team. She will be the quiet leader, the
one who leads by example.
"Shana is a very consistent, dependable player. She's not flashy, but she gets the job done.
She's a good team motivator. When she came in as a freshman (in 1995), she was identified as a
future captain by (former head coach) Paula (Hodgdon)."
The remainder of the Huskies' 1998 schedule is as follows: Sept. 12, Wheaton; Sept. 15,
New England College; Sept. 19, at Bridgewater State College; Sept. 24, Salem State College;
Sept. 26, at Eastern Connecticut; and Sept. 29, Plymouth State College.
Also, Oct. 1, at Bentley; Oct. 3, at UMass Dartmouth; Oct. 7, Bowdoin; Oct. 10, at Clark; Oct.
11, at Fitchburg State College; Oct. 13, at St. Joseph's (Maine); Oct. 15, at UMaine Farmington;
Oct. 17, Keene State College; Oct. 21, at Colby; Oct. 24, at St. Michael's; and Oct. 27, at Bates.
The Huskies also will be playing under the banner of the Little East Conference for the first
time. The five field hockey-playing schools will conduct an end-of-the-season tournament based
upon the regular season standings. The fourth and fifth place teams will play a first round match
Oct. 29. The winner advances to semifinals Oct. 31 to play the top seeded team. The second and
third seeds will play the same date. The winners advance to the conference championship game
Nov. 1.
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Tuesday, March 31, 1998
Two USM Student-Athletes Among the More Than 370 Student-Athletes
Selected for 1998 NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference
GORHAM, Maine -- Two University of Southern Maine student-athletes, sophomore field
hockey player Kimberly Cochrane of Biddeford and junior baseball player Michael McCullum
of Portland, have been selected to participate in the second annual NCAA Foundation Leadership
Conference, presented by Entergy Corporation.
Cochrane and McCullum will attend the conference which will be held May 25-28, 1998, at
Disney's Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. They are the third and fourth USM
student-athletes selected to participate in the annual conference. Field hockey standout Heather
Gilmour and three-time ice hockey captain Edward Pike participated in the 1997 conference.
Cochrane, a member of USM's Student-Athlete Advisory Council (SAAC), played in all 21
games last fall and was credited with three assists and tied for the team lead in defensive saves with
four. She helped the Huskies to a 12-9 record and a berth in the ECAC Division III tournament.
McCullum, a three-year starter for the Huskies' baseball team, hit .333 with six doubles, two
triples, one home run and 27 RBI during the team's 1997 national championship season. The
speedy outfielder, who is making the transition to third base this season, led the team with 22 stolen
bases last season.
The conference is designed to "provide the opportunity for NCAA student-athletes to discuss
and explore viable solutions to critical issues facing their peers around the country; to enhance their
leadership skills; and to promote better communication among student-athletes, coaches,
administrators, faculty and communities" according to a press release from the NCAA announcing
those student-athletes selected to participate.
The 1998 NCAA Foundation Leadership Conference will focus on topics recommended by
last year's participants as well as by recommendations of the Divisions I, II, and III NCAA Student-
Athlete Advisory Committees.
This year's list of conference speakers includes Robin Roberts, anchor and sports
commentator for ABC and ESPN; Tom Curley, publisher of USA Today; Cedric Dempsey, executive
director of the NCAA and Quinn Buckner, ESPN commentator and a member of the 1976 NCAA
Division I men's basketball championship team.
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