October 29, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Carole Grills
(413) 585-2703

Soccer Falls at Springfield

Northampton, MA: The Pioneers fell to New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) opponent Springfield College 4-0 last night in Springfield. The victory gave the Pride the number one seed in the conference championship (12-3-2, 7-1-1) while the loss ended the season for Smith (2-13-2, 1-6-2).

Springfield scored its first goal in the 35th minute of action when Kayla Thibeault sailed the ball over the Pioneer's defense and found Lauren Peltier who went one-on-one with Smith keeper Lauren Bachtel (Dulbin, OH) and put the ball in the lower left corner. With just a little over a minute remaining in the first half, Nicole Baker fired a shot into the upper left corner of the net to give the Pride a 2-0 halftime advantage.

Nicole Hanewich and Jess Prencipe scored the second half goals for the Pride who outshot Smith 23-2 for the game.  Bachtel made 8 saves in goal while Sue Jenny made one for Springfield.

                                                               1            2              F
Smith (2-13-2, 1-6-2)                             0            0              0
Springfield (12-3-2, 7-1-1)                     2             2              4

Scoring:
1) 34:57 SP Lauren Peltier (Kayla Thibeault)
2) 43:58 SP Nicole Baker
3) 57:28 SP Nicoel Hanewich (Caitlin Sawczuk)
4) 67:17 SP Jess Prencipe (Brittany Collins)

Keepers:  Lauren Bachtel (90 mins, 4 GA, 8 saves); Sue Jenny (90 mins, 0 GA, 1 save)

Shots - Smith 2, Springfield 23
Corners - Smith 2, Springfield 6