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Date: October 4, 2005
Contact: Bill Sodoma

 

Late goal lifts Colby past Maine-Farmington

WATERVILLE, Maine ---- Jennifer Reilly (Holderness/York Harbor, Maine) made her first goal of the season a big one in lifting the Colby College field hockey team to a 2-1 non-conference victory over University of Maine at Farmington on Tuesday night at Bill Alfond Field.

Reilly redirected a pass from teammate Emily Lawrence (Colorado Academy/Denver, Colo.) for the goal with just 30 seconds left in the game. The score came just 1:05 after the Beavers (7-3) had tied the game at 1-1.

After a scoreless first half, Colby (2-4) tallied first when Mary Clare Snediker (Greenwich Academy/New Canaan, Conn.) scored off a penalty stroke with 23:34 remaining.

The Mules kept UMF from any serious scoring chances for the next 20 minutes or so. The Beavers, though, had a few opportunities in the final three minutes and finally got one in on a goal by Kristin Chambers (Gorham, Maine) with 1:35 remaining.

Molly Rice (South Portland/South Portland, Maine) stopped 12 shots for Colby, while Kaeleigh Barker (Chichester, N.H.) made nine saves for UMF.

Colby 2, Maine-Farmington 1

UMF 0#1-----1

Colby 0#2-----2

Scoring

2nd half

C: Mary Clare Snediker, 23:34 left

UMF: Kristin Chambers, 1:35

C: Jennifer Reilly (Emily Lawrence), :30

Shots: UMF 18, Colby 18. Penalty corners: UMF 4, Colby 6. Goalies: Kaeleigh Barker (UMF, 70 minutes, 9 saves); Molly Rice (Colby, 70 minutes, 12 saves).