Fairfield University Tops River Hawks, 5-0

Sunday, October 20

Fairfield, CT

1:00 PM

University of Massachusetts Lowell

1-3(2-14; AE)

Fairfield University

2-1(10-4; AE)

Team	1	2	Final F
UMass Lowell	0	0	0
Fairfield University	1	4	5

Photo by: David Gillies

10/20/2013 3:23:00 PM | Field Hockey

Box Score

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (Oct. 20, 2013) – The Fairfield University Stags (10-4, 2-1 AE) showed why they are among the statistics leaders in America East, exploding for four second half goals en route to a 5-0 win over the visiting UMass Lowell River Hawks (2-14, 1-3 AE).

The River Hawks, fresh off a resounded 6-1 win over America East rival Vermont, held the Stags at bay through the first half, surrendering their first goal in the 33^rd minute as Jessica Doggett cracked the scoring column with her first goal of the season. Felicitas Heinen took control in the second half, scoring the first of her three goals in the 40^th minute. Heinen, who entered the game as the second leading scorer in America East, scored her three goals on just four shots in 64 minutes played.

Julie DePaeuw increased the Stags lead to 3-1, catching a pass from teammate Hillary Fitts at the right circle in the 45^th minute. From that point on, Heinen took over, adding to her daily tally with goals in the 50^th and 55^th minutes, the first off a penalty corner and the second from high off the penalty corner.

Melissa Effertz (Oceanside, Calif.), following up on her hat trick effort against UVM, led the River Hawks with four shots while senior goalkeeper Melanie Hopkins (Harwich, Mass.) finished with 14 saves. Hopkins currently ranks second among all America East goalkeepers in saves per game and total saves.

The River Hawks will travel to Durham, NH Friday for their third straight America East contest when they meet the UNH Wildcats at 6 PM. They will close out the season on Saturday, November 2, hosting the University of Albany Great Danes at Cushing Field at 3 PM.