LOWELL, Mass. – Graduate student Alissia de Vries (The Hague, Netherlands) totaled three points to lead a large scoring contingent for the UMass Lowell field hockey team (8-6) in a 5-1 victory against Dartmouth (3-10) on Sunday.
 
The Senior and Alumni Day decision improves the team's home unbeaten streak this year to 7-0 so far in 2024.
 
"I'm really happy with the team effort today," said Head Coach Shannon LeBlanc. "We had a tough one on Friday and for them to come back today and really take care of the details, play together as a unit and put five balls in, I was just really impressed."
 
Seven different River Hawks tallied points in the outing, including senior Jillian Loebs (Acton, Mass.), who registered her first career goal. Graduate student Lisa Hagel (Driehaus, Netherlands) also picked up her first goal as a River Hawk, while senior Maxine Van Havere (Wilrijk, Belgium) and junior Madison Leeper (East Amherst, N.Y.) rounded out the goal scorers. Graduate student Mirthe Gans (Tiel, Netherlands) and sophomore Florine Gerrits (Amstelveen, Netherlands) set new personal bests with two assists apiece, as well. As a team, the River Hawks outshot the Big Green, 28-10, and took a 7-5 advantage on corners.
 
In the cage, graduate student Christina Calandra (Manchester, Mass.) made one stop and collected her sixth win of the year, while sophomore Marie Oliemans (Driebergen, Netherlands) closed out the game with four saves.
 
The River Hawks controlled possession from the start, registering the first six shots of the day, culminating in their first goal in the 11^th minute on a direct corner by de Vries with assists from Gans and Gerrits. Four minutes later, the River Hawks struck again on a corner, this time with Van Havere receiving the insert on the wing from Gerrits before firing a blazing sweep into the back of the cage, giving the home team a 2-0 edge at the end of the first quarter.
 
UMass Lowell continued to hold onto the ball throughout the second quarter, outshooting the visitors, 3-0. Van Havere had another strong attempt on a corner, but this time it was kicked away by the Big Green's Ava Carlson. Leeper also put a chance into the keeper's pads, keeping the 2-0 difference heading into the break.
 
Dartmouth came out of halftime on the offensive, as Olivia Galiotos tested Oliemans in the 31^st minute.
The River Hawks then fought off two Big Green corners before capitalizing on a set piece of their own in the 40^th minute, when de Vries sent a pass over to Hagel, who let it cross her body to set up a reverse chip on target to stretch the lead to 3-0.
 
The visitors took three more chances in the third quarter, including a shot by Ally Brosie in the 43^rd minute that forced Oliemans to make a diving stop.
 
UMass Lowell then added two insurance goals in the fourth, as Loebs knocked in her first career tally on a rebound in the 51^st minute and Leeper followed with a graceful, diving tip on a pass from Gan in the 57^th minute to give the home side a 5-0 buffer.
 
Although Dartmouth was able to get one back in the 59^th minute when Riley Dumigan finished a rebound from just in front of the cage on a corner, the River Hawks would close it out in 5-1 fashion.
 
The River Hawks now head to New Hampshire for an America East matchup on Friday, October 25 at 2 p.m.