Pride Field Hockey Loses GNAC Road Match

WEST HARTFORD, Conn. - Regis College lost to University of Saint Joseph, 4-0, Friday night in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference field hockey match at the USJ Athletic Complex.

The Blue Jays scored one goal in each quarter, starting just 2:24 into the match when Makenzie Dinger set up Cayleen Defaranos for her second goal of the season. Less than one minute into the second quarter, Devan Fox scored an unassisted goal, her third of the year, to extend the USJ advantage to 2-0, where it would stand at halftime.

The best scoring opportunity for the Pride came five minutes into the third quarter as Frankie Alley (Gardner, Mass.) initiated a penalty corner opportunity, but shots by Ava Costello (North Easton, Mass.) and Sarah Juskiewicz (Gorham, Maine) were turned away by USJ goalie Wendy Bowden. Off another penalty corner situation, a shot by Juskiewicz was cleared off the goal line by Defaranos for a defensive save.

Midway through the third quarter, USJ drew a penalty corner, and Ariana Komonaj entered the ball. Emma Kociszewski sent the ball back to Komonaj, who was successful on her scoring attempt to increase the Blue Jay lead to 3-0.

Two minutes into the fourth quarter, Komonaj started another penalty corner play, entering the ball to Fox, who in turn found Maya Tomko near the left post. Tomko directed the ball into the net for her second goal of the year.

Jocelyn White (Wilmington, Mass.) played the entire match in net for the Pride and finished with nine saves. Bowden earned the shutout victory with the two third quarter saves as the Blue Jays outshot the Pride, 18-5, led by Kociszewski and Tomko with four shots apiece.

Regis College (3-8, 3-3 GNAC) heads to Paxton, Mass., to face Anna Maria College Wednesday, Oct. 12, starting at 4 p.m.