'KEENE, N.H.  9/16/03 - Senior Tanya Strong (Hatfield, Mass.) and freshman Nichole Garneau (Carroll, N.H.) had two goals each to help the Keene State College field hockey team roll to a 7-1 non-conference victory over Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute at Owl Athletic Complex on Tuesday.

With the score tied 1-1, the Owls (2-2) broke the game open with three goals within a two-minute and 22 second span midway in the first half.  Garneau finished off a feed from Strong to make it 2-1 and 20 seconds later Strong knocked in Garneau's rebound to put KSC up 3-1.  Garneau ended the flurry with her second goal of the game on a pass from Amy Pokrywka (Roxbury, Conn.).

Strong now has a team-high four goals while Garneau netted her first two college tallies. 

Michelle McInerney (Hampton, N.H.), Pokrywka, and Steph Georgevits (Concord, N.H.) added second half goals.

It was most goals scored by KSC since they defeated Framingham State 7-0 in 2000.

Laurie Young (Camden, N.Y.) scored the lone goal for RPI (3-2)

Michelle Codding (Jericho, Vt.)  with four saves and Caitlin Baril (Canton, Mass.) who stopped two shots, both saw action in goal for KSC. Amanda Lund (Chester, Conn.) finished with 15 saves for the Red Hawks.

KSC host Fitchburg State in its first LEC game of the season on Saturday (1:30 p.m.) .