'KEENE, N.H. 9/25/03 - The Keene State College women's field hockey team had its three game winning streak snapped with a 5-1 non-conference loss to 16th ranked Williams College at Owl Athletic Complex on Thursday.

Tara Boyd (New Canaan, Conn.) had two goals and an assist to lead Williams (3-1).  Keene State drops to 4-3.

Dominating play from the start, Williams took a 3-0 half-time lead on   a pair of goals by Tara Boyd and a goal by Katherine Wilkes (New London, N.H.). KSC had a late flurry, but Eph's goalie Jen Steinberg (Scarsdale, N.Y.) stopped consecutive shots by Tanya Strong (Hatfield, Mass.) and Nichole Garneau (Twin Mountain, N.H.).

Jacelyn Gregory (Greenwich, Conn.) and Molly Jennings (Greenwich, Conn.) added second half goals for the Ephs.

KSC's Katy Pokrywka (Roxbury, Conn.) prevented the shutout with her first goal of the season.

Michelle Codding (Jericho, Vt.) (four saves) and Caitlin Barill (Canton, Mass. (two saves) each played a half in goal for KSC. Steinberg with three saves and Wendy Stone (Buffalo, N.Y.) (two saves) both saw action in goal for Williams.

KSC hosts rival Plymouth State University in a key Little East Conference game on Saturday (1:30 p.m.).