KEENE, N.H. 9/22/07 - The Keene State field hockey team broke open a close game with four unanswered goals in the second half on the way to posting a 6-2 Little East Conference victory over Bridgewater State College at Owl Athletic Complex on Saturday.

Erin Dallas (Keene, N.H.) led the Owls (5-3, 2-1 LEC) with two goals and two assists.  Elizabeth Rand (Peterborough, N.H.) also added a pair of goals.

The teams traded goals in the first half with Carly Benning (Brewster, Mass.), who scored just 30 seconds into the game, and Rand scoring for the Owls. BSC countered with goals from Ashley Nardone (West Yarmouth, Mass.) and Katie Balboni (Townsend, Mass.)
  
Dallas added two goals and Rand and Kat Trimmer (Hanover, N.H.) also found the back of the net in the second half.  Dallas leads KSC in scoring with four goals and six assists for 14 points. 

Jennifer McDougall (Avon, Conn.) had two saves for KSC before giving way to Vikki Stoessel (Derry, N.H.) (one save) late in the first half.

Nicole Downs (Hanover, Mass.) finished with 13 saves for BSC (4-2, 1-2 LEC) which was off to its best start since the 1995 season.

The Owls travel to Westfield State on Wednesday (7 p.m.). Bridgewater is at Salem State on Wednesday (6 p.m.).