KEENE, N.H.10/25/08 - Junior forward Carly Benning (Brewster, Mass.) netted three goals to lead Keene State to a 5-0 Little East Conference field hockey victory over Fitchburg State at Owl Athletic Complex on Saturday.

Keene State (14-4, 10-0) remains undefeated in conference play.  Fitchburg falls to 7-9 (4-6 LEC).

Senior back Alyssa Rowell (Queensbury, N.Y.) and Benning scored first half goals for KSC.  In the second half, Benning scored a pair, her ninth and 10th goals of the season five minutes apart to give the Owls a 4-0 lead.  Rowell completed the scoring with her second of the game and 10th of the season at the 58:24 mark.

KSC junior midfielder Erin Dallas (Marlow, N.H.) also picked up a couple of assists.

Sophomore goalie Meghan Ledoux (Standish, Me.) making her first start of the season, made one save to register her first career shutout. 

Sophomore Taylor Van Ahnen (Seekonk, Mass.) stopped nine shots for the Falcons.

KSC had a 21-3 advantage in shots and an 11-1 lead in penalty corners.

Keene State is at Smith College on Thursday (6 p.m.).

Fitchburg, which has dropped its last five games, is at Southern Maine next Saturday (1 p.m.).