WILLIAMSTOWN, MASS. 9/14/10- The Keene State College field hockey team fell to regional rival Williams College 3-2 on Tuesday night in Williamstown, Massachusetts. The owls who led 2-1 at the half, allowed two unanswered goals in the second half for their first loss of the season.

"If you have to lose to someone, losing to Williams on the road is okay," said head field hockey coach Amy Watson. "We came away with some positives and we will move on to little east play."

The Ephs started the scoring at the 17:32 mark, when Meera Sivalingam took a pass from Karyn Moss to give Williams the 1-0 lead.

The Owls got on the scoreboard less than two minutes later when senior captain Chelsea Blackmer (Boylston, Mass.) fed Nikki Smith (Southwick, Mass.) for her second goal of the season to even the game at one.

Late in the first half, a Williams' defender kicked the ball out of the goal to prevent Elizabeth Coffin (Sugar Hill, N.H.) from scoring causing the official to call for a penalty stroke. Coffin was up to the task beating Eph goaltender Katrina Tulla to give the Owls a 2-1 lead.

The Owls led the half with a 6-4 shot advantage and a 3-1 penalty corner edge. "I feel like the first half was very much back and forth," said Watson. "The second half Williams had control."

In the second half, Sivalingam added her second goal of the game and less than a minute later assisted teammate Nicole Perry's goal to give Williams the 3-2 non-conference victory.

Senior netminder Meghan Ledoux (Standish, Maine) made five saves and allowed three goals in the losing effort, while Tulla made three saves in the victory.

The Owls return to action Saturday, with a home Little East Conference match against Framingham State at 1:30 p.m.