Box Score NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass.- A total of 19 goals and seven different pointer getters led the Owls to their first victory of the season over the UMass-Dartmouth Corsairs on Wednesday evening. Keene State saw five of their seven goal scorers collect more than one goal on the night, of those including
Brigid Casey, who recorded her second seven-point effort of the young season.
Haile Ratajack netted a career high six goals in the 19-5 win from Cressy Field.
Records
- Keene State: 1-2, 1-1 LEC
- UMass-Dartmouth: 0-3, 0-2 LEC
How it Happened
Although Keene State did not get the start they were hoping for, as UMass-Dartmouth's Emma DeLacy netted the first goal of the evening, the Owls were able to quickly rebound and bury the first four out of five goals in the contest. Goalkeeper
Haley Terva kept the Owls in the contest in the early goings, collecting three free position shot saves fired by UMass-Dartmouth. Junior
Brigid Casey got the scoring going for the Owls, weaving her way through the Corsairs defense to find twine. Just over two minutes later, it was the Owls leading goal scorer on the early season
Haile Ratajack giving KSC the 2-1 lead, a lead they never gave up for the rest of the game. In fact, Ratajack would score the next three goals for Keene, giving them a 4-1 lead, which marked her ninth, tenth, and eleventh goals of the season. Bella Mancini would tally the next goal of the game, her third goal of the season, putting UMass-Dartmouth back in the contest.
Keene State would answer the tally by UMD as the Owls struck for another four-goal run. Freshman
Brooke Ellis would tally her first collegiate goal and point of her career to give the Owls the 6-2 lead just over halfway through the first half. A free position goal from Casey and the fourth tally of the night from Ratajack would give the Owls the early six goal advantage. With just over two minutes to play in the first half, it was once again the tandem of Ratajack and Casey finding twine.
Ali Daisy made a successful pass in to Ratajack in the middle of the crease where Ratajack was able to fire a shot past goalkeeper Tahlia Amaral. With just 23 seconds left in the half, KSC took the 10-3 lead with Casey's fourth of the half.
The second half brought more of the same for Keene State as senior
Ali Daisy opened the scoring just three and a half minutes into the half. Daisy picked up her fifth goal of the season. A quick response gave UMass-Dartmouth just a seven-goal disadvantage when Hannah Niemi found the back of the net off a free position attempt for her third goal of the campaign. The Owls defense shut the door on UMass-Dartmouth after that as the Owls registered the next eight goals in the half.
At the 22:11 mark,
Brigid Casey found the back of the net for her fifth and final goal of the evening, ending the night with seven points (5 G, 2 A). Keene State sophomore
Mindy St. Marie and senior
Megan Gorham would credit the next three goals for the Owls giving KSC the ten-goal advantage. St. Marie and Gorham net their first goals of the season, respectively.
Jackie DeAngelis,
Ali Daisy, and
Megan Gorham would tally the final four goals for the Owls as Keene State would come up with the eventual 19-4 win, marking the 18
thconsecutive victory for the Owls over the Corsairs.
Inside the Crease
- Sophomore Haile Ratajack and junior Brigid Casey combined for 11 out of the 19 goals on the evening for Keene State. Ratajack now credits 14 goals and 3 assists on the season, good for 17 points in three games. Casey has collected nine goals and added seven assists on the season, good for 16 points is the same number of games.
- KSC ripped a season high 33 shots and took 29 shots on goals. Keene State also scooped a season high 29 ground balls, led by Gorham and Ratajack who each collected five.
- Keene State goalkeeper Haley Terva came away with six saves in her first win on the season on 15 shots faced.
- After dropping their first five out of six meetings between the two teams in their history, KSC has now won 18 straight games against UMass-Dartmouth, scoring in double figures in all but one of those wins. The last loss for the Owls came on April 27, 2003.
- UMass-Dartmouth was led by Bella Mancini, who collected three goals and added an assist on the evening. Mancini picked up a season best four points in the contest.
- KSC caused 15 turnovers, with Shannon Weisensee collected two of those and eight players for the Owls having at least one credited caused turnover.
Up Next
- Keene State will travel to Mansfield, Connecticut and Rick McCarthy Field to take on the Warriors of Eastern Connecticut State on Saturday, April 10 for a 4:00 pm draw control.
- UMass-Dartmouth hits the road for the first time this season and makes a trip to Plymouth State for an afternoon matchup on Saturday, April 10. UMD is looking to break a 13-game losing streak against the Panthers.
