Field Hockey Drops 6-0 Decision to Keene State

KEENE, N.H. -- Senior Elizabeth Coffin (Sugar Hill, N.H.) scored two goals to lead the Keene State College field hockey team to a 6-0 Little East Conference shutout victory over Bridgewater State University at Owl Athletic Complex on Saturday.

The Owls (2-0, 1-0 LEC), who have scored 15 goals in their first two games, have opened the season with consecutive shutouts. Bridgewater State falls to 0-2 (0-1 LEC).

Keene State, which dominated play from the start, went up 2-0 at the half. Coffin's fist goal came at the 9:12 mark when she took a long 30-yard pass from sophomore Katlyn Simula (Bridgewater, N.H.) and tipped the ball past Bear junior goalie Cassie Johansen (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y.).

Simular finished the game with a couple of assists for the Owls.

Sophomore Leddy Gallagher (Acton, Mass.) put KSC up 2-0 on a deflection that went into the high corner of the net. The Owls added four unanswered goals in the second half. Coffin put a shot into the far corner for her second goal of the game to make it 3-0. Senior Kalin Billert (Center Conway, N.H.) and freshman Julia Forgione (Windham, N.H.) netted goals three minutes apart to extend the Owls' lead to 5-0. Billert was set up in front on a crossing pass by senior captain Jackie Benson (Hampstead, N.H.) and Forgione tipped in a pass from Gallagher. Senior Nikki Smith (Southwick, Mass.) concluded the scoring with a low, hard drive into the bottom left side of the net.

Keene State freshmen goalies Caitlin Davino-Draper (Hanover, Mass.) and D.J. Cassidy (Lowell, Mass.), seeing her first collegiate game action, shared the shutout for KSC. Davino-Draper played the first 49:35 and made one save while Cassidy played the final 20:25 and didn't register a save.

Johansen and sophomore Kacie Sturgeon (Dartmouth, Mass.) each saw time in goal for the Bears. Johansen, who played 20:04 and made eight saves, had two nice stops near the end of the game, knocking a way a high shot by the Owls' Alyce Ferenc (Rumney, N.H.) and later diving to her right and denying a bid by Kerry Howe (Atlantic Highlands, N.J.).

Keene State outshot BSC 23-3 and had an 11-2 advantage in corner opportunities. Keene State has a non-conference clash against Williams College on Tuesday (6 p.m.). Bridgewater is at Salve Regina on Tuesday.