COLCHESTER, Vt. – Wrapping up the regular season on the road, the New Haven field hockey team will enter the postseason with momentum on its side following a 1-0 road win over the Molloy Lions on Saturday afternoon, the Chargers third straight victory to close out the regular season. With the final tally, New Haven stands at 8-10 on the season and wrap up Northeast-10 action with a 7-6 record.
Heading into the final game, the Chargers had already secured a berth in the postseason conference tournament, having guaranteed a seventh place finish in the league standings. With the completion of the remaining games around the league, New Haven has learned its first round opponent as the Chargers will head to Manchester, N.H. to take on the second seeded Southern New Hampshire Penmen. First round action is set for Monday, November 4 with kickoff between the Chargers and Penmen scheduled for 6:00 p.m. All of the action throughout the conference postseason will be carried live on NE10 Now on Flo Sports.
After more than 53+ minutes of scoreless action between the Lions and Chargers, senior Johannah Lee (State College, Pa./State College Area) concluded her final regular season game with her second goal of the season. In a play that began as a turnover on the Lions deep in the Chargers zone, Eliza Caven (Caledon, Ontario/Humberview Secondary) restarted play sending the ball to the midfield where Kelli Jacobson (North Branford, Conn./North Branford) collected and sent a long pass deep into the arc. Senior Kat Trammel (Sandy Hook, Conn./Newtown) collected that pass just in front of the keeper and sent the ball back to Lee who fired a shot that split the wickets going right between the keepers pads and smacked the backboard.
Overall for the game, New Haven held a 13-4 shot advantage over the Lions, placing more than half of those, eight total on goal which forced the Lions keeper to make seven saves. On the flip side all four of Molloy's shots were marked on goal with New Haven keeper Cara Lambert (Sutton, Mass./Sutton Memorial) registering four saves in what was her second shutout of the season.
