WORCESTER, Mass. — New Haven field hockey (1-11) dropped an 8-0 road decision to Holy Cross (8-4) on Wednesday.
Lambert played 60:00 in goal and finished with 13 saves.
Caroline Kelly (Leominster, Mass./Leominster) added two defensive saves,
Jordan Gagliastro (Worcester, Mass./Doherty Memorial) recorded a team-high two shots,
Allie Brown (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield Memorial) had one defensive save and
Abbie Volfman (Clarksburg, Md./Clarksburg) put one shot on goal.
Holy Cross put New Haven behind at 3:25, when Marissa MacLean scored off an assist from Meredith Schepens for the opening goal. Lambert made a save on Kendall Brady at 8:10, but Holy Cross added another goal at 8:17 as Saskia Williams scored with assists from Isabel McElgunn and Marianna Maclean. Holy Cross later earned a penalty corner and sent an Ava Huntley shot wide at 14:18, leaving the Chargers down 2-0 at the end of the first quarter.
The Blue & Gold generated the first chance of the second quarter, earning a Volfman penalty corner at 16:28 before Gagliastro's shot went wide five seconds later. Holy Cross produced the next run of chances, with Lambert saving shots by McElgunn at 21:03 and Williams at 22:02 before Carolina di Gregorio Giralt scored at 22:02 to make it 3-0.
Lambert added saves on Maclean at 22:09 and 29:38, but Holy Cross converted a Martina Di Gregorio goal off a Maclean assist at 24:53 and an Abigail Kent penalty stroke at 29:39. Holy Cross led 5-0 at halftime.
After Holy Cross put an early shot wide, the Chargers created their first chance of the third quarter on Volfman's penalty corner at 33:52, with Volfman's ensuing shot saved by Madison Clark. Holy Cross came back with three shots in a 27-second span, but Lambert saved Maclean's attempt between wide efforts from Ainsley Clough and Di Gregorio.
The pressure continued near the 40-minute mark, as Lambert made five saves around a penalty-corner sequence and Maclean hit the post before Alexa Birch scored from di Gregorio Giralt at 41:02 to make it 6-0. Holy Cross earned three more penalty corners after the goal, with Brown recording a defensive save on Jocelyn Monti, and the score remained 6-0 at the end of the third quarter.
Holy Cross pressed first in the fourth quarter, earning a penalty corner at 49:14 before Lambert saved Di Gregorio's shot and McElgunn scored at 49:26 to push the score to 7-0. Clough set up CeCe Honeker at 53:35 for another Holy Cross goal, making it 8-0. The Blue & Gold kept the margin there with Kelly's defensive saves at 54:33 and 56:18 around Lambert's stop on Huntley at 56:15, and Holy Cross finished with an 8-0 win.
Chargers Top Performers
Cara Lambert (Sutton, Mass./Sutton Memorial)
- 13 saves
- 60:00 in goal
Caroline Kelly (Leominster, Mass./Leominster)
- 2 defensive saves
Jordan Gagliastro (Worcester, Mass./Doherty Memorial)
- Team-high 2 shots
Allie Brown (Haddonfield, N.J./Haddonfield Memorial)
- 1 defensive save
Abbie Volfman (Clarksburg, Md./Clarksburg)
- 1 shot on goal
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New Haven will host Merrimack College on Friday, Oct. 16, at noon at Ralph F. DellaCamera Stadium in West Haven, Connecticut.
