Box Score

BEVERLY, Mass. – The Endicott College field hockey team earned its first win of the season as the Gulls defeated UMaine-Farmington, 2-1, on Wednesday afternoon in Beverly, Mass. The Gulls improve to 1-1 this year behind goals from juniors \#Allison Forgues\# (Auburn, Maine) and \#Joanne Reid\# (Clarksville, Md.) while Farmington falls to 0-1 this year.

The first half saw all the scoring as Forgues put the Gulls on the board first, taking the ball from the top of the box and dribbling through the Beavers’ defense and scoring in the far right corner of the net for an early 1-0 lead. \#Joanne Reid\# would pad the lead to 2-0 later in the frame as the junior took a feed from \#Lauren Atkinson\# (Southbury, Conn.) and blasted a goal from just inside the circle.

UMaine-Farmington would respond nearly a minute later as Lilly Barry (Hermon, Maine) took a pass from Alyssa St. Pierre (Jay, Maine) off a rebound to cut the deficit to 2-1.

Both teams had opportunities in the second half as the Gulls took eight shots and the Beavers countered with six of their own. However, neither team could find the back of the net as the Gulls controlled the ball in the final minutes to earn their first win of 2009.

Endicott’s \#Taylor Teixeira\# (Exeter, N.H.) picked up her first career victory in net by making six saves and allowing the one goal. Farmington’s Sarah Brown (Windham, Maine) suffered the setback for the Beavers despite making three saves and splitting time with Felisha Taylor (Chelsea, Maine) who made four stops.

The Blue and Green begin TCCC play on Saturday when the Gulls travel to Springfield, Mass. for a matchup with Western New England College at 1:00 p.m. UMaine-Farmington returns to action on Saturday when they host Gordon College at 2:00 p.m. in Farmington, Maine.