Meg Doherty scores her second goal of the contest.
WESTFIELD – Plymouth State scored three second half goals to erase two deficits and top Westfield State University in Little East field hockey action on Saturday, Sept. 27 at Alumni Field.
Westfield falls to 3-4 overall and 0-3 in conference play while Plymouth State improves to 5-1 and 3-0.
Emily Davis (Boscawen, N.H./ Merrimack Valley) tallied the final two goals with under nine minutes remaining, including the game winner in the 64th when she deflected a shot drove by Kristen Morris (Stoughton/ Stoughton).
Meg Doherty (Mansfield/ Mansfield) led the Owls’ offensive attack with two goals of her own. The first came off an Emily Williams (Deerfield/ Frontier Regional) corner via Kelsey Carpenter (Barre/ Quabbin Regional), marking the only tally of the first half.
Plymouth’s Sam Carberry (Shrewsbury, Pa./ Susquehannock) evened the score less than two minutes into the second half with an unassisted goal.
Meg Doherty responded with her second goal, blasting a shot from the top of the circle that found the upper left corner and gave Westfield a 2-1 edge.
Owl goalie Megan Fountaine (Scituate/ Scituate) turned away 5 of Plymouth’s 17 shots on the day.
Westfield State returns to Little East action on Sept., 30 traveling to Bridgewater State for a 7:00 p.m. start.
