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FIELD HOCKEY FALLS TO STONEHILL IN NE-10 QUARTERFINALS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                               FOR MORE INFORMATION October 27, 2004                                                                                Contact: Seth Cole                                                                                                          Phone: (802) 654-2537 EASTON, Mass.--  Second half goals by freshmen Caitlin Gleason (New Boston, N.H.) and Aly Boulis (Lincoln, R.I.) lifted ninth-ranked and fourth-seeded Stonehill to a 2-0 victory over 10th-ranked and fifth-seeded Saint Michael’s in quarterfinal round action of the 2004 Northeast-10 Conference Field Hockey Championships Wednesday afternoon at Gorman Field. The host Chieftains (13-8) advance to the Northeast-10 semi-final round for the second time in school history on Saturday to take on top-ranked and top-seeded Bentley (19-1), which swept the season series between the two schools by taking a pair of 2-1 regular season match-ups. After a scoreless first half of play, Gleason gave Stonehill the only goal it would need in the 47th minute of play with an unassisted tally, her team-leading 17th of the season, and Boulis provided an insurance marker exactly 11 minutes later when she converted a pass from senior Lauren Adams (North Andover, Mass.) for her fifth goal of the season to close out the scoring. Freshman Dani Ryder (Fiskdale, Mass.) made five saves to record her ninth shutout victory in goal for Stonehill, while senior Jess Anderson (Springfield, Vt.) made 10 stops in net for the visiting Purple Knights, who end their season at 8-11 overall.  The Chieftains outshot Saint Michael’s by a 16-6 margin for the match. Stonehill and Bentley play in one Northeast-10 semi-final on Saturday morning in Waltham, Mass. beginning at 11:00 a.m., while second-seeded UMass Lowell and third-seeded Southern Connecticut meet in the other semi-final at 2:00 p.m., as the Owls advanced with a 5-1 quarterfinal round win over sixth-seeded Merrimack on Wednesday afternoon in New Haven, Conn. FINAL: STONEHILL 2, SAINT MICHAEL’S 0                                                                                 1          2                      Total Saint Michael’s (8-11)                                               0          0          -               0 Stonehill (13-8)                                                          0          2          -               2 SCORING SUMMARY STO:   Caitlin Gleason (Unassisted)                      47:40 2nd STO:   Aly Boulis (Lauren Adams)                          58:40 2nd GOALIE SAVES SMC:   Jess Anderson—10 STO:   Dani Ryder—5 ###PURPLEKNIGHTS###

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