For Immediate Release
September 9, 2009
Wellesley Sports Information
Release Courtesy NEC Sports Information
Lekas, Cushing Lead Wellesley Field Hockey in Win Over New England College
Box Score
Henniker, NH – Backed by two goals from Callie Lekas (Brewster, MA) and a goal and three assists from Kate Cushing (Danvers, MA), the Wellesley field hockey team defeated the New England College Pilgrims, 5-3, on Wednesday afternoon in Henniker. With the win the Blue remain undefeated on the season improving to 2-0 overall, while the Pilgrims fall to 1-2 on the season.
The Pilgrims would jump ahead early in the contest as junior Samantha Escobar (Rumney, NH) would lift a shot past the Blue defense just 3:36 into the game. Escobar would strike again just seven minutes later as she would score off a pass from Amanda Naime (York, ME) giving the Pilgrims the 2-0 lead.
Lekas would get Wellesley on the board sneaking in a rebound off the pads of Mary Roux at the 16:40 mark. The two teams would battle through the remainder of the first half scoreless as Wellesley would head into halftime holding the slight 8-7 advantage in shots.
The Pilgrims would stretch their lead to 3-1 early in the second half as Escobar would put in a pass from Miranda Tinsman (Belgrade, ME) off a corner just four minutes into the half.
The Wellesley offense would respond netting three goals in a span of six minutes, including the go ahead goal by Lekas at the 55:06 mark. Wellesley would tack on an insurance goal late as Sally Scudder (Delafield, Wisc.) would put in a nice cross from Cushing with just over a minute remaining in regulation.
Lekas finished the afternoon with two scores while Cushing, who dished out three assists, added a goal of her own.
Picking up the win in goal for Wellesley was Sarina Sawyer (Wilmette, IL) who recorded 10 saves. In net for NEC was Mary Roux (Auburn, MA) who stopped 12 Blue Pride shots.
New England College will be back in action on Saturday, Sept. 12 when they host conference opponent Regis College at 1:00 p.m. Wellesley will host Bowdoin College on Tuesday, Sept. 15 at 4:30 p.m.