MANSFIELD, Conn. – Eastern Connecticut field hockey was doomed by early goals in a 3-1 loss to Salve Regina on Wednesday (Sept. 30).
Eastern (5-4) got its lone goal from senior
Grace Barlage and an assist from
Ella Rice. The Warriors were outshot by Salve Regina (6-3) 17-9 and 11-6 in shots on goal.
Salve got on the board first as the Seahawks had the ball on the endline and sent a pass in front of the Eastern net. Jordyn Pineau was waiting on the far post to put the ball into the net.
Just over a minute later, Salve doubled its lead as Eastern's goalie allowed a rebound to bounce right to the stick of a Seahawk, who fired it back and into the net to make it 2-0.
Ten minutes into the second period, Eastern got on the board. Rice had the ball at the top of the circle and made a good pass to Barlage, who beat her defender and fired one past Salve's goalie for her fourth goal of the season.
Salve collected its final goal on a penalty stroke with just over three minutes left in the game.
UP NEXT
Eastern begins Little East play on Saturday (Oct. 3) as the Warriors play host to Southern Maine at 12 p.m.
