Worcester, MA --- Danielle
Antonellis (Duxbury, MA) notched a hat trick to lead
WPI to a 5-1 victory over visiting Becker in a non-conference field
hockey contest on a rainy Thursday evening at Alumni
Field. The Engineers improve to 4-2 while the Hawks fall to
1-5 for the season.
Becker senior Carrie Ann Hart (Belfast, ME)
tipped in a score on a 10-yard blast from fellow midfielder
Victoria Sirchia (Goshen, CT) in the 13th minute
to put the Hawks ahead 1-0. WPI leveled the score at 1-1,
despite playing a player short due to a yellow card, when senior
forward Meghan
Linskey (Bridgewater, MA) deposited a goal after a
scrum in front of the net with just 15 seconds left before
intermission.
As the rain continued in the second half, the WPI offense took
over. In the 50th minute Antonellis scored her first of the
night on a penalty corner after an insertion from Maggie
Wigley (Bridgewater, MA) and a stick stop by
Celena
Dopart (Washington, DC). Less than three minutes
later, Antonellis successfully converted a penalty stroke to put
the hosts up 3-1.
Rookie Kathryn Roosa (Cotteskill, NY) got into
the scoring act at 61:01 when she put back a rebound that had
ricocheted off the post for her first career marker.
Antonellis completed the scoring and put a bow on her first
collegiate hat trick with 2:10 left when she smashed home a corner
after a Wigley insertion and a Megan Read
(Wrentham, MA) stick stop.
Liz
Dufresne (Worcester, MA) picked up the win in net for
WPI, stopping one shot over the final 35 minutes of play.
Aly
Caceres (Fall River, MA) made two saves in the first
half for the Engineers. Becker goalkeeper Samantha-Jo
Dilkes (Little Falls, NJ) stopped nine shots. while
Carolyn Steinbeiser (Pembroke, NH) was credited
with a defensive save for the Hawks.
The Engineers took 20 of the game's 24 shots and enjoyed a 18-1
advantage on penalty corners on the night.
WPI hosts Wheaton to begin NEWMAC conference play on Saturday at
noon in middle game of a five-game homestand. The Hawks are
idle until next Thursday when they travel to Worcester State in a
7pm match.
Story by Mark Therrien - WPI Athletics
