UMass Dartmouth Edges Endicott, 2-1

BEVERLY, Mass. – A redirection goal in the waning minutes by senior forward Morgan Bresnahan (South Burlington, Vt.) avoided the shutout, but it wasn't enough as the Endicott field hockey team fell 2-1 to the visiting UMass Dartmouth Corsairs Thursday night at North Field.

With the loss, Endicott drops to 2-2 overall (0-0 CCC), while UMass Dartmouth improves to 2-1, (0-0 Little East).

Sophomore forward Delaney Burns (Wayne, N.J.) sparked the Corsairs' offense as she found the back of the cage twice and provided all the scoring UMass Dartmouth needed to put away the Gulls on this rainy night in Beverly.

Burns deposited her second goal of the season in the 34th minute with an assist by senior forward/midfielder Jill Levrault (Somerset, Mass.) and banked her team-leading third season goal into the back right off a pass from senior midfielder Caroline Daubitz (Feeding Hills, Mass.) in the 46th minute.

Bresnahan gave the Gulls a ray of hope with her third goal of the season on a deflected shot she tipped into the back right of the cage from senior midfielder Ashleigh Allen (Glastonbury, Conn.) with seconds less than three minutes remaining in the game.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE    

• Bresnahan has scored in consecutive games for the first time since her sophomore season in which she tallied goals on Oct. 12 and Oct. 14 in 6-1, 6-2 victories over Western New England and Roger Williams, respectively.
• Today's match saw Endicott and UMass Dartmouth meet for the seventh consecutive season. The Gulls lead the all-time matchup 4-3 dating back to the 2009 season.
• Endicott has a 3-1 record at home against UMass Dartmouth and 1-2 on the road, with tonight's loss marking the Gulls' first home loss in the series.
• The Gulls are a perfect 3-0 in even years and 1-3 in odd years in this series.
• Five of the seven games in this series have been decided by one goal.
• Today's match was UMass Dartmouth's third straight game decided by one goal and second consecutive road victory.
• All four of the Gulls' wins against the Corsairs have been of the one-goal margin variety.
• The Corsairs have outscored the Gulls 19-14 all-time including tonight's scores.
• When scoring first in this series, the Gulls are 3-0, though when UMass Dartmouth scores first like tonight, the Gulls are 1-3.
• The last time the Gulls trailed 2-0 was Nov. 1, 2014 against Gordon in their last game of the regular season.

FOR THE FOES

• Burns scored her second and third goals of the season as the Corsairs recorded just five shots in the game.
• Two goals in a single game is a career-high for Burns.
• Levrault, who picked up her first assist of the season, was the last UMass Dartmouth player to score two goals for her team in the all-time UMass Dartmouth-Endicott series, which she did in last season's meeting.
• Daubitz also recorded her first assist of the season.
• Sophomore goalkeeper Allison Burke (Franklin, Mass.) earned her second win of the season, and made eight saves, her lowest total on the season thus far, though seven came in the first half as the Corsairs managed to protect a 1-0 lead despite 12 Endicott shots in the stanza.
• Sophomore midfielder/defender Erin Kish (Littleton, Mass.) registered the first defensive save of her career in the 11th minute.

NOTES

• The last time these two teams met was one year ago today, as Endicott edged UMass Dartmouth 3-2 in OT on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 at Endicott. Allen scored the game-winner.

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (2-2, 0-0 CCC) will host Colby College on Sunday, September 13 at 1:00 p.m.

UMass Dartmouth (2-1, 0-0 Little East) returns to action on Saturday, September 12 at 12:00 p.m. at home against Eastern Connecticut. 

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