Sharks Eliminated From NAC Tournament After Quarterfinal Loss

Simmons Field Hockey is poised to begin the 2010 season under new Head Coach Amanda Maxwell. The Sharks look to improve upon their 4-14 overall and 1-5 North Atlantic Conference record from 2009 under Maxwell?s guidance. Sixth-seeded Simmons Field Hockey was defeated by third-seeded University of Maine at Farmington, 6-1, in North Atlantic Conference field hockey first-round action Saturday at Prescott Field. With the loss, the Sharks end their season with a 6-11 record, while the Beavers (12-5) are scheduled to visit No. 2 Husson University in the NAC semifinals on Wednesday. Simmons Field Hockey wrapped up their fall 2010 season with the first trip to the North Atlantic Conference tournament the Sharks have taken in two years. Under first year Head Coach Amanda Maxwell, Simmons fought to a 6-11 overall record and 2-5 NAC record. Despite being knocked out of the tournament in the quarterfinals, the Sharks are ready to continue elevating the program in 2011. Simmons Field Hockey was named a 2010 National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division III National Academic Team, and eight athletes were named to the NFHCA National Academic Squad. The Sharks were recognized for achieving a team GPA of 3.00 or higher in the fall semester, while each athlete named to the Academic Squad earned a 3.30 or better in the fall 2010 semester.

Scoring Summary

1st - 4:18 - Lily Barry (Me.-Farmington)
1st - 9:03 - Lily Barry (Me.-Farmington)
1st - 23:28 - Hattie Laliberte (Me.-Farmington)
1st - 25:51 - Lee Sutherland (Simmons)
2nd - 39:31 - Emma Deans (Me.-Farmington)
2nd - 49:05 - Kaitlyn Bullen (Me.-Farmington)
2nd - 51:31 - Hattie Laliberte (Me.-Farmington)

Game Leaders

Simmons
G: Lee Sutherland - 1
A: Tj Cowin - 1
Sh: 2 Players (#9, #10) - 2
Sv: Renna Smith - 5
Me.-Farmington
G: 2 Players (#3, #9) - 2
A: Annie Agnew - 3
Sh: Hattie Laliberte - 3
Sv: Sarah Brown - 2

Team Stats

Simmons
Me.-Farmington

Shots (on goal)

4 (3)
15 (11)

Saves

5
2

Fouls

0
0

Penalty Corners

6
17
full stats
Posted: Oct 30, 2010

Sixth-seeded Simmons Field Hockey was defeated by third-seeded University of Maine at Farmington, 6-1, in North Atlantic Conference field hockey first-round action Saturday at Prescott Field. With the loss, the Sharks end their season with a 6-11 record, while the Beavers (12-5) are scheduled to visit No. 2 Husson University in the NAC semifinals on Wednesday.

Hattie Laliberte (Guilford, Maine) led Farmington with two goals and an assist, while Annie Agnew (Guilford, Maine) assisted on three goals and Lily Barry (Hermon, Maine) chipped in two goals. Emma Deans (Gorham, Maine) with a goal and an assist and Kaitlyn Bullen (Farmington, Maine) with a goal completed the scoring for the winners.

Lee Sutherland (Tuftonboro, N.H.) scored off a TJ Cowin (Newry, Maine) assist for the Sharks, who were outshot 15-4.

Barry finished off crosses by Laliberte and Agnew to give the Beavers a 2-0 9:03 into the contest. Laliberte netted an unassisted marker to push the hosts lead to 3-0 at 23:28. Sutherland slimmed the deficit to 3-1 at intermission.

Despite being held to four second-half shots, Deans, Bullen and Laliberte each collected scores to help Farmington pull away for the 6-1 win.

Sarah Brown (Windham, Maine) manned the pipes for Farmington with two saves. Simmons keeper Renna Smith (Belfast, Maine) stopped five shots for the Sharks.

Scoreboard
  • Sat, 10/28 Field Hockey vs. No. 5 New England College L, 2-1 (Final) RC | BX | V | Program
  • Tue, 10/24 Field Hockey at Saint Joseph's College of Maine W, 5-0 (Final) RC | BX | V
  • Sat, 10/21 Field Hockey at Anna Maria W, 2-1 (Final) RC | BX | V
  • Wed, 10/18 Field Hockey vs. Dean W, 7-0 (Final) RC | BX | V | PR
  • Sat, 10/14 Field Hockey vs. Regis (Mass.) W, 10-0 (Final) RC | BX | V | Program