September 30, 2006

Castleton improves to 2-1 in NAC with 4-1 victory over Elms  

Chicopee, MA - Elms College junior midfielder Ellen Silva (Palmer, MA) netted her first goal of the season, but Castleton State College sophomore midfielder Carolyn Griggs (Lincoln, VT) scored three goals to lift the visiting Spartans to a 4-1 win over the Blazers in Saturday's North Atlantic Conference (NAC) field hockey game at Leary Field.

Griggs tallied her team-leading seventh, eighth and ninth goals of the season, including a pair in the second half for the Spartans, who won for the second time in their last three games to improve to 4-5 overall, 2-1 NAC. Elms College fell to 0-9 overall, 0-4 NAC.

Griggs opened the scoring on a shot to the right corner that beat Elms College senior goalkeeper Colleen Strunk (Stoneham, MA).

Freshman forward Bea Thomson (Bennington, VT) netted her first collegiate goal 11 four minutes into the second half to extend the Spartans' lead to 2-0.

Silva cut the Blazers' deficit in half with 11:03 remaining off a penalty corner, but Griggs answered with two more goals over the final 6:08 to close the scoring.

Strunk finished with 19 saves for the Blazers in the loss, while sophomores Trisha Clark (East Dover, VT) and Jessica Viens (Waterbury, VT) combined for two stops in the victory.

Castleton is back in action on Saturday, October 7 when they play host to University of Maine-Farmington in a 1:00 PM North Atlantic Conference match-up. [Box Score]

Coaches' Players of the Game: Carolyn Griggs, Trishia Fellows

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