Early Offense Boosts Wellesley Past Mount Holyoke, 3-1

WELLESLEY, Mass. – A pair of first quarter goals led Wellesley College field hockey to a 3-1 NEWMAC win over rival Mount Holyoke on Friday night at Butler Stadium.

First year Alex Butulis (Raleigh, N.C.) tipped in a ball off of a shot from classmate Katie Golla (Oak Park, Ill.) late in the first quarter to give the Blue (5-3 Overall, 2-0 NEWMAC) the lead. Two minutes later, junior Sara Maniscalco (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) scored a first career goal on a shot that found the back left corner of the cage to double Wellesley's lead.

Wellesley senior River Schiff (Potomac, Md.) drove through the arc and ripped a shot past Mount Holyoke's keeper in the second quarter to give the Blue a 3-0 lead going into halftime.

In the dying seconds of the third quarter, senior Laurissa Montigny (Enfield, Conn.) scored a seventh goal of the season for the Lyons (5-4 Overall, 0-2 NEWMAC). Montigny came out of a scramble with the ball and found the right side of the cage as the buzzer sounded.

Mount Holyoke goalie Rachel Katzenberg (Reisterstown, Md.) made seven saves for the Lyons while Wellesley senior Kyra Deehr-Lewis (Newtown, Pa.) stopped four shots in the winning effort.

Wellesley outshot Mount Holyoke 13-8, while the Lyons took one more penalty corner (6) than the Blue (5).

The Blue host U. of New England in a non-conference game on Wednesday, September 27 at 5:00 PM while the Lyons travel to Elms on Tuesday, September 26 at 7:00 PM.