Field Hockey Falls To Becker, 4-0 In NECC Semifinal Contest

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LEICESTER, MA – Fourth-seeded Elms College freshman goalkeeper Alexandra Bonavita (Agawam, MA) saved 11 shots, but Victoria Sirchia (Goshen, CT) paced No. 1 Becker College’s attack with a goal and an assist to lift the Hawks to a 4-0 victory over the Blazers in Tuesday evening’s New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Championship field hockey tournament semifinal contest at Alumni Field.

With the loss, Elms concludes its 2009 campaign with a 3-14 overall record. Becker improved to 12-8 on the season and advances to the championship contest against either No. 2 Wheelock or No. 3 Daniel Webster. The Hawks will host the game at 1pm on Saturday, Nov. 7 at Alumni Field.

Becker jumped out to an early lead when Nicole Lijana (Moorestown, NJ) scored just 1:59 into the contest. Sirchia put the Hawks up 2-0 right before the end of the first period (33:37) when she broke through the Blazers’ defense and finished with a scoring strike.

Sirchia then helped put the game out of reach when she tipped the ball to Carly Barone (Attleboro, MA) who fired the ball into the back of the net to extend the lead to 3-0 in the 50th minute of play.

Kayla Messina (Somerville, MA) added the final goal of the contest at the 55:31 mark, giving Becker a 4-0 lead.