Blazers Win GNAC Matchup vs. Regis

Weston, MA – The Elms Blazers women's field hockey team picked up their second Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) win against Regis College this afternoon, 6-1.

THE BASICS

FINAL SCORE: Elms 6 | Regis 1
RECORDS: Elms (2-3, 2-1 GNAC) | Regis College (0-3, 0-2 GNAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

The first period remained scoreless until just 1:24 remained on the clock when, after a penalty corner, Carissa Ramirez of Elms corralled her own rebound and fed Ellie Serra for the first goal of the contest. Regis quickly responded with its own scoring chance, but a shot was turned away by Blazer goalie Nora Newman.

The Blazers continued to pressure the Pride defense early in the second period, resulting in a goal by Ramirez off an assist from Snejana Lashtur just over two minutes into the period. Ramirez picked up another goal almost two-and-a-half minutes later to increase the Elms advantage to 3-0.

With 4:26 remaining before halftime, Regis gained a penalty stroke opportunity cutting the Elms lead to 3-1 heading into halftime.

The Blazers pulled away in the second half thanks to a third period goal by Katie Jones as well as fourth period tallies from Victoria Accorsi and Ramirez, completing her hat trick. Ramirez led all players with nine total shots, while Jones finished with seven shots for the Blazers.
 

 INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

- Carissa Ramirez scored 3 goals out of her 9 shots.
- Ellie Serra, Katie Jones and Victoria Accorsi all saw goals.
- Elizabeth Collins, Katie Jones and Carissa Ramirez all had assists.
- Nora Newman saw 5 saves for the day.

UP NEXT:

- The Blazers are home this Monday, 9/20 hosting University of Saint Joseph (CT) Blue Jays at 4:00 PM

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