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GALLOWAY, N.J. – The Manhattanville field hockey team suffered their second setback of the 2011 season falling to Richard Stockton by the score of 7-4 on Tuesday night. The loss drops the Valiants to 8-2 on the season.
Manhattanville fell behind within the first four minutes of the contest when Susie Balidemaj scored to give the Ospreys the early 1-0 lead. Junior Kayla Meenan (Warminster, Pa./William Tennent) tied the game less than two minutes later when she netted her eighth of the season on a pass from sophomore Amanda DeChent (Putnam Valley, N.Y./Putnam Valley).
For the remainder of the opening period the goal scoring was all in favor of the Ospreys, as they opened up a 5-1 margin heading into the halftime break. Richard Stockton also opened the second half with a goal 54 seconds into the second period for the largest lead of the game at 6-1.
Meenan struck once again at the 42:59 mark after receiving a pass from DeChent, as the duo struck for the second time in the contest to trim the margin by one. The two teams remained scoreless for the next seven minutes until the Ospreys scored once again with Balidemaj netting her third goal of the contest.
In the final 10 minutes of the contest sophomore Britney Themistocles (Kingston, N.Y./Kingston) netted a pair of goals to cut the final score to 7-4. Themistocles' goal at the 61:57 mark was assisted by Meenan, who had five points on the evening. The final tally off the stick of Themistocles was assisted by sophomore Megan Greene (Jamestown, R.I./North Kingstown).
Taking the loss for the Valiants was sophomore Amy Hilton (Pittsburgh, Pa./Kents Hill (Maine)), who made five saves in the losing effort. Collecting the win was starting keeper Liz Stankiewicz, who collected two saves and allowed the first two to Meenan in 56:20. Coming on in relief for the Ospreys was Taylor Snyder, who made one save and allowed the final two Valiant goals.
The Valiants (8-2) will return to conference play at home this Saturday against the Misericordia Cougars at 1:00 p.m. The game can be seen live on GoValiants.TV while live stats will also be available at GoValiants.com. Richard Stockton also returns to conference play in the NJAC this Saturday to take on Kean at 2 p.m.
