AMHERST, MA - The Amherst College field hockey team fell to 4-6 overall and 2-4 in conference play with a heartbreaking 1-0 loss to visiting Colby College (6-5/2-5 NESCAC) on Saturday. Colby sophomore Christine Maloney (Wellesley, MA) scored the game-winner 7:46 into the opening period off a feed from senior Adrienne LeClair (Boxford, MA), handing the Jeffs their fourth consecutive loss. 

Amherst senior goalie K.C. Cosentino (Greenwich, CT) tallied a whopping 19 saves in defeat, as the Mules outshot the Jeffs 21-3. Colby sophomore goalie Molly Rice (S. Portland, ME) needed just two saves to notch her fourth shutout of the season. 

Amherst returns to action Wednesday at 4 p.m. at NESCAC rival Connecticut College.