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Emily Huehn 2 WPI 91025
Kris Dufour
2
Winner Amherst AMHERST (8-5, 3-5)
1
Bates BATES (8-5, 3-5)
Winner
Amherst AMHERST
(8-5, 3-5)
2
Final
1
Bates BATES
(8-5, 3-5)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Amherst AMHERST 2 0 0 0 2
Bates BATES 0 0 0 1 1

Game Recap: Field Hockey |

Mammoths hold on to edge #21 Bates, 2-1, for conference road win

LEWISTON, Me..-- The Amherst College field hockey team defeated Bates College, 2-1, in an away game today. The Mammoths now hold an 8-5 record on the season. 

Up next for the Mammoths is a home game against Wesleyan University next Saturday at 12 p.m.

GAME HIGHLIGHTS:

* Amherst struck early into quarter one, and Bates never recovered. Just five minutes and seven seconds into the game, Devon Watson drew a penalty corner and successfully put the ball back into play. Six seconds later, Emily Huehn assisted Genevieve Caruso to score the first goal of the game, her 12th this season. 

*Dylan Bloom continued with the momentum, recovering a shot fired by Emma Zhang that was blocked by Bates. She swiftly passed to Cate LaFreniere, who then fired a rocket that soared past Bates' goalie and scored a security goal for the Mammoths. Amherst entered the second quarter with a 2-0 advantage. 

* Amherst protected their lead in the second quarter. Bates managed to fire three shots in the final three minutes of the quarter, two of which were blocked and one of which was saved by goalie Grace Puchalski. Caruso attempted a promising shot three minutes into quarter three that was blocked. The Mammoths entered the final quarter still maintaining their two-goal lead. 

* Bates fired four shots in quarter four, three of which were saved by goalie Puchalski, but one of which found a gap. However, with the security goal on the board, the Mammoths walked away with a well-secured victory. 

BY THE NUMBERS:

* Amherst outshot Bates, 9-8

* Amherst outsaved Bates, 4-1. Puchalski made all 4 saves.
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