FH: Lasers beat Bison

Newton, MA-

The Lasell University field hockey team beat the Nichols College Bison 2-1 Tuesday afternoon in a non-conference match-up at Grellier Field. The win improves the Lasers to 4-2 on the season and the loss moves Nichols to 4-4 on the year.

The Lasers got on the board early in the first quarter when Junior forward Lily Stark (Saco, ME) and Freshman midfielder Madison Raymond (Concord, NH) produced a give and go which resulted in Stark shooting the ball into the back to make it 1-0 Lasers.

The Lasers added to their lead in the second quarter when Stark passed the ball through the Bison defenders to Senior forward Sheridan Blaha (Waltham, MA). Blaha only had the goalie to beat as she shot the ball into the net.

At the half, it was 2-0 in favor of Lasell.

The Bison would get on the board at the 41:04 mark when Freshman forward Kaelyn Casper (Hatfield, PA) found Freshman forward Taylor Breen (Shrewsbury, MA) who then shot the ball into the net.

Goalie Courtney Tello (Nashua, NH) made nine saves in the contest for the Lasers and Megan Fuchs (Woodbury, CT) had 10 saves for the Bison.

The Lasers will travel to New London New Hampshire on Saturday to play Colby-Sawyer at 12:00 p.m. The Bison also play on Saturday as they host Gordon at 12 p.m.