WESTON, Mass. - Regis College took the early lead and stayed with Colby-Sawyer College throughout the first half, but the Chargers pulled away in the second half to defeat the Pride, 6-1, Wednesday evening in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) field hockey match at Regis Stadium.
The Pride took the lead 6:45 into the match when Chloe Grande (Topsfield, Mass.) followed up her own shot with a rebound that found the back of the netfor her second goal in three matches. Regis created another scoring chance less than a minute later when Frankie Alley (Gardner, Mass.) took a shot that was kicked away by Charger goalie Lauren Wilkinson.
The Chargers started to increase their offensive pressure in the second quarter thanks to consecutive shots by Aoife Daly and Emma Webster that were stopped by Regis goalie Jocelyn White (Wilmington, Mass.). Just over one-and-a-half minutes into the period, Aleah Murph redirected a feed from Taylor Gaudette into the net for her 10th goal of the season.
With three minutes gone from the second quarter, Webster started a penalty corner play and then stationed herself at the left post, where Gaudette sent a pass for Webster to tip into the net for the go-ahead tally. Colby-Sawyer created eight penalty corner opportunities and took 13 total shots in the second period, but White made five saves to keep the Pride within one at halftime, 2-1.
In the third quarter, Gaudette sent a pass across the field that found Daly, who scored her 14th goal of the season. Three minutes later, White was able to turn away a shot by Daly, but Sarah Babb collected the rebound and found the back of the net for her fourth goal of the season.
Gaudette collected her fourth and fifth assists of the match in the fourth quarter on goals by Webster in the 50th minute and by Murph with three seconds remaining in the contest. Webster and Daly led the Chargers with seven shots apiece, followed closely by Murph with six total shots.
White finished with a season-high 14 saves for the Pride, the ninth time in her career she has collected 10 or more saves in a single match. Wilkinson finished with two saves as she picked up her 12th victory of the season.
Regis College (3-13) finishes the regular season tied with University of Saint Joseph for eighth in the GNAC standings with a 3-8 league mark, but the Blue Jays will claim the final spot in the GNAC Tournament based on their 4-0 victory over the Pride Oct. 7. Colby-Sawyer (12-5) ends up in a tie with Saint Joseph's College for third place in the final standings with an 8-3 league mark and will host a GNAC Tournament quarterfinal match Saturday, Oct. 29.