WPI 1, Wheaton 0

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Worcester, MA ---  The Wheaton College and WPI field hockey teams played to a one-goal decision for the fourth time in five years on Tuesday, as the Engineers picked up a 1-0 victory during NEWMAC action on Clark Field.
 
The Lyons lost their third straight in slipping to 5-6 overall and 1-1 in the league, while WPI snapped an eight-game losing streak to the Blue and White in improving to 8-3 and 2-1. Five of the Engineers' wins have now come via a shutout, while the other three were in overtime.
 
Senior Andrea Bagley (Foxboro, MA) made four saves for Wheaton, while senior keepers Allie Griffin (Billerica, MA) and Elizabeth Ray (Simsbury, CT) split time for WPI. Griffin made five saves for the win, and Ray had three in relief.
 
Wheaton finished with advantages of 14-11 in shots and 14-7 in penalty corners, as it had two chances to score during an early penalty-corner sequence in the ninth minute. Sophomore Bonnie Davies' (Roxbury, CT) drive was knocked away by Griffin, and classmate Emily Asack's (Stoughton, MA) follow-up attempt was wide. WPI senior Kelly Johnson (Buxton, ME) made a defensive save midway through the stanza.
 
In the 25th minute, WPI freshman Maggie Wigley (Bridgewater, MA) sent a strike from the top of the circle that Bagley kicked away, but the Engineers broke the deadlock soon thereafter. Wigley pushed a penalty-corner entry pass to sophomore Celena Dopart (Washington, DC), whose stick stop set up Johnson's drive into the lower left of the cage at 25:09.
 
Wheaton pushed to tie during the second half, with junior Jessica Strock (Centerville, MA) having an opportunity denied in the 54th minute by Ray before grabbing the rebound and backhanding a shot over the cage. Sophomore Catherine Fitzgerald's (Charlton, MA) hit from the top of the arc in the 58th minute was also stopped.
 
The Lyons cap their six-game homestand by taking on five-time defending NEWMAC Tournament champion Springfield College on Saturday at 1pm. As part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Wheaton will host a Play 4 the Cure event during the contest to benefit the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation.  WPI concludes a brief two game road trip on Saturday with a trip to Mount Holyoke.  Play is scheduled to begin at 1pm.  

Release Courtesy Wheaton Sports Information