AUBURNDALE, Mass. - October 28, 2015 - The Colby-Sawyer field hockey team fell at Lasell, 5-2 in a regular season finale for both teams.

The Chargers even their record to 8-8 and will travel to Husson on Saturday for a North Atlantic Conference semifinal contest. Lasell improves to 10-8 and will host Johnson & Wales on Saturday for a Great Northeast Athletic Conference first round matchup.  

Senior Cristina Wilson (Wilmington, Mass.) paced the Lasers with her first hat trick of the season. Freshman Julia Franzik (Wallingford, Conn.) teamed up with freshman Cailin Flannery (Medford, N.J.) for the remainder of the hosts' scoring.

For the Chargers, senior Brittany Grandbois (East Barre, Vt.) opened the game's scoring with her ninth goal of the season, while senior Taylor O'Connor (Franklin, N.H.) ended the game with her third tally of the year.

The Chargers scored first 3:12 into the game when Grandbois collected a rebound from freshman Jordan Teixeira's (Exeter, NH) initial shot. The Lasers fired right back at 5:32, as Wilson put away a rebounded shot from Flannery to knot the game at 1-1. 

Following a Franzik goal, assisted by senior Ashlee Pechulis (Westfield, Mass.), Wilson went on to score two more goals in the winning effort. Flannery wrapped up Lasell's offense with an open net goal from senior Ashley Gleason (Suffield, Conn.) for the 4-2 advantage.

O'Connor netted the final goal of the contest at 67:37 when she deposited a pass from junior Allyse Mullen (Wilder, Vt.), but the Lasers held on for the 5-2 final. 

Sophomore goalkeeper Brianna Kulvete (Templeton, Mass.) recorded her first win of the season (1-0), with three saves in 35 minutes of work, while sophomore Denise Landry (New Milford, Conn.) stopped two shots on net in second-half relief. Chargers senior goalkeeper Jodi Dumayne (Claremont, N.H.) recorded 14 saves in the setback.  

Colby-Sawyer senior Becca Hashem recorded her team leading second defensive save of the season. 

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