NEW LONDON, N.H. – October 8, 2016 – Freshman Alie Jones (Cape Neddick, Maine) scored with 2:16 left to play to lift the Colby-Sawyer field hockey team to a 2-1 North Atlantic Conference (NAC) victory over Thomas College on Saturday afternoon.

Colby-Sawyer wins a program record ninth game of the season to improve to 9-4 overall and 2-1 in conference play. The Chargers have seen an increase in wins every season since becoming varsity in 2011. Thomas falls to 3-9 overall and 1-2 in the NAC. The Terriers will host UMaine-Farmington next Saturday.

Sophomore Colleen Burke (Orange, Mass.) netted her first collegiate goal in the 12th minute to give Colby-Sawyer a 1-0 lead.

The Terriers found an equalizer in the waning moments of the first half as freshman Miranda Gagne (Winslow, Maine) finished a feed from sophomore Katie Taylor (Lebanon, Maine) with 1:09 left on the clock.

The second half did not feature many scoring chances as each team took a pair of shots. Alie Jones finally broke through in the 68th minute when she scored her team leading 11th goal off an assist from freshman Kailyn Lapham (Medway, Mass.)

Colby-Sawyer sophomore Xena Ras (Medfield, Mass.) made four saves in the win, while senior Abbie Charrier (Waldo, Maine) had five stops for Thomas.

The Chargers held a 10-7 edge in shots, while Thomas had an 8-5 advantage in penalty corners. 

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