Hamden’s Fanolis Lifts SCSU Field Hockey Team to First Win

HAMDEN, CT — Hamden’s Zoe Fanolis, a senior on the Southern Connecticut State University field hockey team, scored the game-winning goal off a penalty corner with 2 minutes, 27 seconds remaining as the Owls earned their first win of the season, 2-1 over Franklin Pierce, on Wednesday evening.

TEAM RECORDS: SCSU - 1-2: Franklin Pierce, 2-1

THE GAME-WINNER: Alicia Morgan (Stafford, Conn.) fed Bailey McGinnis (North Branford, Conn.) to start the eventual game-winning sequence. McGinnis then slipped a pass to Fanolis on the left, who lofted a shot into the top of the cage for her second goal of the year.

THE IGNITOR: Emma Perry (East Lyme, Conn.) netted her first collegiate goal at the 5:34 mark of the second half, knocking in a rebound to knot the score at 1-1. The Ravens had led since the8:25 mark of the game on a Kenady Kelly tally.

STANDING TALL: Owls' goalie Brianna Craft (Hamden, Conn.) made nine saves in the game and kept the Ravens off the scoreboard for the final 61:35 of the game.

UP NEXT: SCSU vs. Molloy, Saturday at 1 p.m. (Jess Dow Field)

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