PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Senior
Emily Downing scored her fifth goal of the season 4:10 into overtime to lift the JWU (Providence) field hockey team to a 1-0 win over Nichols College on Senior Night Saturday in Conference of New England (CNE) action at the Scotts Miracle-Gro Athletic Complex.
Senior
Rayne Millett fed classmate
Ava Pontes for a one-timer that was redirected in by Downing for the only goal of the match to give the Wildcats their second conference win of the season (7-4 overall).
Senior goalie
Sophia Brea – who, along with Millett, Downing, Pontes, and
Hannah Geil were honored prior to the start of the contest for their contributions to the program – finished with one save to earn her seventh win of the season.
The Wildcats outshot the Bison (4-7, 2-3 CNE) by a 13-2 margin and finished with an 8-1 advantage in penalty corners. Downing led all student-athletes with four shots.
