DUDLEY, Mass. – Freshman Laura Lyons (New Milford, Conn.) scored her first collegiate goal in Nichols College's 3-2 loss to Gordon College in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) field hockey action Friday afternoon at Vendetti Field.
 
Sophomore Lauren LeMay (Tyngsborough, Mass.) also scored for the Bison, who trailed 3-0 at halftime but outshot the Fighting Scots 9-3 over the final 35 minutes to get back into the contest.
 
Gordon opened the scoring on a goal by sophomore Rosalind Keeley (Winterport, Maine) 3:26 into the game. The Fighting Scots made it 2-0 on freshman Sabrina Jandreau's (Winslow, Maine) second of the season at 18:23 before a penalty stroke goal off the stick of junior Emily Allcroft (Haydensville, Mass.) extended the lead to 3-0 at 23:44.
 
Lyons got the Bison on the board at 61:27 with a goal off a rebound, and LeMay's knocked home a rebound off a defensive save to bring Nichols to within one.


Senior Shannon Hicks (Scarborough, Maine) recorded six saves for Gordon while freshman Brooke Misbach (Guilford, Conn.) stopped five shots.

All-Time Series
This afternoon's contest marked the 44th all-time meeting between Nichols College and Gordon College. The Fighting Scots have won the last seven meetings and now lead the series, 26-17-1.
 
Next Games
Nichols (1-9, 0-5 CCC) – Tuesday, October 4 @ UNE, 5:00 p.m.
Gordon (4-6, 1-4 CCC) – Tuesday, October 4 @ Roger Williams, 4:00 p.m.