Box Score NORTHAMPTON - Third quarter goals from Anouk Bosket (Jordanstown, Northern Ireland/Belfast Royal Academy) and Molly van Brunschot (Amsterdam, Netherlands/Dalton Spinoza Kyceum) propelled the Smith College field hockey team to a 2-0 win over WPI in the regular season finale. Prior to the game, the Bears recognized seniors Gracie Hylton (Easton, PA/Moravian Academy), Ellie Szostalo (Gorham, ME/Gorham), and Grace Irizarry (Pennington, NJ/The Pennington School). 

Game Highlights

• Bosket forced a save from Myles Lakin at 2:38, giving the Bears the first offensive opportunity in the quarter. The Bears came forward again late, with Megan O'Connor (Portsmouth, RI/Portsmouth Abbey School) having a shot saved at 11:38 before Halie Yung (San Jose, CA/Lynbrook) took a penalty corner at 13:27 and Ellie Szostalo (Gorham, ME/Gorham) put another attempt on goal 16 seconds later. Lakin stopped all three attempts, and the quarter ended scoreless at 0-0.
• Lakin turned away a fury of Smith shots in the second to keep the game tied
• The Bears broke through early in the third quarter with two goals in a two-minute span, as Bosket scored at 33:10 off an assist from van Brunschot before van Brunschot added a goal at 35:10 to make it 2-0
• The Bears kept WPI off the board in the fourth quarter while continuing to generate chances.. Mimi Siegel (Chester, CT/Valley Regional) put two early shots toward goal, including one saved by Myles Lakin at 49:30, before Bosket had back-to-back attempts stopped around a Yung penalty corner. Iseul Park (Ann Arbor, MI/Pioneer) answered WPI's only push of the quarter with consecutive saves late in the period.

By the Numbers

• Iseul Park (Ann Arbor, MI/Pioneer) made two saves to record her second shutout of the year
• The Bears owned a 19-2 advantage in shots and 3-2 edge in corners

Up Next
Smith will host a NEWMAC first round playoff game on Tuesday, November 3 at 7:00pm with the opponent yet to be determined. 

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