RINDGE, N.H. (April 1, 2021) - Back on the field for the first time since the end of the 2019 season, the Franklin Pierce University field hockey team filled up the net early and often on Thursday night at Sodexo Field. Freshman Anna Beck (Attleboro, Mass.) scored twice in her collegiate debut, while sophomore Meghan Winn (Newburyport, Mass.) added a goal and an assist, as the Ravens rolled over fellow Cheshire County institution Keene State in non-conference play, 6-0.

With the win, Franklin Pierce opens its abbreviated spring season at 1-0, while Keene State falls to 0-2. It marked the first-ever meeting between the Division II Ravens and the Division III Owls in the sport of field hockey. It marked the first victory as a collegiate head coach for Marissa Shaw.

It was an international freshman who got the party started for the Ravens, just 3:36 into her own college debut. Julia Rooijakkers (Eindhoven, Netherlands). On a restart from 25 yards in front of goal, she played give-and-go with fellow freshman Annie Corbett (Oakland, Maine). Rooijakkers then made a strong move into the circle, powering around a defender on the right to open a shooting lane before she blasted the ball past freshman goalkeeper Molly Edmark on the far side.

Still in the opening 10 minutes, Beck struck for her first two collegiate goals, just 87 seconds apart. First, in the ninth minute, Winn pushed the ball goal-ward from the top of the circle and Beck redirected it en route. Then, in 10^th minute, Winn served the ball into the circle for sophomore Alicia Hottleman (Mansfield, Mass.), who had slipped behind the defense. Hottleman had Beck with her and dished the ball off to the left to set up an easy, one-time finish for the freshman.

Two more in the second quarter would give the Ravens a 5-0 lead heading into halftime. In the 23^rd minute, off a corner play, freshman forward Alannah Johnson (Greenville, N.H.) fed the ball down the middle of the circle for sophomore Karly Holgerson (Hubbardston, Mass.), who slipped a reverse-stick shot into the left side of the net for her first collegiate goal. Later, in the 28^th minute, sophomore Christine Jarowicz (Kennebunk, Maine) did all the hard work, as she carried the ball through the circle and into a prime scoring area, only to have it poked away by a Keene State defender and then tumble to the ground. Winn was the beneficiary, as she found the loose ball amid the yard sale and popped it into the top of the cage to give herself a three-point night.

One more goal, just 39 seconds into the third quarter, would create the 6-0 final. On a corner play, the Ravens worked the ball over to the right side for Beck, who let a long shot fly from the edge of the circle. Freshman goalkeeper Victoria Watson made the save, but the rebound came to the right side and straight to the stick of freshman Silver Clukey (Winslow, Maine). Clukey did not miss on the second chance and became the fourth Raven of the night to score her first collegiate goal.

Senior Olivia Barnes (Greenwich, N.Y.) played the first three quarters in net to pick up the win (1-0) for Franklin Pierce, after she stopped all three shots she faced. Sophomore MacKenzie Potvin (Goffstown, N.H.) finished off the shutout, as she turned aside the only shot she faced in the fourth quarter. Edmark (0-2) and Watson alternated periods in front of the Keene State cage. Edmark made four saves against eight shots over the first and third quarters and suffered the loss. Watson stopped three of five shots in the second and fourth frames.