BOX SCORE

MANSFIELD, Conn. - Juniors Sarah Fredlund (New Preston, CT) and Colleen Kelly (Milton, MA) each had two goals and sophomore Courtney Weaving (New Preston, CT) contributed two assists to power the Babson College field hockey team past Eastern Connecticut State University, 6-0, Tuesday evening in the first intercollegiate match played on the Warriors' new turf field at the Mansfield Outdoor Complex.

Coming off a 5-1 loss to nationally-ranked Skidmore College Saturday, Babson (2-1) scored twice in less than six minutes to move out to a 3-0 lead with 12 minutes left in the first half to roll past Eastern (0-2) for the sixth time in this six-game series.

Weaving picked up her third and fourth assists in three matches this year, setting up freshman Kelly Walsh (Gardner, MA) for her second career goal to give the Beavers a 1-0 lead in the 14th minute, and feeding Fredlund ten minutes later to make it 2-0. Fredlund  added her team-leading fifth goal of the year with three minutes left in the first half to give Babson a 4-0 advantage, and senior captain Jess Paladino (Turner, ME) and Kelly each scored second half goals to complete the 6-0 win.

Eastern sophomore Danielle Reichardt (Ocean Township, NJ) stopped seven shots in the second half.

NOTE: Taken from an Eastern Connecticut State University press release.