Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content
Adelle Surette
Cullen McIntyre
1
Plymouth St. PLYMOUTH (7-8, 5-6)
3
Winner Southern Me. SOUTHERN (12-7, 9-3)
Plymouth St. PLYMOUTH
(7-8, 5-6)
1
Final
3
Southern Me. SOUTHERN
(12-7, 9-3)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Plymouth St. PLYMOUTH 0 0 1 0 1
Southern Me. SOUTHERN 2 1 0 0 3

Game Recap: Field Hockey |

Surette Scores Twice as Southern Maine Defeats Plymouth State 3-1

USM Finishes LEC Regular Season 9-3

GORHAM, Maine  -  Freshman Adelle Surette (Sabattus, Maine/Oak Hill) had a pair of goals and junior goalkeeper Julianna Kiklis (York, Maine) made 11 saves to lead the University of Southern Maine Huskies to a 3-1 win over the Plymouth State University Panthers in a Little East Conference field hockey game Wednesday evening at Hannaford Field.  
 
Meeting for the 56th time in series history, USM has won back-to-back contests over Plymouth State taking the 2019 game by the score of 4-0.  PSU leads the series 35-18-3.  The win is the third straight for USM in Little East Conference action as the Huskies finish the 2021 LEC regular season at 9-3. USM will await the seeding of the upcoming Little East Conference championship tournament which begins on November 2.
 
The Records:
Plymouth State (7-8, 5-6 LEC)
Southern Maine (12-7, 9-3 LEC)
 
How It Happened:
  •  USM took a 1-0 lead in the 10th minute when freshman Sage Drinkwater (Steep Falls, Maine/Bonny Eagle) scored her team-leading 11th goal of the season.  Drinkwater redirected in a centering pass from sophomore Mary Keef (Westbrook, Maine)
  • Surrette doubled the Huskies advantage in the 13th minute hitting a low driven ball from the top of the circle, following another assist from Keef.
  • USM went into the halftime break up 3-0 as Surrette cleaned up a rebounded shot in the circle to score her third goal of the season in the 25th minute. 
  • PSU pulled a goal back early in the second half. Sophomore Sydney Spenard (Manchester, N.H.) cleaned up a loose ball in the circle and connected for her fourth goal of the season in the 34th minute.   
 
Inside The Stats:
  •  In a fast-paced game both teams combined for 41 shots. USM led 23-18 and 18-13 in shots on goal. USM outshot the Panthers 7-1 in the first quarter but then were outshot 14-4 in the second quarter.
  • USM had a significant lead in penalty corners 19-9, and scored two of its goals following penalty corners.
  • Freshman Hailee Lindelof (Swanville, Maine/Belfast) kept PSU off the board recording a defensive save in the 17th minute.
 
The Goalkeepers:
  • Husky junior Julianna Kiklis (York, Maine) made 11 saves in the win, improving her record to 11-7.  Her 11 saves are her third highest total of her career.
  • Plymouth State sophomore Kayla Antonucci (Windham, Maine) was outstanding in goal for the Panthers making 15 saves.
 
Up Next:
Southern Maine returns to action on Thursday (7:00 pm) and travels to Endicott College.   Plymouth State hosts Western Connecticut on Saturday (1:00 pm) in an LEC match.
 
 
Southern Maine Athletics has gone to fully digital game programs, please click this link to access the game programs to future Husky home events!
 
 
-cac-
Print Friendly Version