WATERVILLE, Maine –  Julia Reny scored three second half goals to lead the Thomas College Terriers to a 5-0 shutout win over the University of Southern Maine Huskies in a non-conference field hockey game Thursday night at Bernatchez Field
 
Both teams were playing in their season-opener. Meeting for the seventh time, Thomas leads the series 5-2. Southern Maine defeated the Terriers 6-5 in 2021, and Thomas was a 1-0 victor in the 2019 meeting.
 
The Records:
Southern Maine (0-1-0)
Thomas (1-0-0)
 
How It Happened:

• After a scoreless first half, Thomas' Reny scored the first of her three goals in the game breaking the deadlock in the 34th minute.
• Thomas led 2-0 before the end of the third as Eva-Marie Stevens scored in the 42^nd minutes. 
• The Terriers quickly doubled their advantage to 4-0 in the fourth scoring in the 51st and 54th minute on Reny's second goal of the game and Kayci Faulkingham's first.
• Reny completed the scoring as the clock wound down for the 5-0 final and the hat trick.

 
The Goalkeepers:
SM, Julianna Kiklis (0-1), 60:00,  7 saves, 5 goals against
TC, Elise Syphers (1-0), 60:00, 7 saves, 0 goals against
 
Inside The Statistics:

• Reny had two goals against Southern Maine in the 2021 6-5 Husky win. 
• Thomas outshot the Huskies 26-13. USM had a 9-6 advantage in shots in the first half, but was outshot 20-4 in the second half.

 
Up Next:
Southern Maine hosts Manhattanville College on Sunday (11:00 am) in its 2022 home opener at Hannaford Field.