WORCESTER, MASS.– The Dowling College field hockey team dropped a 5-1 decision to Assumption College this afternoon.  The Golden Lions fall to 2-10 on the season as the Greyhounds improve to 6-3.
 
Assumption score three times in less that four minutes midway through the opening frame and took a 3-0 lead into the break.  The Greyhounds tacked on their fourth goal just three minutes into the second half when Paige Anderson blasted a shot from inside the circle out the reach of Dowling’s keeper Ariana Ovadia.  The Golden Lions broke up the shut out in the 53^rd minute of play when Sarah Shams-Kollar passed to Martina Tinnirello who found the back of the net moving the score to 4-1.  Assumption tallied their final goal of the day in the final minutes when Taylor Chase scored off a penalty corner brining the game to it’s final 5-1 score.
 
The Greyhounds out shot the Golden Lions 24-6 with a 14-2 penalty corner advantage.  Dowling’s Ovadia finished the day with 12 saves as Assumptions keeper Lauren Nellan recorded one.
 
The Golden Lions travel to East Stroudsburg University Sunday, October 19^th at 12:00 PM