Oct. 22, 2003

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The Providence College field hockey team fell to cross-town rival Brown, 4-0, in non-conference action on Wednesday, October 22 in Providence, R.I. The Friars fall to 8-9 overall this season, while Brown improves to 8-5 overall.

The Bears first goal came at the 18:27 mark of the first half as Lizzie Buza connected on the first of team leading two goals during the game. Buza's goal was unassisted. Brown took its 1-0 lead into halftime.

In the second half Brown recorded an unassisted goal from Molly Carleton at the 15:49 mark to take a 2-0 lead. Buza netted her second goal of the afternoon on a penalty corner with 9:18 remaining in the game. Assists were credited to Julia Kelderman and Meaghan Harwood. The Bears scored their fourth and final goal of the afternoon with 2:05 remaining in the contest as Carleton netted her second goal of the day off of an assist from Buza.

Senior goalkeeper Meaghan Moran (Framingham, Mass.) played 62:36 minutes of action for the Friars. Moran posted nine saves and allowed three Brown goals. Junior Meredith Jones (Forest Park, Ill.) played the final 7:24 in the cage for PC. Jones allowed one goal and did not make a save. Brown's Kathryn Noe played all 70 minutes for the Bears in goal. She earned the shut-out victory with five saves.

Providence (8-9, 0-3 BIG EAST) will finish out the 2003 schedule with two BIG EAST Conference games against Villanova and Connecticut. The Friars face the Villanova Wildcats on Sunday in Villanova, Pa. at 1:00 p.m. PC wraps up the regular-season in Storrs, Conn. against the Huskies on Saturday, November 1 at 1:00 p.m.

	1st	2nd	--	Final
Providence (8-9)	0	0	--	0
Brown (8-5)	1	3	--	4


Scoring Summary:
First Half:  B, Lizzie Buza (unassisted), 18:27
Second Half:  B, Molly Carleton (unassisted), 15:49; B, Lizzie Buza (Julie Kelderman/Meaghan Harwood), 9:18; B, Molly Carleton (Lizzie Buza), 2:05.


Goalkeeping:
Providence - Meaghan Moran (9 save, 3 goals against, 62:36 minutes); Meredith Jones (0 saves, 1 goal against, 7:24 minutes)
Brown - Kathryn Noe (5 saves, 0 goals against, 70 minutes)


Shots:
Providence - 8; Brown - 25


Penalty Corners:
Providence - 6; Brown - 15


Defensive Saves:
Providence - 0; Brown - 0