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Maine 2, Delaware 0
Oct. 31, 1999


ORONO, MAINE -- On the strength of second half goals by Jen Johnson and Kristi Knights, Maine shutout Delaware, 2-0, in field hockey action Sunday at Morse Field.

After a scoreless first half, Johnson got the Black Bears (9-10, 3-5 America East) on the board with 27:07 remaining off of a feed from Shannon Clifford.

Maine got an insurance goal with 14:24 left when Knights scored off a Katie Hedges pass.

Danielle Burke recorded 13 saves for her fifth shutout of the season for Maine. Kelly Ottati had 13 saves for Delaware (9-11, 4-4 America East).

The Blue Hens will be the No. 4 seed in next weekend's four-team America East Championship. Delaware will take on top-seeded Boston University at Nickerson Field on the Boston University campus at 5 p.m. Friday. No. 2 New Hampshire and No. 3 Northeastern will meet in the second game Friday at 7:30 p.m. The winners meet Sunday at 1 p.m. for the conference title and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament.

AGATE

MAINE..........0.....2.....- 2

DELAWARE.......0.....0.....- 0

 

SCORING: First half: none. Second half: M - Johnson (Clifford) 27:07; M - Knights (Hedges) 14:24. SHOTS: D 15, M 16. SAVES: D - Ottati 13, M - Burke 13. PENALTY CORNERS: D 10, M 13.

 

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