Cardente's Goal Sends Keene State Past Johnson & Wales

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Playing in her home state, Brittney Cardente netted the only goal of the game to lead the Keene State College field hockey team to a 1-0 win over Johnson & Wales University on Monday night.

The Owls have won four in a row and improve to 8-4.  The Wildcats fall to 2-9.

It was Johnson & Wales who had the first sniff of goal in the game, as Giovanna Ciavadoni forced a save out of Meaghan Dwyer, but it was all Owls from there.

KSC outshot the Wildcats 14-1 in the half, but could not salve JWU goalie Shannon Yoder, who made a double stop on Kayla Renaud and Cardente in the 10th minute, and denied Sami Smith on three different occasions in the first half.

The Owls kept pouring on the pressure in the second half, as Yoder denied Mariah Barnett on both her initial attempt and the rebound in the 39th minute, and finally went in front in the 57th minute when Renaud fed Cardente for her first of the season.

Keene State finished with a 28-2 advantage in shots.  Yoder made 17 saves, while Dwyer made two stops.

The Owls return to LEC play by traveling to Southern Maine on Wednesday night for a 4 p.m. start.