KEENE, N.H. - The top seeded Keene State College field hockey team scored the first four goals of the game in a span of five minutes in the first half on the way to posting a 7-0 shutout victory over eighth seed Worcester State College in a quarterfinal Little East Conference tournament game played Tuesday night in Keene.

            Keene State (16-5), which extended its winning streak to seven games, will host fourth seed Bridgewater State in a semifinal game on Thursday (6 p.m.) BSC defeated #5 Framingham State in its quarterfinal contest 3-2.

            Erin Dallas opened the scoring for KSC with her 10th goal of the season at the 7:20 mark.  The Owls scored the next three goals within two minutes to take a commanding 4-0 halftime lead.  Carly Benning (Brewster, Mass.) scored twice and Amy Dolce (Windham, N.H.) found the back of the net during the uprising. 

            “Everyone came out hard today, “said Benning.  “We just tried to get the ball up the field as quick as we could and create offensive opportunities. Hopefully, we can keep up the intensity on Thursday.”

            Dolce, Benning, and Chelsea Blackmer (Boylston, Mass.) added second half goals for the Owls, who have outscored opponents 33-2 during their seven game winning streak.  With her three goals, Benning added to her team-leading total of 15.  Dolce has six goals this season.

            Vikki Stoessel (Derry, N.H.), with four saves and Jennifer McDougall (Avon, Conn.) with one save shared the shutout for KSC.

            Stacie Morse (Shrewsbury,Mass) had three saves and Kim Jamieson (Townsend, Mass.) had five saves for the Lancers (9-11).  Both Morse and Jamieson are field players who moved into the net due to injuries suffered by the teams’ goalie Erin MacDonald.