Rindge, N.H. (September 13) -- Two goals by sophomore Kiley Colucci (Gloucester, R.I./St. Mary Academy) staked Assumption to a 2-0 halftime lead over Franklin Pierce, en route to a 6-1 victory over the Ravens in non-conference action at Sodexo Field on Saturday afternoon.

Colucci, the team's leading point scorer in 2013, struck at the 20:45 mark as she scored her second goal of the season for a 1-0 lead. After a penalty corner from sophomore Taylor Chase (Holden, Mass./Wachusett Regional), junior Allie Richard (Fitchburg, Mass./Leominster) registered the assist on the Colucci goal for the early lead for the Hounds. Colucci struck again with just 5:28 left in the first half off another Chase penalty corner as Sarah Frahm (Salem, N.H./Salem) found Colucci for her second goal of the game and third of the season for a 2-0 halftime advantage.

The Hounds added to that lead early in the second as Richard scored her first goal of the season just 32 seconds in to the period to put the Hounds up 3-0 after a flurry of shots to open the final stanza. Two minutes into the half, sophomore Allison Juneau (Auburn, Mass./Auburn) made it a 4-0 game as Colucci assisted on the goal for Juneau's first goal of the season and Colucci's team-best 10th point of the season.

Franklin Pierce eventually got on the board at the 41:24 mark as Alesia Gleason scored on a penalty stroke for her first goal of the season to cut the lead down to 4-1.

Freshman Meghan Sullivan (Worcester, Mass./Notre Dame Academy), the Northeast-10 Conference Rookie of the Week, notched her third goal of the season just 2:10 later to extend the Hounds' lead to 5-1. Junior Paige Anderson (Suffield, Conn./Suffield) closed out the scoring at the 64:20 mark with her first score of the year as Frahm assisted on the goal for the 6-1 final. The play began off a penalty corner from senior Kylie Zurn (South Yarmouth, Mass./Dennis-Yarmouth) moments before the goal.

Overall, the Hounds outshot the Ravens by a 28-6 margin, including an 18-5 advantage in shots on goal for Assumption.

Senior netminder Heather Philbrick (Kennebunkport, Maine/Kennebunk) made four saves in the victory, while Franklin Pierce goalie Amy Zahensky had 11 stops in the loss.

With the win, Assumption sits at 2-2 overall on the season, while Franklin Pierce drops to 1-2 overall.

Assumption is back in action on Monday, September 16 as the Hounds host Mercy College for a 7 p.m. non-conference start at the Multi-Sport Stadium.

For the latest on Assumption College Athletics, follow the Hounds via social media on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. For more information, contact the Office of Athletic Communications at 508-767-7240.