Bangor, ME – Castleton, VT - Senior forward, Carolyn Griggs scored two goals and added an assist as the top-seeded Castleton State College field hockey team advanced to its first ever North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Final with a 5-2 win over fourth-seed Husson University.

Griggs set up Trishia Fellows 10:47 into the first half to open the scoring. Griggs played a ball into the circle from the right side to Fellows who one touched it inside the nearside post. Just two minutes later, Castleton senior Kayla Blank, scored her 20th goal of the season off her own rebound to make it 2-0. Senior back, Brooke Towslee, initiated the play with a long hit that set up Blank for the one-on-one opportunity with Husson goalie, Caroline Bochtler. Husson cut the lead in half with 16:02 remaining in the half on Elisha Dorso's 10th goal of the season. Dorso took a shot form the left side of the cage that Castleton goalie, Trisha Clark got a stick on but the shot made its way past.

The Spartans opened the second half with three unanswered goals in the first nine minutes of play to break the game open. Griggs scored two within 30 seconds of each other to give the Spartans a bit of breathing room. Four minutes and twenty-one seconds into the second half Griggs received a pass from Sarah Flore off a Kayla Blank penalty corner to make it 3-1. Just 30 seconds later Griggs scored again, her 20th of the season, off a Fellows assist. Fellows blasted a shot towards the goal, which Griggs redirected past Bochtler. Molly Fraher added an insurance goal four minutes later off yet another Flore assist from a Blank penalty corner. Elisha Dorso added her second of the game with 13:43 remaining on a breakaway. Dorso corralled a turnover in the Spartan defensive third and beat Clark one-on-one for her 11th of the season.

Bochtler had five saves for the Eagles, as their season ends at 8-8.

Clark stopped two shots as Castleton improves to 13-7 overall. The Spartans will play host to the winner of #2 University of Maine-Farmington and #3 St. Joseph's College (Me.), on November 8 in the NAC Final. The three remaining teams all ended the regular season tied with a 5-1 conference record, but Castleton earned home field advantage by virtue of pre-established tie-breaking scenarios.