Bates 2, Simmons College 0 at Boston, Mass. BATES TOPS SIMMONS, 2-0, UNDER THE LIGHTS Boston, Mass. -- The Bates College field hockey team (3-5) earned its second straight shutout with a 2-0 victory over the Simmons College Sharks in a 7 p.m. start in Boston. Both Bates goals and one assist came from first-year players. Forward Amanda Slocum got the scoring started with her second tally of the season with 6:27 remaining in the first half on an assist from Virginia Hurley. The Bobcats scored an insurance goal when sophomore Nicole St. Jean's shot after a penalty corner was deflected home by first-year Kara Conceison with one second left in the half. Sophomore goalkeeper Peggy Ficks made four saves in her second shoutout of the season, and the Bobcats' second in a row.
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