BOX SCORE
EASTON, Mass. - After trailing 7-6 at halftime,
sixth-ranked Stonehill College posted a 16-12 Northeast-10 women's
lacrosse victory over No. 10 Southern New Hampshire University at
W.B. Mason Stadium Sunday afternoon. The Skyhawks, who
extended their Northeast-10 record conference winning streak to 73
games, improved to 7-1 and 5-0 in the league, while the Penmen
suffered their first league loss of the season and are now 6-5 and
5-1 in NE-10 play.
Libby Parent
(Hinesburg, VT) led Southern New Hampshire with three goals and
four assists, while Carole Lee (Derry, NH) added
three goals. Lucretia Joy (Portland, ME)
notched a goal and three assists, while Nicole
Downey (Rutland, VT) registered a pair of goals.
Julie Kraus (Derry, NH) and Jennifer
Parro (Ipswich, MA) each totaled a goal and an assist,
while Sherry Darrell (Bow, NH) added a pair of
assists. Laura Rotolo (Waltham, MA) had
SNHU's other goal.
Michelle Kelly led Stonehill with
six goals and two assists for eight points, while Liza Gross
totaled three goals and an assist.
Southern New Hampshire never
trailed in the first half and led 6-3 with 11:10 left in the first
half following a goal by Parent. The Skyhawks scored the next
three goals and a tally by Kelly 5:32 before intermission tied the
score at 6-6. Joy would score 2:54 before the break to give
the Penmen a 7-6 halftime lead.
Stonehill would score the first
four goals of the second half to take a 10-7 lead 6:48 into the
stanza on a goal by Gross. Downey and Parro would score
back-to-back to make it 10-9 at the 12:07 mark. After the two
teams traded goals, the hosts put the game away by scoring four
goals in a 5:16 span to take a 15-10 lead with exactly four minutes
left on a tally by Rebecca Cottam.
Amanda McGeachey made four saves in
goal for Stonehill to earn the win as the Skyhawks held a 31-19
shot advantage. Katie Clark (Norwich, CT)
made 14 saves for the Penmen.
Southern New Hampshire returns to
action Tuesday afternoon when it hosts Saint Michael's College in a
4:00 contest at Larkin Field.
