BOX SCORE
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Mary Maloney scored a game-high five
goals to lead seventh-ranked Stonehill College to an 18-7
Northeast-10 women's lacrosse victory over Southern New Hampshire
University Monday afternoon at Larkin Field. The Skyhawks,
who have now won 82 straight NE-10 regular season games dating back
to the 2000 season, improved to 4-1 overall and 4-0 in the NE-10,
while the Penmen saw a three-game win streak snapped as they are
now 4-3 overall and 1-1 in the league.
Stonehill, which defeated SNHU in
last seasons' NE-10 championship game, also got three goals and
three assists from Michelle Kelly and three goals and two assists
from Leyla Kuz-Dworzak. Sarah Galligan added three goals.
Maura Murphy (Candia,
NH) led Southern New Hampshire with two goals and two assists,
while Emily
Mongeau (Westborough, MA) added a pair of goals.
Jennifer
Parro (Ipswich, MA) tallied a goal and an assist,
while Libby
Parent (Hinesburg, VT) and Sherry Darrell (Bow,
NH) had the other SNHU goals.
SNHU trailed 5-1 midway through the
first half, but two Mongeau goals 1:25 apart, the second coming at
the 10:02 mark, cut it to 5-3. The two teams would combine
for three goals in the final 54 seconds of the half, with Galligan
scoring with 54 seconds to play. Parro scored 16 seconds
later for the Penmen to cut the lead to two, but Galligan scored
again 15 seconds before intermission for a 7-4 halftime score.
Murphy would cut it to a two-goal
game again 1:14 into the second half, but the Skyhawks would reel
off the next five goals to take a 12-5 lead with 16:52 left on a
Galligan score. Stonehill closed out the game by scoring the
final four goals.
Stonehill, which outshot Southern
New Hampshire 27-24, got 12 saves in goal from Justine
Ferland. Katie
Clark (Norwich, CT) and Hannah Moriarty
(Chelmsford, MA) combined to make three saves for the Penmen.
Southern New Hampshire returns to
action Wednesday when it hosts Merrimack College for a 4:00
contest.