BOX SCORE
MANCHESTER, N.H. - Laura Rotolo (Waltham, MA) totaled four
goals and recorded her 100th career point to lead
third-seeded Southern New Hampshire University to a 16-8 win over
No. 6 seed Franklin Pierce University in the first round of the
2009 Northeast-10 Women's Lacrosse Championship Tuesday
night. The Penmen, who improve to 12-4 overall, advance to
Saturday's semifinals, where they will face second-seeded Stonehill
College in a 3:30 game at top-seeded New Haven. Franklin
Pierce sees its season come to a close at 7-9 overall.
Libby Parent
(Hinesburg, VT) finished with three goals and an assist for the
Penmen, who also got two goals and a pair of assists from
Jennifer Parro (Ipswich, MA). Sherry
Darrell (Bow, NH) notched two goals and an assist while
Emily Mongeau (Westboro, MA) also scored
twice. Brittany Whiteway (Billerica, MA)
registered a goal and an assist while Maura Murphy
(Candia, NH) added a goal.
Lauren Stille led Franklin Pierce
with three goals and an assist while Christine McKay also scored
three times for the Ravens.
Rotolo got the Penmen on the board
just 1:30 into the game and the hosts opened up a 4-0 lead just
6:46 into the game following a goal by Parent. McKay got the
Ravens on the board with 20:52 left in the first half, but Southern
New Hampshire would open up a 9-2 lead with 9:04 left following a
Darrell free-position goal and led 11-3 at halftime.
SNHU would score the first two
goals of the second half to build a 10 goal lead, but the Ravens
would score three times in a span of 1:47 to make it 13-6 with
10:27 left on a McKay goal. That would be as close as
Franklin Pierce would get.
Katie Clark
(Norwich, CT) went the distance in goal for Southern New Hampshire
and turned aside nine shots. Franklin Pierce goalie Jillian
Bolduc made 12 saves for the Ravens as the Penmen outshot FPU
37-25.
Southern New Hampshire will be
making its fourth straight appearance in the Northeast-10
semifinals.
