BOX SCORE
RINDGE, N.H. - Laura
Rotolo (Waltham, MA) scored the only goal of overtime
1:12 into the first extra session to lift Southern New Hampshire
University to a 17-16 double overtime Northeast-10 women's lacrosse
win over Franklin Pierce University Tuesday evening at Sodexo
Field. The Penmen won their third in a row to improve to 7-3
and 4-1 in the Northeast-10, while the Ravens are 3-6 and 1-5 in
the league.
Rotolo, Emily Mongeau
(Westborough, MA) and Libby Parent
(Hinesburg, VT) each had three goals to pace Southern New
Hampshire. Carole Lee (Derry, NH)
totaled two goals and an assist, in the process becoming the third
player in program history with 100 career goals, while Maura Murphy
(Candia, NH) also had two goals. Jennifer Parro
(Ipswich, MA) handed out five assists, while Julie Kraus (Derry, NH)
had a goal, four assists and five ground balls. Her five
ground balls give her 186 for her career to set a career program
record, surpassing the 185 by former record holder Lisa
McEachern. Jade Antonangeli
(Bourne, MA), Sara
Halbich (Salem, NH) and Alyssa Johnson
(Nashua, NH) all had single tallies for SNHU.
Lauren Stille paced Franklin Pierce
with five goals, while Jordan Baillargeon had four goals and an
assist.
Southern New Hampshire led by as
many as five in the second half and held a 16-13 lead with 9:31 to
play following Antonangeli's goal. The Ravens would cut the
lead to two 25 seconds later on Baillaregeon's fourth of the game,
and would score the final three goals of regulation, with Ashley
Moirano scoring with 34 seconds left to force overtime.
In overtime, Franklin Pierce
controlled the draw, but turned the ball over 40 seconds into its
possession. Rotolo would score with 1:48 left in the first
three-minute session, and after Lucretia Joy
(Portland, ME) controlled the ensuing draw for the Penmen, SNHU was
content to run out the clock. Kraus would control the draw at
the start of the second overtime and the guests would control
possession the rest of the way.
Franklin Pierce led 2-1 5:25 into
the game, but the Penmen would gradually pull away and built a 9-5
lead with 8:51 left on a goal by Rotolo. Stille would make it
9-6 with 22 seconds left before halftime, but the Penmen would
score twice in a 14-second span early in the second half to take an
11-6 lead on Mongeau's goal 1:38 in.
Katie Clark (Norwich,
CT) made 13 saves in the first 50:29 for SNHU in goal before
Hannah
Moriarty (Chelmsford, MA) played the remainder of
regulation and overtime without making a save. Franklin
Pierce netminder Jillian Bolduc made 14 saves in a complete-game
effort as the Penmen outshot the Ravens 42-29.
SNHU returns to action Thursday
when it travels across town to face Saint Anselm College in a 4:00
contest.
NOTES: Parent
(152) and Murphy (111) are the other SNHU players with 100 career
goals...Parent recorded at least one goal for the 42nd
straight game...Tuesday marked the first overtime game for SNHU
since a 15-14, 3OT win over Bryant on April 21, 2007.
