BOX SCORE

When and Where: April 30, 2016 – Manchester, N.H. (Larkin Field)
Score: Southern New Hampshire University 17, Southern Connecticut State University 16
Records: SNHU 12-5 (8-5 Northeast-10), SCSU 4-13 (2-11 Northeast-10)

Juniors Casey Duggan (Framingham, Mass.) and Ellen Decker (Foxborough, Mass.), along with sophomore Alexa Bedell (Londonderry, N.H.), all registered six points Saturday to lead the Southern New Hampshire University women's lacrosse team to a 17-16 come-from-behind victory against Southern Connecticut State University on Senior Day in the regular-season finale at Penmen Field.

Duggan matched her career highs in goals (5) and points, while Bedell scored four goals and handed out a pair of assists and Decker added three goals and three helpers. Freshman Kristin Wilder (Framingham, Mass.) also recorded multiple points with a trio of goals.

After Southern Connecticut moved out to a 1-0 lead five minutes into the contest, Wilder scored consecutive goals just 1:05 apart to give the Penmen their first lead at 22:16. Following an equalizer from the Owls, Wilder put SNHU back in front and set off a three-goal run that opened a 5-2 advantage with 16:10 remaining in the opening half.

Southern Connecticut responded by scoring seven of the final 10 goals of the first stanza to bring a 9-8 lead into the break.

The teams alternated goals to open the second-half scoring before Carolynn Keal answered a Decker strike with back-to-back tallies that opened up Southern Connecticut's largest lead of the afternoon at 14-11 with 20:51 to play.

Southern New Hampshire hit back in a big way as three goals from Duggan and a pair from Bedell made up a 5-0 run that put the Penmen back in the driver's seat at 16-14 with 7:03 left. Nicole Healey would pull Southern Connecticut within a single goal just 1:04 later, but Duggan answered to re-install the two-goal cushion at the 4:08 mark.

Healey would again slice the deficit in half with one second remaining on the clock as the Owls fell just short.

Notes:
- SNHU, which has won 10 of its last 14, including seven of its previous nine, will now look to win its first Northeast-10 Championship game since 2010 when it takes on the University of New Haven in a re-match of Wednesday's meeting.
- Senior Adrianna Frattasio (Walpole, Mass.) scored a free-position goal in the first half. It is the first goal for the defender since April 26, 2014.
- Junior goalkeeper Nicole Kennedy (Windham, Maine) turned away 10 shots, while Chelsea Callahan made seven saves for the Owls.
- Southern New Hampshire outshot Southern Connecticut, 33-27, including 17-10 in the second half, while the Owls held a narrow 17-16 edge in draw controls.
- Seniors Alexa Allen (E. Longmeadow, Mass.) and Frattasio, as well as junior Courtney Nivala (Westminster, Mass.), were honored in a ceremony prior to the contest.  
-Wilder, who has the most goals ever by a Penmen in a single season and the most points for a SNHU freshman in a single campaign, is 22 points shy of Sherry Darrell's 2008 overall mark for points.
- Wilder finishes the regular season first in the Northeast-10 in goals (75) and third in points (83).
- Bedell, who owns a 14-game point streak, during which she has amassed 42 goals and 25 assists for 67 points, closes the regular season ranking fourth in the league in assists (28) and fifth in points (76). Kennedy is leading the conference with 190 saves, while placing third in save percentage (.491) and wins (12).

Up Next:
The fifth-seeded Penmen are back in action Wednesday, May 4 (7 p.m.) when they take on fourth-seeded New Haven in a Northeast-10 Championship quarterfinal tilt at Kayo Field.

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