Box Score BOX SCORE
When and Where: May 4, 2016 – West Haven, Conn. (Kayo Field)
Score: University of New Haven 12, Southern New Hampshire University 9
Records: New Haven 13-5, SNHU 12-6
Juniors Casey Duggan (Framingham, Mass.) and sophomore Alexa Bedell (Londonderry, N.H.) each notched four points, but the 20th-ranked Southern New Hampshire University women's lacrosse team was outlasted by the 12th-ranked University of New Haven, 12-9, in a Northeast-10 Championship first round tilt Wednesday evening at Kayo Field.
Duggan and Bedell both scored two goals and handed out a pair of assists, while junior Courtney Nivala (Westminster, Mass.) potted two goals and freshman Kristin Wilder (Framingham, Mass.) added a goal and a helper.
New Haven jumped out to a 6-1 lead over the opening 23:42 before freshman Marisa McLaughlin (New Milford, Conn.) found the back of the net off a Duggan assist 3:52 before the half to send the Penmen into the break trailing, 6-2.
Wilder opened the second-half scoring just 2:22 in before Bedell made it a two-goal game just 31 seconds later with her first of the day. After Maya Szymanski struck for the second time at 25:41, Bedell answered 24 seconds later and was followed by a Wilder-to-Duggan connection that made it a one-goal game at 7-6 with 23:27 remaining.
After the teams traded goals, the Chargers reeled off four straight to widen the gap to five at 12-7 with 5:55 on the clock. Bedell set up goals from Nivala and Duggan to make it a 12-9 game with just under four minutes to play, but SNHU would run out of time.
Notes:
- Southern New Hampshire falls one win shy of matching the program record for victories.
- SNHU entered the day having won 10 of its last 14, including seven of its previous nine.
- The Penmen were playing in their first Northeast-10 Championship game since 2011.
- Junior goalkeeper Nicole Kennedy (Windham, Maine) made eight saves, while Alyssa Gianotti stopped four shots for the Chargers.
- New Haven outshot Southern New Hampshire, 26-21, including 15-6 in the opening half, while also holding a 22-16 advantage in draw controls.
-Wilder was held to fewer than two goals for just the third time all season.
-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, falls 20 points shy of Sherry Darrell's 2008 overall mark for points.
- Wilder finishes the season first in the Northeast-10 in goals (76) and fourth in points (85).
- Bedell, who ends the year with a 15-game point streak, during which she amassed 44 goals and 27 assists for 71 points, closes the season ranking fourth in the league in assists (30) and fifth in points (80). Kennedy is leading the conference with 198 saves, while placing fourth in save percentage (.486) and wins (12).
- This marks the final career games for seniors Adrianna Frattasio (Walpole, Mass.) and Alexa Allen (E. Longmeadow, Mass.), in addition to Nivala.
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