TOP PERFORMERS

• Cole – career-high 9 points, career-high 8 goals, 1 assist, 2 ground balls
• Senior Angelina Graziano (Riverhead, N.Y.) – 3 goals, career-high 5 assists
• Junior Alexis DeLucia (Uncasville, Conn.) – 2 goals, 1 assist

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Southern New Hampshire scored the first five goals of the game over the opening 8:56. Senior Skylar Renaud (E. Waterboro, Maine) and Cole scored twice during the stretch, graduate student Katie Crowther (Wrentham, Mass.) dished a pair of helpers, and DeLucia registered a goal and an assist. Franklin Pierce responded with three straight to trim its deficit to 5-3 at the end of the first quarter.
• Graziano set up Cole twice, before finding the back of the net on her own to stretch the SNHU lead to 8-3 just 3:20 into the second quarter. After the Ravens scored back-to-back goals, the Penmen scored the final three of the half to bring an 11-5 advantage into the break. Cole had a goal and an assist during the run.
• FPU scored four of the next seven goals to pull within 14-9 with 10:05 remaining in the fourth quarter, but the Penmen scored four-in-a-row to end the game, with Cole striking twice to put it away.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Junior goalkeeper Megan Petko (Monroe, N.Y.) stopped six of the 12 shots she faced over the opening 36:15, while freshman Megan Mollman (Chester, Md.) made a pair of saves over the final 23:45.
• Franklin Pierce goalie Erin Blake made five saves in the opening half, while Saige Paradise turned aside five shots in the second half.
• Renaud and fellow senior Courtney Cronin (Woburn, Mass.) each scored two goals.
• Crowther recorded two assists.
• Sophomore Rachel McLaughlin (Woburn, Mass.) registered a goal and an assist.
• SNHU outshot Franklin Pierce, 34-24, including 8-2 in the fourth quarter.
• The Penmen also owned a 20-11 advantage in draw controls and 22-14 margin in ground balls.
• Southern New Hampshire went 1-for-1 on its free-position shots, while FPU was 1-for-3.
• SNHU went 20-for-22 on clear attempts, with FPU going 15-for-20.

NOTES

• SNHU, which is ranked 25th in the latest ILWomen/Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division II Poll, is 6-1 for the first time in program history.
• SNHU leads the all-time series with Franklin Pierce, 16-4, despite the teams now splitting the previous six meetings.
• The Penmen are outscoring their seven opponents this season, 119-56.

WHAT'S NEXT

• The Penmen are back in action Wednesday, March 29 at 7 p.m. when they take on cross-town rival Saint Anselm College.
• The next home contest for SNHU is Saturday, April 24 (1 p.m.) when it hosts its Mental Health Awareness Game against No. 3 Pace University.