Sophomore Eliana Anderson (Danvers, Mass.) scored her fourth goal of the game with just over three minutes to play to left Southern New Hampshire Women's Lacrosse to an 11-10 win at Molloy University on Saturday afternoon. 

TOP PERFORMERS 

• Anderson – 4 goals, 1 assist, 5 points
• Graduate student Katelyn Hadden (Newburyport, Mass.) - 2 goals, 2 assits, 4 points
• Senior Rachel McLaughlin (Woburn, Mass.) - 2 goals, 2 assists, 4 points, 1 ground ball, 1 caused turnover
• Freshman Sabrina Redding (Forked River, N.J.) - 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 points, 1 caused turnover
• Graduate student Abby Cole (Liverpool, N.Y.) - 11 saves

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• The Penmen wasted no time getting on the board, as Anderson netted the game's first goal at 11:30, giving SNHU an early 1-0 lead. Minutes later, Hadden extended the advantage at 6:19, scoring a man-up goal off an assist from Anderson, making it 2-0 SNHU.
• Rachel McLaughlin ended a 5-0 push by Molloy, finding the net off an assist from Hadden at 8:27. Just a minute later, Hadden continued her strong play, scoring unassisted at 7:36 to make it 5-4 Molloy. 
• Redding capitalized on a man-up opportunity at 6:59, assisted by Hadden, pulling SNHU back within one at 6-5. Eliana Anderson struck again at 4:52, tying the game at 6-6 at halftime off an assist from McLaughlin. 
• Anderson responded again early in the third quarter, scoring unassisted at 9:37 to bring SNHU into the lead at 7-6.  
• The Penmen kept up the pressure, and at 4:00, sophomore Mazie Burt (Waterford, Vt.) delivered a clutch man-down goal to bring it to 8-7.   
• Three quick goals by the Lions at the end of the third, and the beginning of the fourth, gave the lead back to the home side 10-8.
• McLaughlin brought it to 10-9 scoring off a feed from Redding at 10:00.  
• Sophomore Charlotte Brown (Cheshire, Conn.) tied things up for SNHU at 5:17, finishing a great pass from McLaughlin to make it 10-10. 
• With just over three minutes left, Eliana Anderson delivered the go-ahead goal, giving SNHU an 11-10 lead at 3:17.  

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE 

• Abby Cole stopped 11 of 29 shots. 
• SNHU was 17-for-18 on clear attempts, while Molloy was 12-of-13.  
• The Lions took 7 free position shots to just one for the Penmen.

NOTES 

• Southern New Hampshire's 4-2 to start is its best through six games since the 2023 season, when it began the year 5-1.
• SNHU improves to 3-2 all-time against Molloy and have won three of the last four.  This was the first meeting between the schools in nine years.

WHAT'S NEXT 

• The Penmen return to action Saturday (March 22) at 2 p.m. when they host the University of New Haven.
• SNHU hosts again on Wednesday (March 26) when they face Bentley University.  

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