Junior Hannah Anderson scored five goals in today's win at
Franklin Pierce.
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#6 Stonehill Keeps Rolling
at Franklin Pierce, 15-4
Defense holds Ravens to two
goals each half, Galligan collects seven points
Boxscore
EASTON, Mass. (April 10,
2010) – Stonehill College, ranked sixth in this
week's Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches
Association (IWLCA) Division II poll, rolled to its
seventh-straight win with a 15-4 victory over Franklin Pierce
University in Northeast-10 Conference women's lacrosse action
at Sodexo Field this afternoon.
Stonehill's defense held
Franklin Pierce to a season-low four goals and just 11 shots on
goal, with freshman goalkeeper Rebecca Moore (Marlborough,
Mass./St. Mark's School) needing to make just seven
saves (five first half) to preserve the win. The Skyhawks finished
with a 46-17 advantage in shots for the match, including 33-11 on
goal. The defense also forced 25 Franklin Pierce turnovers. During
its current seven game winning streak, the Stonehill defense has
allowed double-digit goals just twice and has posted a 7.00 goals
against average, including a 4.67 GAA in three wins this week.
Sophomore Sarah Galligan
(West Newbury, Mass./Pentucket Regional) led Stonehill
with seven points on three goals and a season-best four assists,
while collecting six ground balls and three caused turnovers.
Junior Hannah Anderson (Eden Prairie, Minn./Eden
Prairie) netted a game-high five goals, while sophomore
Samantha Lynott (Holbrook, N.Y./East Sachem)
posted three goals and an assist for four points. Freshman
Kayla Green (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry)
chipped in with two goals.
Sophomore Mary Kate Stille
(North Quincy, Mass./North Quincy) led Franklin Pierce
with two goals and two assists for four points. Juniors
Ashley Moirano (Vero Beach, Fla./South Burlington
(Vt.) and Jordan Baillargeon (Westfield,
Mass./Westfield) each chipped in with a goal, while
Baillargeon also collected a game-high nine draw controls.
Sophomore Sarah Galligan posted seven points with three
goals and four assists.
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Sophomore Jillian Bolduc
(Atkinson, N.H./Timberlane Regional) finished with 18
saves in goal for the Ravens, including 11 in the second half.
Anderson netted the first two goals
of the contest to give Stonehill the lead 4:39 into the first half.
Stille scored off a feed from sophomore Christine McKay
(Norwood, Mass./Norwood) with 23:01 left in the half, but
Stonehill reeled off six-straight goals to open an 8-1 lead after
Lynott's second goal of the game with 7:33 left in the half.
She had two goals in all during that run, as did Anderson, while
Galligan contributed a goal and three assists.
Both teams netted goals in the
final five minutes of the half and Franklin Pierce scored the first
marker of the second when Stille set up Moirano 1:49 in to make the
score 9-3. Stonehill then put the game away with another 6-0 run,
capped by Galligan's 30th goal of the season with
3:32 remaining in regulation – her second goal of that run,
while also dishing an assist. Baillargeon capped the scoring,
assisted by Stille, for the Ravens with five seconds left on the
clock.
Stonehill (8-1, 6-1 NE-10) is back
in action on Wednesday when it hosts Southern Connecticut State
University at 7 p.m. Franklin Pierce (3-7, 1-5 NE-10) travels to
Bentley University on Monday night at 7 p.m.
