Rudden totaled eight points with three goals and five assists, scoring the go-ahead goal with two minutes to play (PHOTO BY Crystal Ayn Photography)

Skyhawks improve to 5-1 against nationally-ranked opponents with big road win

PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. (April 13, 2022) – Stonehill College, ranked No. 13 in this week's USA Lacrosse Magazine Division II poll and No. 15 in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division II poll, erased a pair of three-goal deficits in the second half to secure a 15-13 triumph over No. 12/14 Pace University in a key Northeast-10 Conference women's lacrosse matchup at Pace Stadium tonight. 

Scoring

Stonehill
Goals: Lydia Rudden 3, Victoria Butler 3, Kayla Conway 2, Abigail Moynihan 2, Kendall Fressle 2, Abby Ahearn, Molly Mae Hughes, Emma Sullivan.
Assists: Lydia Rudden 3, Kendall Fressle 2. 

Pace
Goals: Jolie Urraro 4, Angelina Porcello 4, Aleya Corretjer 3, Kayla Conway 2.
Assists: Jaimie Bell, Aleya Corretjer, Kayla Conway, Nikki Mottes. 

Goalkeeping
Stonehill: Sarah Faley – 6 saves (60:00).
Pace: Kate Laico – 7 saves (60:00). 

More Leaders

Stonehill
Caused Turnovers: Emma Sullivan 5.
Draw Controls: Emma Sullivan 9.
Ground Balls: Emma Sullivan 6.

Pace
Caused Turnovers: Julia Burton 4.
Draw Controls: Kayla Conway 7.
Ground Balls: Ali Quinn 4. 

Butler matched her season-best with a career-high matching three goals this evening (PHOTO BY Crystal Ayn Photography)

How it Happened

• Stonehill trailed by three in each of the third and fourth quarters before scoring the last five goals of the contest over the final five minutes to secure its fifth win in six games against a nationally-ranked opponent so far this spring.
• Junior Lydia Rudden paced the Stonehill attack with eight points, netting three goals, including the go-ahead marker with two minutes on the clock, and dishing out five assists. She spurred the Skyhawks game-deciding run with two goals and two assists, having a hand in four of Stonehill's final five goals.
• Pace held a 5-4 lead after a quarter of play, behind three goals from sophomore Angelina Porcello and a pair by senior Aleya Corretjer.
• Juniors Victoria Butler and Kayla Conway scored 30-seconds apart midway through the second quarter to push Stonehill back in front with 6:34 remaining in the second quarter, but junior Jolie Urraro sent the game into halftime deadlocked (6-6), assisted by Corretjer, less than a minute later.
• Butler opened the second half scoring to nose Stonehill back in front less than two minutes into the third quarter, but Pace followed with the next four goals, including a pair by Urraro, to snare the first three goal lead of the day by the Setters after Urraro's third goal of the game with 8:47 to play in the third.
• Stonehill closed the frame with three-straight goals from three different players to pull even (10-10) after junior Abigail Moynihan's first of two second half goals with 65-seconds to play in the third.
• Pace opened the fourth quarter with three-straight goals, including two by senior Kayla Conway, to grab its second three goal cushion after Urraro's fourth of the night with 6:38 to play.
• Rudden sparked Stonehill's run of five unanswered goals to close out the win with two goals and two assists in the final 4:49, starting by setting up sophomore Molly Mae Hughes' lone goal of the night and then scoring her second of three goals to pull the Skyhawks back within a goal with 4:15 remaining.
• Senior preseason All-American Emma Sullivan scored her lone goal of the night to knot the score (13-13) with 3:24 to go, before Rudden pushed Stonehill back in front (14-13) with her third goal of the day with two minutes left.
• Pace won the ensuing draw, but Sullivan caused her fifth turnover of the night and Moynihan potted her second goal of the game to seal the win with eight seconds remaining.

Faley registered six saves for the Skyhawks (PHOTO BY Crystal Ayn Photography)

Noteworthy

• Rudden's eight points give her multiple points in all 11 games this season, with multiple assists in nine-straight games and multiple goals in two-straight.
• Rudden, who surpassed 100 career points against then No. 25 The College of Saint Rose last week, has totaled 40 goals and 71 assists for 111 points in just 24 career games.
• Stonehill finished with five student-athletes with multiple goals, with Butler matching her career-best with a season-high three, while Conway, Moynihan and senior Kendall Fressle each scored twice, with Fressle chipping in an assist as well.
• Moynihan has multiple goals in two straight games for Stonehill.
• Sullivan scored one goal, snapping a string of 11-straight games with multiple goals dating back to last spring. She has now scored 98 goals in 42 career games, adding 26 assists for 125 points.
• Freshman Sarah Faley finished with six saves in goal for Stonehill, adding a ground ball, while freshman Kate Laico made seven stops to keep Pace in the game.
• Urraro and Porcello led Pace with four goals apiece, while Corretjer added three goals and an assist.
• Stonehill is off to a 7-1 start in NE10 play for the first time since winning the first nine in the Conference in 2015.
• Stonehill is now 5-1 this season against nationally-ranked opponents, having won its last three against ranked teams during its current run of five-straight games against ranked opponents.
• Stonehill moved up one spot to No. 15 in this week's IWLCA Division II poll and up three spots to No. 13 in the USA Lacrosse Magazine poll.

Up Next

Stonehill (9-2, 7-1 NE10) is back in action on Saturday, when it visits Saint Michael's College for an NE10 matchup in Colchester, Vermont, at 1 p.m. The Skyhawks return to W.B. Mason Stadium next Wednesday, April 20, to host Southern Connecticut State University at 7 p.m. Pace (8-4, 5-3 NE10) visits Saint Anselm College on Saturday at 3 p.m.

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