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Grace Murphy
Jon Burke
7
LIU LIU 9-6, 6-2
14
Winner Stonehill STONEHIL 10-6, 7-1
LIU LIU
9-6, 6-2
7
Final
14
Stonehill STONEHIL
10-6, 7-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
LIU LIU 1 3 2 1 7
Stonehill STONEHIL 2 7 3 2 14

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse |

Women’s Lacrosse Downs LIU, 14-7, for Seventh-Straight Victory; Skyhawks Clinch Berth in NEC Tournament

EASTON, Mass. (April 18, 2026) – The Stonehill women's lacrosse team earned a 14-7 victory over LIU at W.B. Mason Stadium on Saturday afternoon.

The Skyhawks improve to 10-6 overall (7-1 NEC) and have won seven-straight games, while the Sharks fall to 9-6 (6-2 NEC). With the win, Stonehill clinched a bid in the upcoming NEC tournament. 

STONEHILL HIGHLIGHTS:
  • Grace Murphy scored five goals and added an assist for six points, as she moved passed the 200-point mark for her career. Murphy has 56 goals and 68 points to lead the Skyhawks this spring.
     
  • Natalie Coutu had a goal and three assists, giving her 189 points for her career.
     
  • Sophia Gouveia tallied a career-high five goals, pulled in three draw controls, collected three ground balls and caused a turnover.
     
  • Nina Tremonte recorded six saves in net.
     
  • Stonehill was 22-of-23 on clear attempts and held the edge in ground balls, 22-19, and shots on goal, 17-9.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
Less than a minute into the game, Grace Murphy opened the scoring at 14:11, and then Natalie Coutu added another Stonehill goal at 7:11, as the Skyhawks carried a 2-1 lead into the second quarter.

In that second frame, the Skyhawks tallied seven goals to pull away. Sophia Gouveia fired for a goal at 14:04, and after LIU tied it, 3-3, Stonehill scored four-straight to open up a 7-3 lead. Gouveia netted goals again at 9:58 and 8:59, before Abby Hanifin (6:45) and Murphy (5:26) found the back of the net. With Stonehill leading, 7-4, Murphy closed the half with back-to-back goals at 3:25 and 0:59, to give the Skyhawks a 9-4 advantage at the break.

Stonehill continued its surge in the third with scored by Gouveia (11:15) and Caitlin Ruggiero (7:16) to stretch the lead to 11-4. The Sharks cut the deficit to 11-6 later in the third, but that was as close as the game would get. Meaghan Fealy netted a goal with 38 seconds left in the third, and then Gouveia (12:4) and Murphy (0:56) put the game out of reach in the fourth.

UP NEXT:
Stonehill (10-6, 7-1 NEC) will close out the regular season at Howard (3-12, 2-6 NEC) on Saturday, April 25 at 12 p.m.

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