Baillargeon sets school record for points in a game with 13; cracks top-five in Div. II for goals (10) and points in a single game

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RINDGE, N.H. (April 10, 2008) - Freshman Jordan Baillargeon (Westfield, Mass./ Westfield) had 10 goals and three assists to lead a record-setting evening for the Franklin Pierce University women's lacrosse team, as the Ravens set a new program record for goals in a 25-20 win over Norwich University in a non-conference match on Thursday night at Sodexho Field.

Baillargeon's 10 goals are the second-highest total in school history and are tied for fourth in Div. II history, two behind the Div. II single-game record of 12 set by former Raven Jami Ladakakos '99, who had 12 against Castleton State College on April 21, 1999. Her 13 points are a new school record, surpassing Ladakakos' 12 against Castleton, and are tied for the fifth-highest total all-time in Div. II.

Classmate Lauren Stille (North Quincy, Mass./North Quincy) and junior captain Carla Savini (Danvers, Mass./Danvers) also had six goals and two assists each on the night to bolster the potent Raven attack. With her totals, Stille set new program records for goals and points by a freshman, both set by Courtney Boardman '05 in 2003, and also set a new school mark for assists in a season with 11.

The Ravens easily surpassed the previous school record for goals in a game, set in a 19-4 win over Southern Connecticut State University on April 7, 2002, as well as the program record for total combined goals in a game (40), set on April 29, 1998 and matched on Tuesday against Saint Anselm College.

Norwich had its only lead of the game very early on, as the Cadets responded to Stille's game-opening tally with three straight goals to take a 3-1 lead 2:48 into the match. Franklin Pierce came back with four tallies in a row by four different players to take a 5-3 lead and never trailed again, although a four-goal swing by Norwich near the end of the first half knotted the game at eight with six minutes remaining.

Franklin Pierce swung the momentum back their way in the waning seconds of the half, scoring twice while in a rare man-down situation to take a lead into halftime. Junior Erika McGowan (Billerica, Mass./Billerica Memorial) received a yellow card with 1:23 left in the half and the short-handed Ravens had no substitutes remaining after freshman Jillian Benn (North Quincy, Mass./North Quincy) received two yellow cards earlier in the half, forcing the team to play 10-on-11 for three minutes. The disadvantage did not matter, however, as Stille and Baillargeon scored goals 20 seconds apart to give the team a 10-8 lead headed into halftime.

The Ravens carried that momentum into the second half, putting together the highest-scoring half in program history to hold off the Cadets. The team scored six of the half's first nine goals to take a 16-11 lead with 21:08 left, but a goal by Norwich's Chelsea Martin (Barre, Vt./ Spaulding) with 13:30 left in the game capped a three-goal stretch and brought the Cadets back to within one goal. However, goals by Savini, Stille and freshman Ashley Moirano (South Burlington, Vt./South Burlington) gave the Ravens a four-goal cushion and the Ravens matched every Norwich goal the rest of the way to earn the win.

Freshman goaltender Chaniece Franklyn (Chappaqua, N.Y./Horace Greeley) made 14 saves on 34 shots for her second victory of the year, while Norwich freshman Erin McGaffigan (Groton, Mass./Bishop Guertin) stopped only eight shots on 32 attempts.

Franklin Pierce (2-8, 0-6 NE-10) returns to the road on Saturday, as the Ravens travel to West Haven, Conn., for a matchup with IWLCA No. 9 University of New Haven at 1 p.m. Norwich (6-2, 2-0 GNAC) travels to Mount Holyoke College on Saturday at 1 p.m.