Sullivan turns away 15 shots on Senior Night to earn her first
career win
Boxscore
Michaela Sullivan made 15 saves on Thursday against American
International to earn her first career victory.
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RINDGE, N.H. (April 24,
2008) - Franklin Pierce University senior
goaltender Michaela Sullivan (Arlington,
Mass./Arlington) made 15 saves to earn her first
collegiate victory as the Ravens defeated American International
College by a score of 21-16 in Northeast-10 Conference women's
lacrosse action on Senior Night at Sodexho Field on Thursday
evening.
On Senior Night, Sullivan came up
big for the Ravens in her first start since 2005, making seven
saves on 14 shots in the first half and then stopping eight of 16
attempts in the second half. Senior captain Celine Stamets
(Sausalito, Calif./Mavin Catholic) also played well for
the Ravens in her final game at Sodexho Field, scoring once and
adding one assist to break the school's career assists mark with 23
helpers.
The Franklin Pierce freshmen also
starred on Senior Night, combining for 15 goals and three assists.
Jordan Baillargeon (Westfield, Mass./Westfield)
led the Raven attack with seven goals and two assists for nine
points, while classmate Lauren Stille (North Quincy,
Mass./North Quincy) netted five and assisted on one.
Jillian Benn (North Quincy, Mass./North Quincy)
also contributed three goals on the evening.
Senior Alexis Castro (Chula Vista,
Calif./University of Vermont) paced the Yellow Jackets offensively
with five goals, including the first three goals of the game, while
junior Katie Warner (Westfield, Mass./Westfield) added four goals
and a game-high three assists. The team's best player on the night
might have been freshman Gina Gallo (Westfield, Mass./Westfield),
who was excellent in goal in making 23 saves to keep the Yellow
Jackets in the match.
AIC stormed out of the game in the
first half, as three Castro tallies began the scoring and the
Yellow Jackets took a 5-0 lead 12:19 into the match. But after the
team's traded goals to make the score 6-1 with 11:41 left in the
first half, Franklin Pierce stormed back with 10 of the half's
final 11 goals to take an 11-7 lead into halftime. Stille
scored four goals to lead the Raven comeback, including capping the
half with a breakaway tally with two seconds left.
Franklin Pierce continued its
strong play to begin the second half, increasing the lead to six
thanks to a pair of tallies by Baillargeon. AIC attempted to mount
a comeback in the second half, receiving four goals from Warner,
but the Ravens never allowed the lead to creep below four goals and
held on for the win. Junior captain Carla Savini (Danvers,
Mass./Danvers) put the exclamation point on the team's
third win of the year with her third tally of the game, coming with
20 seconds left on the clock.
Franklin Pierce (3-12, 1-8 NE-10)
will attempt to close out its 2008 season with a pair of
Northeast-10 wins when the Ravens travel to Worcester, Mass., to
take on Assumption College in the team's season finale on Saturday
at 1 p.m. American International (0-15, 0-9 NE-10) closes out its
2008 season tomorrow at Bentley College at 7 p.m.