Sophomore Jordan Baillargeon had four goals and two assists to lead
the Ravens, playing a role in both overtime goals. She scored the
gamewinner and assisted on an insurance marker in the extra
period.
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Baillargeon has role in both OT goals, finishes with six points
as Ravens match single-season win mark and keep playoff hopes
alive
Boxscore
RINDGE, N.H. (April 15,
2009) - Franklin Pierce University picked up its program
record matching fifth win of the season and put itself in the thick
of the postseason hunt with a 16-14 overtime triumph over Saint
Anselm College in Northeast-10 Conference women's lacrosse action
as part of "Pierce Pride Week" at Sodexo Field tonight.
Franklin Pierce's five wins this
season matches the record set during the 2003 season (5-9, 4-5
NE-10) - the program's only postseason campaign. Tonight also marks
the Ravens first overtime victory since claiming a 9-8 triple
overtime decision at Merrimack College on March 29, 2003. Franklin
Pierce has won back-to-back games for the second time this season
and fourth time in program history.
Sophomore Jordan
Baillargeon (Westfield, Mass./Westfield) led Franklin
Pierce with four goals and two assists for six points, converting
all three free-position attempts and adding two ground balls, two
draw controls and two caused turnovers. Baillargeon played a role
in both Raven goals in overtime, scoring on an empty-net
free-position attempt with 3:07 left in the extra session, before
setting up freshman Brianna Nash (Oceanside,
N.Y./Oceanside) for an insurance goal with 2:01 left in
extra time.
Freshman Jillian Bolduc made 11 of her 15 saves after halftime,
including six over the final three minutes of regulation plus
overtime.
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Freshman Jillian Bolduc
(Atkinson, N.H./Timberlane) made 11 of her 15 saves after
halftime to preserve the win in goal for Franklin Pierce. She had
three stops, two on free-position attempts, in the final 3:16 of
regulation to force overtime and then made two quick saves early in
the second half of overtime after the Ravens had taken the lead -
posting three saves in overtime overall to preserve the win. The
Ravens also got a strong defensive performance from freshman
Kimberly Jaksina (Townsend, Mass./Middlesex
Regional) who compiled a team-high seven ground balls, six
draw controls and forced four turnovers.
Sophomore Lauren Stille
(North Quincy, Mass./North Quincy) and freshman
Christine McKay (Norwood, Mass./Norwood) each
netted three goals for Franklin Pierce, with McKay adding three
draw controls and two ground balls. Nash finished with two goals,
while sophomore Ashley Moirano (South Burlington,
Mass./South Burlington) chipped in a goal and two assists
for three points.
Senior Michaela Rocha (Rye,
N.H./Berkshire School) led Saint Anselm with three goals
and three assists for six points. Sophomore Courtney Ford
(Concord, Mass./Concord-Carlisle) netted a game-high five
goals, while freshman Meghan Smith (East Rochester,
N.Y./Our Lady of Mercy) added two goals and two assists
for four points. Smith also collected a game-high eight draw
controls.
Sophomore Katherine O'Hara
(Norwell, Mass./Norwell) made ten saves, including six in
the second half, over 62:51 in goal for Saint Anselm before being
sent to the sidelines with a yellow card with nine-seconds left in
the first half of overtime after a costly foul which gave
Baillargeon a free-position shot at an empty net. Baillargeon
buried the attempt for her fourth goal of the match
(33rd of the season).
Freshman Christine McKay netted a season-high three goals for the
Ravens tonight.
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Franklin Pierce led by three (12-9)
after a Baillargeon goal, assisted by Moirano, with 12:40 left in
regulation. Saint Anselm rallied with four-straight goals, three
from Ford, to take their first lead of the second half (13-12)
after an eight-meter goal by Smith with 5:23 remaining. The Ravens
regained the lead with goals from McKay and Moirano in a 49-second
span with 4:05 on the clock. Saint Anselm knotted the score again
as Rocha set up sophomore Emily Traicoff (Beverly,
Mass./Beverly) with 3:16 left in regulation and Bolduc
kept the Hawks there with her three late saves.
The game appeared headed towards
the second half of the overtime period still knotted at 14, when
Baillargeon checked the ball out of O'Hara's stick to the right of
the goal and created a scoring chance with nine seconds left before
the teams switched ends. O'Hara was issued her costly yellow and
Baillargeon buried the free-position shot into the empty net.
Baillargeon set up Nash for an important insurance goal with 2:01
left in extra time.
Saint Anselm held the early
momentum in the contest, staking out a 4-1 lead after Ford's first
goal of the match, assisted by Rocha, with 16:31 remaining in the
opening half. Rocha played a role in three of the Hawks first four
goals with two goals and an assist. Franklin Pierce scored the next
three goals to knot the score at 4-4 after a marker from freshman
Mary Kate Stille (North Quincy, Mass./North
Quincy) with 9:04 left in the half.
Saint Anselm regained the lead
(5-4) after a goal from junior Tia Karon (Medford,
Mass./Medford) with 7:57 left in the half, but Franklin
Pierce scored five of the last six goals of the opening frame to
take a 9-6 lead into intermission. Baillargeon had two goals and an
assist during that stretch, with McKay scoring the final goal of
the half with just four-seconds left on the clock.
Franklin Pierce (5-7, 2-5 NE-10)
closes out the regular season with three-straight road games
beginning Saturday at Southern Connecticut State University at 1
p.m. The Ravens will be looking to win three-straight games for the
first time in program history. Saint Anselm (5-7, 3-5 NE-10) visits
Assumption College next Tuesday at 7 p.m.
