Mary Kate Stille leads Ravens with two goals, marking
second-straight game she led team in scoring
BOXSCORE
RINDGE, N.H. (April 10, 2010) – The Franklin
Pierce University women's lacrosse team fell to sixth-ranked
Stonehill, 15-4, on Saturday afternoon at Sodexo Field in Rindge,
N.H. The Ravens fell to 3-7 overall and 1-5 in the Northeast-10,
while the Skyhawks improved to 8-1 and 6-1 in league play.
Mary Kate Stille (North
Quincy, Mass.) led Franklin Pierce with a pair of goals,
marking the second-consecutive contest she had a team-high in
tallies. She threw in a team-best three goals in Franklin
Pierce's game at Southern New Hampshire on Thursday night.
Jordan Baillargeon
(Westfield, Mass.) and Ashley Moirano (Vero Beach,
Fla.) each added a goal for the Ravens, while sophomore
goalkeeper Jillian Bolduc (Atkinson, N.H.) started
in net and suffered the setback despite making an impressive 18
saves.
Hannah Anderson led all goal
scorers on the afternoon as she notched five scores for Stonehill.
Sam Lynott and Sarah Galligan each scored three times for the
Skyhawks, while Galligan registered a seven-point afternoon as she
assisted on four other goals. Rebecca Moore needed to make just
seven saves in goal to earn the win for Stonehill.
Anderson scored the game's
first two goals in the opening five minutes, but Stille tossed in a
score to pull the Ravens to within 2-1 with 23:01 left in the first
half.
The Skyhawks didn't flinch
and responded by scoring six-straight goals to open up an 8-1
advantage with 7:33 to go until halftime. Anderson had two tallies
during the surge and kick-started it with a goal, while Lynott
aided the cause with two scores.
Stille threw in her second of the
game off a free position attempt with 4:34 left in the half.
However, Kayla Green notched Stonehill's ninth and final
tally of the half with 2:55 remaining as she scored off a free
position attempt as well.
Moirano scored nearly two minutes
into the second half to pull the Ravens to within 9-3, but
Stonehill countered with another 6-0 run to go up by double-digit
goals and seal the win. Galligan had two goals during the late
rally.
Stonehill outshot Franklin Pierce
by a count of 46-17 and forced the Ravens into 25 turnovers.
Franklin Pierce returns to action
on Wednesday when the Ravens travel to Manchester to take on Saint
Anselm at 4 p.m.
For more information on Franklin
Pierce women's lacrosse, please visit the team's page
at athletics.franklinpierce.edu(.)
