Jordan Baillargeon totals six-point evening with three goals
and three assists
BOXSCORE
RINDGE, N.H. (April 28, 2010) – The Franklin Pierce
University women's lacrosse team concluded its 2010 season on
Wednesday evening with a 26-11 loss to Merrimack at Sodexo Field in
Rindge. The Ravens finished the season with a 6-9 record and a 4-7
mark in the Northeast-10, however, they did win three of their
final five games. Merrimack improved to 10-2 and 8-2 in league
play.
Junior attack Jordan
Baillargeon (Westfield, Mass.) logged a six-point
evening for the Ravens as she had a team-high three goals and three
assists. Christine McKay (Norwood, Mass.) and
Lauren Stille (North Quincy, Mass.) each had two
goals on the night, while Stille assisted on two other goals for
four points.
Sophomore goalkeeper
Jillian Bolduc (Atkinson, N.H.) started in net and
made 10 saves while suffering the loss.
Three Merrimack players had at
least five goals in the game, including Mia Basile (6), Kelly
Pasquantonio (5) and Colleen Strachan (5). Basile and Strachan also
picked up a pair of assists to record seven-point nights.
Merrimack scored the game's
opening four goals a little more than three minutes into the
contest and eventually built a 9-1 lead with 19:53 remaining in the
first half.
However, the Ravens did try to battle back and pulled to within
11-6 with 10:58 left in the opening half on a goal by Stille.
Franklin Pierce scored on each of its first four shots of the game,
including getting makers from Baillargeon, Lauren Stille,
Mary Kate Stille (North Quincy, Mass.) and
Baillargeon once again.
The Warriors regrouped from
Franklin Pierce's mini-rally and scored four of the last six
goals of the half to take a 15-8 lead into halftime.
Merrimack built off the momentum of its late run in the first
half and scored three-straight goals in the second half to gain an
18-8 advantage.
McKay tossed in another goal for
Franklin Pierce to make it 18-9 with 24:55 remaining, but Merrimack
answered with seven-consecutive goals to put the game out of reach
and earn the win.
McKay ended the game with the two
goals and an assist for three points, while senior attacker
Meghan Masterson (Sharon, Mass.) collected an
assist in her final collegiate game. Masterson was honored prior to
the game for her four years of commitment to the program. She
concluded her career with 47 games played (21 starts), 11 goals and
seven assists for 18 points.
For more information on Franklin
Pierce women's lacrosse, please visit the team's page
at athletics.franklinpierce.edu(.)
