Jordan Baillargeon logs six goals on a nine-point
afternoon
BOXSCORE
RINDGE, N.H. (April 3, 2010) – The Franklin Pierce
University women's lacrosse team picked up its first
Northeast-10 Conference win of the 2010 season on Saturday with a
convincing 23-9 victory over Southern Connecticut State at Sodexo
Field in Rindge. The Ravens improved to 3-4 overall and 1-2
in the NE-10, while SCSU dipped to 0-6 and 0-4 in league play.
Franklin Pierce had defeated Saint
Michael's (19-12) and Assumption (20-12) earlier this season,
but those games came in non-conference affairs. The Ravens will
meet both of those teams later this season in an NE-10 match-up. In
fact, Franklin Pierce will close out its three-game homestand on
Tuesday night by playing host to Saint Michael's at 6 p.m. in
Sodexo Field.
Junior attack Jordan
Baillargeon (Westfield, Mass.) had a sensational afternoon
for the Ravens as she logged a game-high nine points on six goals
and three assists. Fellow attacker Lauren Stille (North
Quincy, Mass.) followed with five points on four goals and
an assist.
Brianna Nash (Oceanside,
N.Y.), Courtney Weber (Centerport, N.Y.)
and Ashley Moirano (Vero Beach, Fla.) each
recorded three points on the afternoon. Nash had three goals, while
Weber threw in two with an assist. Moirano scored one and assisted
on two other tallies. Christine McKay (Norwood,
Mass.), Melissa Richtel (Castle Rock,
Colo.) and Ashley Lamagdeleine (Westfield,
Mass.) each tallied two goals on the day as well.
Sophomore goalkeeper
Jillian Bolduc (Atkinson, N.H.) made 10 saves in
goal to earn the win to run her record to 3-4 on the season.
KellyAnne McCafferty led Southern Connecticut's offensive
attack with three goals.
Franklin Pierce wasted little time
putting this game away early as the Ravens scored three goals in
the opening five minutes to take a 3-0 lead. McKay, Baillargeon and
Stille each notched a score during the run.
The Ravens held a 5-0 lead before
the Owls got on the board with a goal at the 21:20 mark by
McCafferty. However, Franklin Pierce answered with two tallies to
make it 7-1. Baillargeon answered McCafferty's tally with one
of her own just 12 seconds later and Stille added one just 90
seconds after Baillargeon's.
McCafferty scored her third goal of
the game with just 38 seconds remaining in the first half to pull
Southern Connecticut to within 14-6. Again, Baillargeon had a quick
response and threw in another goal with just :01 left on the clock
to lift the Ravens to a 15-6 lead at halftime.
Franklin Pierce raced out of the
gates in the opening stages of the second half and scored
four-consecutive goals to open up a commanding 19-6 advantage. Nash
had three scores during the opening surge, which Richtel added one
as well.
The Ravens would not look back the
rest of the way as they cruised onto victory. Franklin Pierce
outshot SCSU by a count of 50-28, while also forcing the Owls into
31 turnovers. The Ravens collected 50 groundballs, including 11
from McKay.
For more information on Franklin
Pierce women's lacrosse, please visit the team's page
at athletics.franklinpierce.edu(.)
