Women’s Lacrosse Suffers Senior Day Setback to Cadets, 14-9

THE BASICS 

Score: 
Norwich 14 – Emmanuel 9

Records: 
Emmanuel College Saints (8-7, 8-4 GNAC)
Norwich University Cadets (11-4, 9-3 GNAC)

Location: Boston, Mass. – Clemente Field

Date: Saturday, April 23, 2022

THE LEAD – The Norwich Cadets outscored the Emmanuel Saints 6-0 in the fourth quarter of a close Great Northeast Athletic Conference match on Saturday, allowing Norwich to walk away from Clemente Field with a 14-9 win over Emmanuel.

Prior to the start of Saturday's game, the Saints women's lacrosse program honored seniors Jessica Borduas (Woodbury, Conn.), Emma Crowley (Peterborough, Maine), Chandra Franca (Woburn, Mass.), Lincoln Hamblett (East Boothbay, Maine), and Katelyn Hunter (South Windsor, Conn.) for their contributions to the program in a Senior Day ceremony.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Cadets entered the final quarter trailing by one, but just 36 seconds into the quarter, senior Emma O'Neill (Hamburg, N.Y.) tied things at 9-9.
• NU expanded on that lead thanks to man-up opportunities in quick succession. Senior Michaila Furchak (Nyack, N.Y.) and O'Neill scored man-up goals 2:07 apart to boost NU ahead 11-9.
• The scoring continued later in the fourth quarter for Norwich with senior Ava Durand (Mechanicsburg, Pa.) adding to the Norwich lead, followed by back-to-back scores for junior Maddie Etherton (Johnstown, N.Y.), upping the lead 14-9.
• Tied 7-7 at the half, the Saints outscored the Cadets 2-1 in the third quarter thanks to a pair of free-position goals for Franca, including one on a man-up opportunity.
• The Cadets were off and running in the opening quarter thanks to goals O'Neill, Etherton, and Furchak, helping Norwich to a 3-0 lead. The Saints beat the buzzer to end the quarter on a tally by first-year Deja Srimouksavanh (Portsmouth, N.H.), as EC trailed 3-1 after a quarter.
• Emmanuel harnessed the buzzer-beating momentum to run off the first three goals of the second quarter. Borduas and Srimouksavanh got the game tied at 3-3 before first-year Anna Drillen (Readfield, Maine) gave EC their first lead of the day at 4-3. The Saints and Cadets would trade goals for the rest of the first half, capped by an Etherton tally that beat the horn, as the teams went to halftime at 7-7.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Etherton and O'Neill both scored four goals for Norwich. Etherton added two caused turnovers in the victory.
• Furchak had a hat trick and four assists for a seven-point afternoon.
• Cadets senior goalie Katie Bishop-Manning (New York, N.Y.) made a season-high 17 saves while also breaking the single-season Norwich record for saves in a season.
• Franca and Srimouksavanh both finished with hat tricks for the Saints. The pair of third quarter, free-position goals for Franca gives her the program's all-time record for free-position goals scored in a career, now sitting at 39.
• Borduas had two goals and one assist and now sits on 99 career points scored.
• Junior Alyssa Santangeli (Watertown, Conn.) matched a game-high with three caused turnovers while leading the Saints with four ground balls.
• Crowley made eight saves but falls to 8-7 this season following the loss.

UP NEXT

• The Saints wrap up the regular season on Tuesday night as they welcome Lasell University to Clemente Field for a 7:00 p.m. GNAC faceoff.
• The Cadets finish their regular season and wrap up a four-game road trip on Wednesday night as they head to Dean College for a 3:30 p.m. conference game.