Women's Lacrosse Cruises Past Lasell in Regular-Season Finale, 18-8

THE BASICS 

Score: 
Emmanuel, 18 – Lasell, 8

Records: 
Emmanuel College Saints (9-7, 9-5 GNAC)
Lasell University Lasers (6-9, 5-7 GNAC)

Location: Boston, Mass. – Clemente Field

Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2022

THE LEAD – Emmanuel College cruised to an 18-8 victory over Lasell University on Tuesday evening in Great Northeast Athletic Conference women's lacrosse action at Roberto Clemente Field. The Saints received a combined 14 goals from their first-year players in the home win including a game-high five goal effort by Deja Srimouksavanh (Portsmouth, N.H.).

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Saints made it a no-doubter right from the opening draw, scoring their first goal of the action just 23 seconds in on a score by senior Jessica Borduas (Woodbury, Conn.). The goal was the 100^th point of her career making her the 13^th player in program history to reach the milestone.
• EC piled it on early, building a 4-0 lead in less than four minutes of action as Borduas added her second of the night followed by goals from first year Anna Drillen (Readfield, Maine) and sophomore Alyssa Hogan (Westborough, Mass.).
• The Lasers found the scoring column with 7:59 to play in the opening quarter on a goal by Sydney Brady but EC responded with three unanswered scores on goals by Drillen, Srimouksavanh and Abby Brown (Saco, Maine) to move their lead to 7-1 with 3:35 left in the first.
• Lasell capped the first quarter scoring on Brady's second marker of the action but Emmanuel played some of its best team lacrosse of the season in the second quarter to outscore the Lasers by a 7-1 margin for the 14-3 halftime advantage. Borduas, junior Megan Steele (Auburn, Maine), and Brown all scored during the period while Srimouksavann and Drillen tacked on two more goals each to account for the first half totals.
• The Saints outscored Lasell by a 3-2 margin in the third to bump the lead to 17-5 as Srimouksavanh scored twice for EC with the other marker coming from first year Rachel Canedy (Woodstock, Conn.). Brady netted both LU markers in the quarter to make it five on the night.
• The squads traded goals to open the fourth on an LU goal by Teresa Kessner followed by an Emmanuel marker by Hogan to move the ticker to 18-6, EC. Serena Speight and Kessner added late Lasell goals to account for the 18-8 final in favor of the host Saints.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Srimouksavanh and Brady each finished the night with a game-high five goals to lead their respective squads.
• Drillen added four goals in the win while Borduas and Hogan each chipped in three goals.
• Senior Emma Crowley (Peterborough, N.H.) earned the win in net making five saves in 50+ minutes of action before Isabella Thomas (Miami, Fla.) closed the night making one stop in goal for EC.
• Devin Zambruno made 18 saves on the night for the Lasers in a losing effort.
• Emmanuel outshot LU in the win by a 47-20 margin and owned a massive 20-8 advantage on draw controls.
• EC moved to 4-7 all-time now vs. Lasell and has won the last two meetings.

UP NEXT

• The Saints will return to action later this week in the 2022 GNAC Women's Lacrosse Quarterfinals. The squad secured the No. 5 seed and will travel to No. 4 Norwich University for the opening round of the GNAC tournament, currently scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 30.
• The Lasers currently sit in a tie for the eighth and final seed for the conference tournament with one regular-season game remaining. Lasell takes on Albertus Magnus College on Thursday, April 28 and needs a win to keep their playoff hopes alive.