Women’s Lacrosse Bows Out of GNAC Tourney in Semifinal Setback to JWU

THE BASICS 

Score: 
Johnson & Wales 14 – Emmanuel 5

Records: 
Emmanuel College Saints (14-5, 10-3 GNAC)
JWU Wildcats (15-2, 13-0 GNAC)

Location: Providence, R.I. – Scotts Miracle Gro Field

Date: Wednesday, May 3, 2023

THE LEAD – Sophomore Madeleine Gould (Oakdale, Conn.) tied her career-high with seven goal in Johnson & Wales (RI) University's 14-5 win over Emmanuel (MA) College in Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Women's Lacrosse Quarterfinal action Wednesday afternoon at the Scotts Miracle-Gro Athletic Complex.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Emmanuel opened the scoring on an unassisted marker by sophomore Deja Srimouksavanh (Portsmouth, N.H.) but it would prove to be EC's only lead of the afternoon as the Wildcats answered with a pair of goals from Maris DiBeneditto (Southbury, Conn.) to pull ahead, 2-1, with 11:07 to play in the opening frame.
• Minutes later, senior Megan Steele (Auburn, Maine) tied the score at 2-2 before DiBeneditto gave JWU the lead for good at 3-2 with 5:17 left in the first. Gould added her first of the game less than a minute later to account for a 4-2 score through one.
• Srimouksavanh opened the second quarter the same way as the first, netting her second of the game to make it 4-3 but Johnson & Wales ended the half strong with two goals over the final five minutes, giving the hosts a 6-3 lead at the break.
• For the third straight quarter, Emmanuel scored first in the third on a marker by first year Broghan Laundry (Swampscott, Mass.) to get within a pair at 6-4 but it was the closest they'd come as JWU rattled off the next four goals including three straight from Gould to bump the lead to 10-4. EC first year Emily Gates (Waterford, Conn.) got one back before the end of the third but it was Emmanuel's final goal of the afternoon to make it 10-5 through 45 minutes.
• The fourth was all JWU as the Wildcats held the Saints scoreless while tacking on four goals to account for the 14-5 final.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• The goal for Steele was the 83^rd of her Emmanuel career to rank seventh all-time while she wraps her career with 125 points, also seventh in EC annals.
• Emmanuel sophomore goalie Isabella Thomas (Miami, Fla.) made nine saves in the defeat, giving her 115 on the year, the eighth highest single-season total in program history.
• Srimouksavanh closes the year out with 70 points marking just the seventh time in program history a Saint has posted 70+ points in a single campaign.
• JWU senior Taina Gamory (Warwick, N.Y.) added one goal and eight helpers to send the Wildcats to the conference championship for the seventh-consecutive season..
• DiBeneditto added four goals and an assist for the Wildcats while classmate Katie Sloan (Elliot City, Md.) scored twice.
• JWU sophomore and reigning GNAC Goalkeeper of the Year Emma Glyman (Tolland, Conn.) recorded 12 saves, including eight in the second half.
• Shots favored the Wildcats by a +2 margin (27-25) and JWU also owned a +3 margin in draw controls (13-10).
• EC was able to turn JWU over 28 times on the day including a team-high three caused turnovers by sophomore Delaney Brown (Agawam, Mass.).
• The Saints close the year with 14 wins, the second highest single-season total only behind the 2014 GNAC Championship campaign when the squad finished 15-3.

UP NEXT

• Top-seeded JWU will host No. 2 seed St. Joseph's (ME) this Saturday, May 6 at 11:00 AM at the Scotts Miracle-Gro Athletic Complex.