Women’s Lacrosse Advances to GNAC Semis With 19-4 Win vs. Lasell

BOSTON – The top-seeded Saints women's lacrosse team scored the first 12 goals of the game on Saturday afternoon, cruising to a 19-4 victory over the No. 5 seed, Lasell Lasers, in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Quarterfinal Round at Clemente Field.

Emmanuel improves to 14-4 and advances to its third straight GNAC Semifinals with the 15-goal win. They will seek their first trip back to the GNAC Championship since 2021. The Lasers finish at 8-10, returning to the Postseason for the first time since 2022.

The Saints were up 6-0 in the opening 4:56 of the first quarter with junior Rachel Canedy (Woodstock, Conn.) opening the scoring just 76 seconds in. Sophomore Brianna Stephenson (Waterboro, Maine) doubled the lead on a player-down goal while sophomore Madeline Wright (Mattapoisett, Mass.) added back-to-back goals just 19 seconds apart, boosting the lead to 4-0.

Junior Abby Brown (Saco, Maine) finished the six goals in 4:56 run with consecutive tallies just 11 seconds apart, giving Emmanuel a 6-0 lead. The Saints would tack one more on the board before the quarter, leading 7-0 after 15 minutes.

The scoring trickled into the second with sophomore Livia Fedele (Spencerport, N.Y.) and Brown combining for three goals in 1:21 to open up a 10-0 advantage. Wright and Fedele netted two more for the Saints, finishing off the 12-0 run to start the game and taking that lead into the break.

Lasell broke through in the third quarter with the GNAC's leading scorer, senior Teresa Kessner (Brentwood, N.Y.) scoring twice to open the half, cutting the deficit to 12-2. In total, the Saints and Lasers split the scoring 3-3 in the third, giving Emmanuel the 15-3 lead after three quarters.

Emmanuel opened the fourth in the same manner they started the game, scoring four times to start the final frame, including a pair for junior Dejaliyah Srimouksavanh (Portsmouth, N.H.), one for Wright, and one for senior Maddie Kross (Bolton, Conn.). Lasell answered with the game's final goal by senior Kaitlin Bedell (Londonderry, N.H.) as the Saints advance to the GNAC Semifinals with a 19-4 win.

Wright led the Saints with six goals and added an assist for a seven-point afternoon. Brown, Fedele, and Srimouksavanh all finished with hat tricks. Fedele added three assists for a six-point game while Stephenson and sophomore Ella Marschitz (Naperville, Ill.) added three helpers. Junior Isabella Thomas (Miami, Fla.) made five saves in the win and improves to 14-4 with the win.

Bedell and Kessner both scored a pair for the Lasers with Bedell adding one assist for a three-point day. Sophomore goalie Joy Sayah (Rockland, Mass.) finished with 17 saves but falls to 8-10 in the loss.

Emmanuel holds home-field advantage throughout the playoffs and continues the chase for the GNAC Championship with a Tuesday, April 30, meeting against the No. 3 North seed Colby-Sawyer Chargers at 7:00 p.m. on Clemente Field in the GNAC Semifinals.