WOMEN'S LACROSSE FALLS TO LASELL COLLEGE THURSDAY NIGHT
April 21, 2011
NEWTON, MA - The Saints grabbed a hat trick from junior Logan Carr (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) and freshman Michaela Brennan's (Worcester, Mass.) scored her second goal of the season, but ultimately the women's lacrosse team fell to Lasell College 19-6 on Thursday evening in Newton, Mass. Emmanuel falls to 3-8 this season, and 2-6 in the league with one game left to play.
Carr netted a hat trick for the visitors in a six minute period between 19:15 and 12:59. Carr was just once interrupted by Lasell's Tina Canavan (Stonington, CT) who capped her three-goal game with a solo attack of her own at 17:44. Canavan would finish the game with four points, chipping in with a helper on Wuorio's third marker, a man-down goal, at 6:41.
Laser net minder Kristin Coderre (Monson, MA) turned aside seven of the Saints on-target shot attempts to pick up her tenth win of the year, while Tina Canavan (Stonington, CT), Britney Wuorio (Bolton, MA), Neila Kudla (Groton, MA), and Erin Gertonson (Bayport, NY) each scored a hat trick in the victory.
Ashley Slattery (Weymouth, MA) put Lasell on top 2-0 in the first minute of the game scoring a pair of unassisted tallies in a 19 seconds span. Madeline Leahy (Cohasset, MA) cut Lasell's lead in half with a single mark at 28:22 but the Lasers replied with five unanswered goals, including the game-winning tally by Gertonson with 19:59 on the clock, to take a 7-1 lead.
The hosts closed out the first half with a 6-0 run through eight minutes which included three man-down goals by Wuorio, Kudla and Rebecca Stanton (Agawam, MA). At halftime, Lasell held a 14-4 lead.
Lasell's extra-man offense scored 21 seconds into the second period, with credit going to Jen Lemoine (Trumbull, CT) off the stick of Wuorio for the first of two assists for the freshman. Gertonson completed her hat trick with goals in the 27th and 17th minutes of the period and Lemoine and April McGrath (WIllow Grove, PA) brought about the final score with additional goals in the final ten minutes of the game.
Brennan and Leahy also netted an unassisted goal each in the second half for Emmanuel. Leahy added three ground balls and three draw controls while Brennan also had three ground balls and a game-best three caused turnovers. Carr also won the draw three times and picked up three ground balls.
Goalkeeper Hillary Dandurant (Merrimac, MA) made nine saves against the Lasers potent offense which fired off 28 shots-on-goal in the game.
The Saints will play their final game of the regular season this Saturday against Simmons College at 1:00 p.m.
-Courtesy of Lasell Athletics