WATERBURY, Conn. - The Saint Michael's College women's lacrosse team defeated Post University, 10-6, on a snowy LaMoy Field in both teams' season openers on Saturday.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-0), Post (0-1)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Catie Murphy (Northboro, Mass./Brewster Academy/Wagner), 3 goals
• Junior Hope Alto (South Boston, Mass./Ursuline Academy), 1 goal, 13 draw controls
• Senior Paige Fleming (South Portland, Maine/South Portland), 2 goals
• Sophomore Amanda Drislane (West Newbury, Mass./Pentucket Regional), 2 goals
• Senior Jordy Fenton (Andover, Mass./Phillips Academy), 2 assists
• First-year Addy Fenton (Andover, Mass./Phillips Academy), 1 goal
• First-year Molly Gannon (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury), 1 goal
• Sophomore Hope Msumba (Grafton, Mass./Grafton), 2 saves in 15 minutes
• First-year Abby Cole (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool), 4 saves in 45 minutes of relief, win
• Junior Molly Carroll (Marshfield, Mass./Marshfield), 2 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
• Senior Jillian Perry (Salem, N.H./Salem), 2 caused turnovers

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Morgan Cassiliano, 5 goals
• Junior Christina Badaracco, 15 saves
• Sophomore Cara Distefano, 4 draw controls

GAME FACTS

• Alto missed the 2021 season due to injury and made her college debut by posting the most draw controls by a Purple Knight since Amanda Soule '08 had 16 on April 30, 2008.
• Murphy, a transfer from Division I Wagner College, potted the first goals of her college career.
• The victory was the first of Quinn Rose's college head coaching career.
• The meeting was the first between the schools.
• Saint Michael's played the earliest opener in program history, having only played twice in February prior to today. The Purple Knights previously played as early as Feb. 26 in 2002, when they faced the State University of New York at Potsdam in Orlando, Fla.

THE ACTION

• Playing under the NCAA's new four-quarter format, the Purple Knights struck first, with Murphy potting her first college goal on a free-position attempt at 11:12 of the opening quarter.
• Cassiliano responded with a natural hat trick during a 4:58 span, and Post led 3-1 at 4:44.
• After Alto won the ensuing draw, Murphy cut the deficit to a single goal 39 seconds later, kicking off a go-ahead 3-0 run. Murphy and Fleming added free-position goals, and the visitors were up 4-3 with 4:35 left in the second period.
• Distefano scored at 2:01, and the teams entered halftime tied.
• The Purple Knights utilized a 4-0 scoring lead in the third frame to take control, with Alto, Fleming and Gannon tallying in a 2:13 stretch to give their team a lead 7-4 by 3:42. Jordy Fenton assisted Fleming's goal before lending her second helper of the period on sister Addy Fenton's first college goal, with 46 seconds left.
• Cassiliano scored twice in the fourth quarter, but Drislane countered her on both occasions, with junior Emilie Webster (New London, N.H./Kearsarge Regional) assisting her second marker.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• March 4 vs. No. 10 Roberts Wesleyan College, 3 p.m.
• The Redhawks' national ranking is according to the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA).