COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's lacrosse team lost to 20th-ranked Saint Anselm College, 18-4, on Tuesday afternoon during Northeast-10 Conference play at Grappone Stadium. The Hawks' national ranking is according to the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA).

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-4, 0-2 NE10), Saint Anselm (4-1, 2-0 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Addy Fenton (Andover, Mass./Phillips Academy), 1 goal, 4 draw controls
• Junior Erin Stolz (Scarborough, Maine/Scarborough), 1 goal
• Junior Emilie Webster (New London, N.H./Kearsarge Regional), 1 goal
• Sophomore Catie Murphy (Northboro, Mass./Brewster Academy/Wagner), 1 goal
• Senior Jane Leys (Newport, R.I./Rogers), 2 ground balls
• Senior Hannah Bishop (Queensbury, N.Y./Queensbury), 1 ground ball, 1 caused turnover
• Sophomore Hope Msumba (Grafton, Mass./Grafton), 1 save in 15 minutes
• First-year Abby Cole (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool), 6 saves, 2 ground balls in 45 minutes of relief

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Jess Sullivan, 2 goals, 5 assists
• Junior Lexi Palmisano, 5 goals, 5 draw controls
• Sophomore Isabella Stuzynski, 4 goals
• Senior Taylor Cobain, 2 goals, 2 assists
• Senior Grace Young, 2 saves in 42:47
• First-year Elizabeth Driscoll, 3 saves in 17:13 of relief

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights played the 20th-ranked team in the nation for the second straight game after hosting then-No. 20 Assumption University on Saturday. Each of the Purple and Gold's last three Division II opponents was nationally ranked.
• Murphy has scored 10 of the Purple Knights' 23 goals this season.

THE ACTION

• Palmisano's free-position goal 22 seconds into the game gave Saint Anselm an early lead, and Sullivan made it 2-0 at 11:11 of the first period.
• Murphy turned and bounced a shot past Young with 9:02 left to halve the deficit.
• Three Hawks tallied in a 4:01 span to push the lead to 5-1, but Webster converted an eight-meter bid at 1:49 for her initial goal of the spring.
• Stuzynski scored 36 seconds later before Palmisano cashed in on Sullivan's pass at 13:57 of the second stanza.
• Stolz slipped a shot home at 7:01 to bring Saint Michael's within 7-3.
• After the Purple Knights held Saint Anselm off the scoreboard for a little more than eight minutes, the Hawks finished the half with six goals in a matter of 4:10, beginning with Stuzynski scoring off of Sullivan's feed at 5:54.
• Fenton scored at 13:51 of the third stanza before the Hawks scored the final five goals in a low-scoring second half.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday at Southern Connecticut State University, 11 a.m.