HARDEEVILLE, S.C. - The Saint Michael's College women's lacrosse team went back and forth with Savannah (Ga.) College of Art and Design (SCAD), the 10th-ranked team in the NAIA, before losing a 13-11 decision on Thursday at the SCAD Athletics Complex. The Bees advanced to the 2022 NAIA national semifinals.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-4), SCAD Savannah (1-3)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Sophia Lynch (West Hartford, Conn./Conard), 4 goals, 3 ground balls
• Junior Darby Rich (Melrose, Mass./Tilton School), 2 goals, 2 draw controls
• Senior Hope Alto (South Boston, Mass./Ursuline Academy), 2 goals
• Senior Erin Stolz (Scarborough, Maine/Scarborough), 1 goal, 1 assist
• Junior Amanda Drislane (West Newbury, Mass./Pentucket Regional), 1 goal, 1 assist
• Junior Catie Murphy (Northboro, Mass./Brewster Academy/Wagner), 1 goal
• Sophomore Abby Cole (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool), 14 saves (career high)
• Sophomore Addy Fenton (Andover, Mass./Phillips Academy), 4 draw controls
• First-year Erin Boyd (Islip, N.Y./Saint Anthony's), 2 ground balls
• First-year Abbie Whitley (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry), 2 caused turnovers

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Keagan Plume, 4 goals, 5 draw controls
• First-year Annise Berkeley, 3 goals, 4 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
• Graduate student Aly De Cara, 1 goal, 3 assists, 5 draw controls
• Junior Clarke Haas, 2 goals, 6 draw controls
• First-year Chloe Zundel, 24:06 of relief, win

GAME FACTS

• Lynch had the most goals by a Purple Knight first-year since Ali Gosselin '17 potted four at Dominican (N.Y.) College on March 20, 2014.
• Saint Michael's played a game at SCAD's home field for the second straight day after taking on Northeast-10 Conference foe Southern Connecticut State University on Wednesday.
• Three of the Purple Knights' last four opponents have been nationally-ranked NCAA or NAIA squads.
• The Purple and Gold had previously met the Bees once, winning a 15-12 decision in Hardeeville on March 14, 2012.
• Saint Michael's shot 6-for-11 on eight-meter bids, scoring six free-position goals for the first time since March 13, 2017, at Dominican.

THE ACTION

• Lynch struck for an eight-meter tally at 10:08 of the first quarter for the only scoring in the opening 10:49 of the contest.
• Berkeley later tallied a hat trick in a matter of 4:12 during a 4-1 run that gave SCAD Savannah a 4-2 lead by 13:03 of the second stanza.
• After the teams combined for eight goals in the first half, they combined for nine in the third period alone.
• Back-to-back Alto goals 1:48 apart knotted the teams at six apiece by 9:27 before sophomore Emma Roch scored at 8:08 to put her team in front for good, and Plume found the net again with 6:35 left.
• The Purple Knights trimmed their deficit to one goal three times from there, including when Lynch converted Drislane's feed at the left side of the circle with 13:23 left in the fourth.
• However, Haas scored twice in a 1:26 stretch, and the Bees led 12-9 by 6:21.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• March 23 at Division I University of Hartford, 2 p.m.