WEST HARTFORD, Conn. - A 6-0 first-quarter run helped the Saint Michael's College women's lacrosse team take control early during a 15-7 victory over Division I University of Hartford on Thursday on Al-Marzook Field at Alumni Stadium. The Hawks entered the game as one of four remaining unbeaten Division I squads.

RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (2-4), Hartford (6-1)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Senior Erin Stolz (Scarborough, Maine/Scarborough), 5 goals (career high), 2 assists, 2 draw controls
• First-year Sophia Lynch (West Hartford, Conn./Conard), 3 goals, 2 assists
• Senior Hope Alto (South Boston, Mass./Ursuline Academy), 2 goals, 2 assists, 3 draw controls
• Junior Catie Murphy (Northboro, Mass./Brewster Academy/Wagner), 3 goals, 4 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
• Sophomore Addy Fenton (Andover, Mass./Phillips Academy), 2 goals, 7 draw controls, 2 ground balls
• First-year Ellie Drinkwater (North Kingstown, R.I./North Kingstown), 4 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
• Senior Molly Carroll (Marshfield, Mass./Marshfield), 4 ground balls
• Sophomore Abby Cole (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool), 11 saves, 5 ground balls

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Graduate student Lily Belle Baker, 2 goals, 4 draw controls, 3 ground balls
• Junior Lenaijah Ferguson, 2 goals
• Sophomore Meghan Smith, 1 goal, 4 draw controls
• Senior Hanna Ramsey, 10 saves, 8 ground balls, 3 caused turnovers

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights played a Division I foe for the first time since hosting crosstown rival University of Vermont on April 3, 2002.
• The teams met for the first time.
• Stolz also added a career-high seven points, while her five goals were the most by a Purple Knight since Alex Vincent '19 had six on April 17, 2019.
• Lynch totaled seven goals and two assists in her last two games.
• Saint Michael's held a 32-20 advantage in shots while holding edges in ground balls (21-19), draw controls (15-11) and clearance success, going 21-for-22 to the Hawks' 19-for-22 showing.
• Hartford is amid reclassifying to Division III and had thus far played five Division III squads this spring.

THE ACTION

• Smith tallied at 10:52 of the first quarter to start the scoring before Stolz countered 14 seconds later, kicking off a 6-0 run that ended the frame. Murphy scored twice in that time, while Lynch had one goal and two helpers.
• After first-year Sara Costa (8:51) and Ferguson (8:07) found the net 44 seconds apart to bring Hartford within three goals midway through the second, Stolz potted a trio of markers and assisted another in a 6-1 response to push the Purple Knight lead to 12-4 with 22 seconds left in the third stanza.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday at The College of Saint Rose, 3 p.m.
• The Golden Knights received votes toward both national polls this week.