WALTHAM, Mass. - The Saint Michael's College women's lacrosse team lost to No. 17 Bentley University, 17-5, on Wednesday night at Bentley Field during Northeast-10 Conference action. The Falcons' national ranking is according to this week' Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) national poll.
RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (2-9, 0-8 NE10), Bentley (8-4, 6-2 NE10)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- Senior Hope Alto (South Boston, Mass./Ursuline Academy), 2 goals, 4 draw controls
- Junior Catie Murphy (Northboro, Mass./Brewster Academy/Wagner), 2 goals
- Senior Erin Stolz (Scarborough, Maine/Scarborough), 1 goal
- First-year Sophia Lynch (West Hartford, Conn./Conard), 1 assist, 4 draw controls
- Sophomore Addy Fenton (Andover, Mass./Phillips Academy), 1 assist, 2 draw controls
- Senior Molly Carroll (Marshfield, Mass./Marshfield), 2 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
- Sophomore Abby Cole (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool), 11 saves
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Sophomore Amanda Davis, 4 goals
- Senior Sydney Lynch, 3 goals, 3 ground balls, 3 draw controls, 3 caused turnovers
- Junior Caroline Affolter, 2 assists, 5 draw controls, 3 ground balls
- Sophomore Ashlee Wargo, 7 saves
GAME NOTES
- Alto moved into a tie with Lauren Piekarski '05 for ninth in program history in career draw controls (71). Alto reached the plateau despite having appeared in only 26 games, all in the past two seasons, after losing 2020 to the pandemic and 2021 to injury.
THE ACTION
- The Falcons scored three times in a 45-second stretch of the first quarter to lead 3-0 by 11:23.
- Bentley scored the game's first 15 goals by the third period.
- Saint Michael's tallied five of the final seven, with Alto highlighting that run with both a woman-up and a woman-down goal.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Tuesday vs. No. 24 Southern New Hampshire University, 3:30 p.m.
- The Penmen's national ranking is according to this week's IWLCA poll.
