COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's lacrosse team lost to No. 9 Adelphi University, 18-6, during Northeast-10 Conference play on Saturday at Duffy Field. The Panthers were ranked ninth this week in the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) national poll.
RECORDS
- Saint Michael's (2-8, 0-7 NE10), Adelphi (8-3, 6-1 NE10)
SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS
- First-year Sophia Lynch (West Hartford, Conn./Conard), 3 goals, 1 assist
- Senior Hope Alto (South Boston, Mass./Ursuline Academy), 2 goals, 1 assist, 4 draw controls
- Junior Amanda Drislane (West Newbury, Mass./Pentucket Regional), 1 goal, 1 assist
- Junior Darby Rich (Melrose, Mass./Tilton School), 1 assist, 3 caused turnovers
- Junior Hope Msumba (Grafton, Mass./Grafton), 9 saves, 3 ground balls in 45 minutes
- Sophomore Addy Fenton (Andover, Mass./Phillips Academy), 3 draw controls, 2 caused turnovers
- Senior Molly Carroll (Marshfield, Mass./Marshfield), 2 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
- Sophomore Abby Cole (Liverpool, N.Y./Liverpool), 2 saves in 15 minutes of relief
OPPONENT LEADERS
- Senior Danielle Marino, 3 goals, 3 assists
- Graduate student Izzy Grant, 2 goals, 4 assists
- First-year Alexandra Leggio, 4 goals, 1 assist
- Sophomore Madison Marchetta, 6 saves
GAME NOTES
- Lynch recorded her third hat trick, all within her last five games.
THE ACTION
- Grant played a role in her team's first three goals, scoring one and assisting Leggio twice, as Adelphi led 5-0 by 5:53 of the opening quarter.
- Lynch converted junior Catie Murphy's (Northboro, Mass./Brewster Academy/Wagner) feed with 3:44 gone, but the Panthers scored the next three tallies to take an 8-1 lead.
- The Purple Knights countered with a 4-2 run during which Alto and Lynch both had two goals and an assist. Lynch's goal off of Alto's pass made the score 10-5 with 1:16 left in the second period.
- Adelphi tallied twice in the final 26 seconds to kick off a game-ending 8-1 run.
NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME
- Wednesday at No. 14 Bentley University, 7 p.m.
- The Falcons' national ranking is according to the IWLCA.
