SAN RAFAEL, Calif. - The Saint Michael's College women's lacrosse team opened the season with a 17-8 loss to Dominican University of California on Thursday at Kennelly Field.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (0-1), Dominican (1-0)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Sophomore Ginnie Hamilton (Middletown, R.I./Middletown), 4 goals, 4 draw controls, 3 ground balls, 3 caused turnovers
• First-year Mia Sullivan (Natick, Mass./Natick), 2 goals (1st career)
• Sophomore Lila Peddie (Middleboro, Mass./Middleboro), 1 goal, 3 draw controls
• Sophomore Ava Adams (Mansfield, Mass./Mansfield), 1 goal
• Sophomore Layne Doherty (Belmont, Mass./Belmont), 1 assist, 2 ground balls, 2 draw controls
• Sophomore Maddie Nutter (Los Angeles, Calif./Royal/Davis & Elkins), 13 saves
• Junior Ellie Drinkwater (North Kingstown, R.I./North Kingstown), 4 ground balls
• Junior Abbie Whitley (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry), 2 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Junior Taylor Pieri, 2 goals, 6 assists
• Junior Olivia Johnson, 2 goals, 4 assists, 3 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
• Junior Morgan Newkirk, 5 goals, 4 draw controls, 3 caused turnovers
• Sophomore Elke Moerkeseth, 5 ground balls, 4 caused turnovers
• Junior Natalie Oyler, 8 saves in 57:27, win
• Junior Katherine Chavez, 0 saves in 2:33 of relief

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights played a school based west of the Mississippi River for only the third time, and for the first time since visiting University of Colorado Colorado Springs in 2018.
• Saint Michael's played the earliest opener in program history, six days sooner than its Feb. 19, 2022, contest in a blizzard at Post University.
• The Purple Knights played the furthest from campus in program history.
• The teams met for the first time.

THE ACTION

• Johnson scored once and handed out two assists in helping the Penguins lead 7-0 by the time 35 seconds remained in the first quarter.
• Hamilton scored twice in the second frame, including making it 10-4 on a woman-up marker with 2:08 to go.
• Hamilton finished off a 6-3 spurt with five seconds left in the third to bring Saint Michael's within 13-8.
• Dominican did all of the scoring in the final frame, as four different players found the back of the net. Pieri had a goal and two helpers in the stanza.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Friday vs. Westminster (Utah) University at Dominican (Calif.), 6 p.m. ET/3 p.m. PT