COLCHESTER, Vt. - Junior Sophia Lynch (West Hartford, Conn./Conard) and sophomore Audrey Conover (West Newbury, Mass./Pentucket Regional) combined for nine goals as the Saint Michael's College women's lacrosse team downed Northeast-10 Conference foe Franklin Pierce University, 13-9, on Wednesday at Duffy Field.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (4-10, 1-7 NE10), Franklin Pierce (3-9, 1-7 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Lynch, 5 goals, 9 draw controls, 3 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
• Conover, 4 goals, 1 assist, 3 draw controls, 2 ground balls
• Sophomore Maddie Nutter (Los Angeles, Calif./Royal/Davis & Elkins), 13 saves, 2 ground balls
• Sophomore Julia Barbato (Reading, Mass./Reading Memorial), 3 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
• Sophomore Ginnie Hamilton (Middletown, R.I./Middletown), 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 ground balls, 2 draw controls
• Sophomore Lila Peddie (Middleboro, Mass./Middleboro), 1 goal, 1 assist
• Senior Addy Fenton (Andover, Mass./Phillips Academy), 1 goal, 2 ground balls
• First-year Grace Driscoll (Salem, N.H./Salem), 1 goal

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Emily Ulmer, 3 goals, 1 assist
• Senior Hayley Hermsdorf, 2 goals, 1 assist
• Senior Riley Beem, 2 goals, 4 draw controls, 3 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
• Junior Erin McIlroy, 5 caused turnovers, 3 ground balls, 2 draw controls
• Senior Saige Paradise, 16 saves, 3 ground balls

THE ACTION

• Lynch scored just 12 seconds into the game before Ulmer tallied twice in a 3-1 response, and the visitors led by a goal at 14:06 of the second period.
• The Purple Knights took control with a 7-1 run during which Conover registered all of her points on the day, four goals and one assist. Hamilton gave the hosts the lead for good at 4-3 with 6:48 to go in the second, and Conover scored her final three goals in a 4:11 span that bridged halftime. Saint Michael's led 9-4 on her goal 49 seconds into the third stanza.
• After Hermsdorf capped the third period with two goals in 35 seconds to cut her team's deficit to three, three Purple Knights scored in a 3-0 run that opened the fourth frame and extended the lead to 12-6 with 6:34 remaining.
• The Ravens scored three of the game's final four goals, but Nutter posted six of her saves in the final quarter alone to ensure the victory.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Saturday vs. American International College, 10:30 a.m.
• The Purple Knights will play their Senior Day game that day.