COLCHESTER, Vt. - Saint Michael's College women's lacrosse junior Ginnie Hamilton (Middletown, R.I./Middletown) scored four goals, lifting the Purple Knights past Molloy University, 11-9, on Sunday at Duffy Field. The victory was the first of interim head coach Mindy St. Marie's coaching career.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (1-5), Molloy (2-4)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Hamilton, 4 goals, 2 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers, 2 draw controls
• Junior Audrey Conover (West Newbury, Mass./Pentucket Regional), 2 goals, 1 assist, 4 caused turnovers, 3 ground balls, 3 draw controls
• Junior Ava Adams (Mansfield, Mass./Mansfield), 2 goals, 1 assist
• Senior Sophia Lynch (West Hartford, Conn./Conard), 2 assists
• Junior Lila Peddie (Middleboro, Mass./Middleboro), 1 goal, 2 assists
• Sophomore Mia Sullivan (Natick, Mass./Natick), 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 ground balls
• Junior Layne Doherty (Belmont, Mass./Belmont), 1 goal, 1 assist
• First-year Aby Amigo (Essex, Mass./Pingree School), 6 saves, 3 ground balls (1st college win)
• Junior Julia Barbato (Reading, Mass./Reading Memorial), 4 caused turnovers, 3 ground balls
• Senior Abbie Whitley (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry), 6 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers
• First-year Lily Krawciw (Weymouth, Mass./Weymouth), 2 ground balls, 2 caused turnovers

OPPONENT LEADERS

• First-year Sam Cossaro, 4 goals
• Sophomore Ryleigh Zamora, 1 goal, 1 assist, 14 draw controls
• Junior Samantha Heuer, 8 saves
• Junior Brooke Grossjung, 5 ground balls, 4 caused turnovers

GAME FACTS

• The Purple Knights earned their first win in three tries against the Lions after losing a pair of three-goal contests.
• Hamilton is now tied for eighth in program history in career draw controls (97) with Lauren Rizzotti '09.
• Barbato moved into a tie for ninth in program history in career caused turnovers (49) with Noel Smith '06.

THE ACTION

• Hamilton scored twice during a game-opening 3-1 run, but Molloy countered with a tying 3-1 stretch of its own, drawing level on Zamora's strike at 11:42 of the second period.
• Conover posted a goal and an assist as Saint Michael's scored the next three goals, going ahead 7-4 on her tally at 10:45 of the third.
• Three Lions scored in a 3-0 response, as the visitors tied the game on Cossaro's goal with 5:47 left in the third.
• Hamilton put the Purple Knights ahead to stay by converting a woman-up strike just 1:25 later thanks to Doherty's feed. Peddie and Adams added goals during the key 3-1 run that provided Saint Michael's a 10-8 lead by 12:15 of the fourth.
• Cossaro (10:23) and Adams (4:20) later traded goals, and Lynch forced a turnover in the final minute that Conover recovered and the hosts wound out the clock.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Tuesday at No. 19 Dominican (N.Y.) University, 4 p.m.
• The Chargers' national ranking is according to the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA).