NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Saint Michael's College women's lacrosse team opened Northeast 10 Conference play with a 16-10 loss against Southern Connecticut State University on Saturday at Jess Dow Field.
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (0-4, 0-1 NE10), Southern Connecticut State (3-0, 1-0 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• First-year Aby Amigo (Essex, Mass./Pingree School), 16 saves
• Junior Audrey Conover (West Newbury, Mass./Pentucket Regional), 1 goal, 3 assists, 7 draw controls, 2 caused turnovers
• Senior Sophia Lynch (West Hartford, Conn./Conard), 2 goals, 1 assist, 2 draw controls
• Junior Ginnie Hamilton (Middletown, R.I./Middletown), 2 goals, 1 assist, 3 draw controls
• Junior Lila Peddie (Middleboro, Mass./Middleboro), 2 goals, 2 ground balls
• Junior Layne Doherty (Belmont, Mass./Belmont), 1 goal
• Sophomore Mia Sullivan (Natick, Mass./Natick), 1 goal
• First-year Lily Krawciw (Weymouth, Mass./Weymouth), 1 goal, 2 ground balls
• Senior Ellie Drinkwater (North Kingstown, R.I./North Kingstown), 2 ground balls
• Junior Julia Barbato (Reading, Mass./Reading Memorial), 2 caused turnovers

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Senior Abigail Nolan, 5 goals, 3 assists
• Senior Macy Vail, 4 goals, 2 assists
• Senior Caelan Connors, 9 saves

GAME FACTS

• Amigo's 16 saves matched the most by a Purple Knight since Sandy Palumbo '12 made 17 on March 31, 2012, also at Southern Connecticut State.
• Lynch now has 98 career points.

THE ACTION

• Lynch scored nine seconds into the second quarter to force the third tie (3-3) before Southern Connecticut State rattled off a 6-1 run. Nolan and Vail both had two goals and an assist in the run.
• The teams exchanged single tallies until the Owls were up 13-8, but Krawciw and Doherty scored 10 seconds apart to bring their team within three at 7:27 of the fourth quarter.
• However, Vail responded at 5:02 to kick off a game-ending 3-0 stretch.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday at Southern New Hampshire University, 3 p.m.