COLCHESTER, Vt. - The Saint Michael's College women's lacrosse team lost to 14th-ranked Pace University, 22-5, on Saturday during Northeast 10 Conference action at Duffy Field. Senior Sophia Lynch (West Hartford, Conn./Conard) broke the program record for career draw controls on Senior Day, as the Purple Knights opposed a team whose ranking is according to the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA).
 
The Purple Knights honored their six seniors during a pregame ceremony: Lynch, Hazel Bozikowski (Providence, R.I./Saint Mary Academy-Bay View), Ellie Drinkwater (North Kingstown, R.I./North Kingstown), Emma MacDonald (Braintree, Mass./Braintree), Kate Oxley (Rochester, N.Y./Webster Thomas/Monroe CC) and Abbie Whitley (Londonderry, N.H./Londonderry).
 
RECORDS

• Saint Michael's (3-11, 1-5 NE10), Pace (10-4, 7-1 NE10)

SAINT MICHAEL'S LEADERS

• Lynch, 1 goal, 1 assist, 4 draw controls
• Oxley, 3 caused turnovers, 2 ground balls
• Whitley, 3 ground balls
• Drinkwater, 2 ground balls
• Junior Layne Doherty (Belmont, Mass./Belmont), 2 goals, 2 ground balls
• Junior Ginnie Hamilton (Middletown, R.I./Middletown), 1 goal, 1 assist, 2 draw controls
• Junior Audrey Conover (West Newbury, Mass./Pentucket Regional), 1 goal, 1 assist
• First-year Aby Amigo (Essex, Mass./Pingree School), 7 saves

OPPONENT LEADERS

• Sophomore Lisa Heffernan, 7 goals
• Junior Annie Sheehan, 2 goals, 5 assists, 4 draw controls
• Senior Maddie Schubert, 5 goals, 1 assist
• Senior Mackenzie Carita, 1 goal, 4 assists
• Senior Sasha Kulo, 13 draw controls
• First-year Camryn Smith, 2 saves in 51:05, win

GAME FACTS

• Lynch extended her career draw control figure to 165, breaking a school record held by Amanda Soule '08 (164).
• Conover now has 94 career points and Hamilton pushed her total to 92.
• Hamilton's 59 draw controls are good for third in school annals. She is four short of Associate Director of Athletics Annie Martin's '19 school record (63), set in 2018.
• Drinkwater moved into a tie for ninth in program history in career caused turnovers (49) with Noel Smith '06.

THE ACTION

• Heffernan scored twice as Pace led 4-0 by 11:36 of the first quarter.
• Doherty and Conover both tallied as the teams split the next four goals.
• The Setters pulled away with 12 straight goals and 16 of 17 by early in the fourth quarter.

NEXT SAINT MICHAEL'S GAME

• Wednesday at Franklin Pierce University, 4 p.m.