Box Score
RINDGE, N.H. – Trailing 17-12 with just over 10 minutes to go in regulation, the Southern Connecticut State University women's lacrosse team rattled off five consecutive goals to even the game at 17-17. However, host Franklin Pierce netted the final two goals of the contest to claim a 19-17 win over the Owls this evening.
TEAM RECORDS: SCSU – 3-6 (2-4 NE10) | Franklin Pierce 4-4 (2-4 NE10)
KEY PERFORMERS:
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Nicole Healey (Milford, Conn.) tallied a game-high seven goals in the contest and added a game-high 10 draw controls. Her 10 draw controls were a career-high and the second-highest single-game total in program history, trailing only Grace Martha's 14 against Assumption in 2007.
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Carolynn Keal (Southington, Conn.) finished with six points (three goals, three assists) and also had three groundballs and three caused turnovers.
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Samantha Cozzolino (Hamden, Conn.) totaled four points (two goals, two assists) and also had four draw controls.
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Hailey Prindle-Nelson (Sharon, Conn.) and
Megan Lawlor (Westford, Mass.) each scored two goals, with the former also adding an assist.
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Franklin Pierce scored the first three goals of the game and never trailed at any point in the contest. Trailing 6-3, the Owls received goals from Healey, Prindle-Nelson and
Taylor Portelinha (Woodbridge, Conn.) to knot the score at 6-6.
- The Ravens scored the final three goals of the first half to take a 9-6 lead into the break, and then netted the first two goals of the second half to build an 11-6 cushion.
- From there, the Owls tried to chip into the FPU lead, but the Ravens actually built their largest lead of the game – six goals at 16-10 – with 13:20 to go.
- Lawlor and Healey scored the next two goals, before a Ravens tally pushed it back to five goals with 10:24 left. Southern then rattled off five goals – two from Healey and one each from Lawlor, Prindle-Nelson and Keal – in a stretch of 3:52 to even it up at 17-17 with 4:29 remaining.
- Briana Sweeney and Zoe Totlandt each scored in the closing minutes as the Ravens hung on for the win.
UP NEXT:
The Owls travel to Adelphi on Tuesday.
