April 18, 2009
BABSON PARK, Mass. - The Endicott College women's lacrosse team dropped its second straight non-conference matchup as the Gulls lost to the Babson College Beavers on Saturday afternoon, 20-7, in Babson Park, Mass. The Gulls drop to 10-4 overall while the Beavers improve to 10-2 this season.
In the first half, Endicott's Valerie Feldman (Albany, N.Y.) scored the first goal of the game at the 28:12 mark. It would not take the Beavers long to answer back while going on a 6-0 run to put them up 6-1 with 24:50 remaining in the half. Endicott put two more goals on the board to bring the Gulls to within three, 6-3, but Babson then went on another run, scoring four unanswered goals to put the Beavers up 10-3. An unassisted goal by Feldman with 1:13 remaining resulted in the 10-4 halftime score.
Endicott scored two of the first three goals in the second half to cut their deficit to five but the Gulls would get no closer as Babson went on to score the next four goals to extend their lead, 15-6, en route to the 20-7 Babson victory.
For Endicott, Feldmen led with four goals and Rebecca Bushnell (Guilford, Conn.), Alex Pearce (Underhill, Vt.) and Sara Gunter (Kennebunk, Maine) each added one. Bushnell and Gunter each possessed a team high four draw controls. Senior goalkeeper Molly Hamel (North Yarmouth, Maine) played 41 minutes making seven saves and freshman Leah Neff (South Berwick, Maine) made six saves in the final 19 minutes.
Kaitlyn Pettengill (Hopkinton, Mass.) had a game high seven goals and Anna Collins (Winchester, Mass.) tallied six goals and three assists for nine points while picking up four groundballs. Senior tri-captain Lindsay Bucci (Medford, Mass.) scored four goals while senior Jess Parker (Cataumet, Mass.)and sophomores Kristy Benoit (Shrewsbury, Mass.) and Alyssa Hood (Newport, R.I.) each added one goal in the win. First-year Trisha Babson (Duxbury, Mass.) had a game high five draw controls. Sophomore goalkeeper Sarah Macary (Woodbury, Conn.) made 14 saves and picked up four groundballs playing all 60 minutes for the Beavers.
Babson will continue play on Tuesday evening at MIT for a 6:00 p.m. NEWMAC contest while Endicott will travel to Salve Regina on Wednesday for a 4:00 p.m. game.
