Posted: Apr 17, 2010
BEVERLY, Mass. – Endicott College’s \#Valerie Feldman\# (Albany, N.Y.) handed out a career-high eight assists and also added a goal as the Gulls defeated Regis College, 22-0, on Saturday morning in The Commonwealth Coast Conference women’s lacrosse action in Beverly, Mass. The Blue and Green improve to a perfect 9-0 in the TCCC and 11-3 overall while Regis drops to 1-10 and 0-8 in conference games.
The women’s lacrosse program celebrated its annual senior day as the Gulls honored \#Lauren Carelli\# (Hollis, N.H.), \#Kristen Micho\# (Syracuse, N.Y.), \#Kendahl Light\# (South Hero, Vt.), \#Valerie Feldman\#, \#Caitlin Hughes\# (Saint Johnsbury, Vt.) and \#Molly Martinecz\# (Cheshire, Conn.) for their outstanding contributions to Endicott College and its athletics department.
\#Kristen Micho\# got the scoring started for the Gulls as the senior took an entry pass from \#Morgan DeShaw\# (Danville, N.H.) and buried a shot in the top right corner for a 1-0 lead. \#Carin Czerniawski\# (Monroe, Conn.) and \#Molly Sowles\# (Cumberland, Maine) scored back-to-back goals before DeShaw netted her first two of the game, with all five scores coming in the first 3:01 of game action. Senior \#Lauren Carelli\# scored her first goal of the season at the 26:13 mark while \#Kendahl Light\#scored her first career goal nearly five minutes later to give Endicott a 9-0 lead.
The Gulls added nine more goals before halftime and led 18-0 headed into the break. The Blue and Green scored four more goals in the final half as \#Leah Neff\# (South Berwick, Maine) picked up her first shutout of the season, leading the Gulls to a 22-0 win.
15 different Endicott players tallied a goal led by three goals apiece from Micho, \#Morgan DeShaw\# and \#Gabrielle Boyle\# (Hingham, Mass.). \#Leia Cadotte\# (Norwalk, Conn.) also scored a pair while DeShaw also added four assists. Feldman recorded a game-high nine points with her goal and eight assists, also adding three caused turnovers and five groundballs. \#Leah Neff\# improved to 11-3 this season in the shutout while making five saves on six shots faced.
The Pride only mustered six shots, five of which were on goal. Teresa Crevier (Milford, Mass.), Ashley Hibbard (Marlboro, Mass.) and Franli Bencosme (Lawrence, Mass.) combined for the six shots. Hibbard also added a team-high three draw controls while Erica Maloney (North Smithfield, R.I.) scooped up a team-high three groundballs. Alycia Murray (Danvers, Mass.) suffered the setback, allowing 22 goals while making 11 saves.
The Blue and Green return to action when the Gulls step out of conference play and host \#16-ranked Bowdoin College at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoon. Regis looks for its first TCCC win of the season when the Pride travel to Springfield, Mass. for a conference matchup with Western New England on Tuesday at 4:00 p.m.
