Beverly, Mass. – Sixth-ranked Trinity outscored Endicott 11-3 in the first half en route to a 15-7 victory in non-conference women’s lacrosse action Thursday night at Endicott Stadium. The Gulls fall to 1-2 overall after losing to their second straight nationally-ranked opponent while the Bantams improve to 2-0.

Sophomore Morgan Leonhard (Summit, N.J.) led all scorers with four goals and one assist while classmate Kaitlin Hildebrand (Berwyn, Pa.) added three goals in the win.

Junior attack Morgan DeShaw (Danville, N.H.) paced the Gulls with four goals including all three of the team’s scores in the first half. Molly Sowles (Yarmouth, Maine), Carin Czerniawski (Monroe, Conn.), and Michelle Loizzo (Longmeadow, Mass.) each added goals in the setback.

Hildebrand put the visitors on the board 25 seconds into the game with a free position goal before DeShaw answered two minutes later with one of her own. Trinity went on a 3-0 run over the ensuing seven-plus minutes to stretch the lead to three. 

DeShaw’s free position goal with just over 18 minutes remaining pulled the Gulls within two but the Bantams responded with five unanswered to put the game out of reach. Five different players recorded goals during the run, capped by Alisen Urquhart’s (Redding, Conn.) tally with 9:10 to go in the half.

DeShaw completed the hat trick with another goal from the free position before Trinity tacked on two more to take an eight point lead into the break.

Trinity scored the first three goals of the second half as the lead ballooned to 11. Czerniawski found Sowles with 17:31 to go for the Gulls’ fourth goal of the game before Loizzo scored her first of the season just past the midway point. 

Czerniawski made is three straight for the hosts at the 10:13 mark before Leonhard ended the run with her fourth of the game and eighth of the year. 

DeShaw added a late goal for Endicott, moving her season total to a team-high ten.

The Bantams held a 17-7 advantage in draw controls including 13-2 in the first half.

Leah Neff (South Berwick, Maine) played all 60 minutes in the cage and made 11 saves. Gina Dinallo (West Hartford, Conn.) picked up the win for Trinity.

The Gulls return to conference-play on Saturday (March 19) when they travel to Regis for a noon game. Trinity will also play Saturday at noon at Bowdoin.