BRUNSWICK, Maine — The Endicott women's lacrosse team was defeated, 14-5, by host No. 15 nationally-ranked Bowdoin College in non-conference action on a bone-chilling Wednesday night at Ryan Field.
The Polar Bears plunged out to a 10-0 lead battling frigid temperatures before freshman attack Meghan Dutchyshyn (Cheshire, Conn.) found the back of the net on a feed from senior attack Meghan Lennon (Canton, Mass.) to put the Gulls on the board with 4:09 to play in the opening half.
An 11-2 advantage at the break turned into a more-balanced second stanza as each team buried three markers, including a second-half hat trick from Lennon to lead the Gulls in scoring.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- The Gulls are 0-2 against nationally-ranked opponents this season.
- Endicott matched its season goal total in a loss this year.
- Senior goalkeeper Maura Grady (Marblehead, Mass.) slipped to 3-3 on the season as she made five saves while allowing 11 goals.
- Sophomore Bella Rino (Northborough, Mass.) split halves with Grady and stopped a career-high six shots and allowed three goals in 30 minutes of second-half action.
- Sophomore midfielder Ali Campbell (Lakeville, Mass.) scooped up a game-high (tied) four ground balls.
- Freshman midfielder Jennifer Lacroix (Wrentham, Mass.) notched her second career free-position goal with 2:10 left in the first half to bring her season total to five.
- Dutchyshyn finished with one goal and one assist.
- Lennon tallied three goals and one assist to pace the Gulls in points on the night and earned a share of the team lead for most goals this season with Dutchyshyn (15).
- Lennon now has four games with at least a hat trick on the season and tonight was her third time completing the trifecta in a single half, but the first time to do it in the second half this year.
- Sophomore midfielder Jackie Neilsen (Agawam, Mass.) registered her first assist of the season in her first game of the year.
FOR THE FOES
- The Polar Bears are ranked No. 15 in the latest March 20 IWLCA Top 20 National Poll.
- Bowdoin had eight student-athletes score at least one goal for the second-most goals in a game for the Polar Bears this season.
- Senior attack Hannah Hirschfeld (Concord, N.H.) recorded her second hat trick of the season on her way to her team-leading 13th goal of the season.
- Sophomore midfielder Allison Williams (Wallingford, Conn.) potted three goals for the first time this season.
- Junior goalkeeper Kayli Weiss (Longmont, Colo.) improved to 4-1 on the season as she made five saves and gave up just two goals in the first half before being replaced in net to begin the second half by sophomore Erin Morrissey (Arlington, Va.).
- Morrissey made two saves.
- Junior attack Leigh Fernandez (Portland, Maine) dished out a game-best two assists.
- Senior attack Kelsey Gallagher (Belle Mead, N.J.) collected a game-high (tied) four ground balls to go with two goals and one assist.
- Freshman midfielder Kara Finnerty (Hopkington, Mass.) won a game-high four draw controls and added two goals with one assist.
- Senior defender Anisa LaRochelle (Washington, D.C.) caused a game-best two turnovers.
NOTES
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Endicott is 0-9 against Bowdoin in the all-time series dating back to the 2009 season, as the Polar Bears won the most recent meeting before today by the exact same score almost one year to the day, 14-5, in Beverly, Mass. on March 23, 2016.
WHAT'S NEXT
Endicott (3-3, 0-0 CCC) begins Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) play as the Gulls host Roger Williams University on Saturday, March 25 at 12:00 p.m. at Hempstead Stadium in a rematch of last season's conference championship game.
No. 15 Bowdoin (4-1, 1-1 NESCAC) welcomes NESCAC foe Williams to its campus on Thursday, March 23 at 7:00 p.m. in a contest previously postponed from March 11th. For the latest on Endicott Athletics, follow the Gulls on social media on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube.
(Photo Credit - Jon Santer)
