Acone Nets Hat Trick To Become Member Of Exclusive 200 Goal Club, McGrath Ties School Career Assist Mark As Women's Lacrosse Claims 55th Straight Northeast-10 Victory With 20-1 Triumph At Franklin Pierce

April 15, 2006

STONEHILL WOMEN'S LACROSSE

Saturday, April 15, 2006

Sodexho Field, Rindge, N.H.

FINAL: STONEHILL 20, FRANKLIN PIERCE 1

1 2 Total

Stonehill (11-1, 7-0 Northeast-10) 14 6 - 20

Franklin Pierce (0-10, 0-7 Northeast-10) 1 0 - 1

SCORING SUMMARY

STO GOALS: Kristin Darrell (5), Jenny McGrath (3), Mary Maloney (3), Erin Acone (3),

Michelle Kelly (2), Michelle Salmon, Rebecca Cottam, Tracey Hoffman,

Amanda McGeachey

STO ASSISTS: McGrath (4), Darrell (2), Kelly (2), Maloney (2), Salmon (2), Acone, Jenn Collins

FPC GOAL: Carla Savini FPC ASSIST: May Stoffer

GOALIE SAVES

STO: Justine Ferland-1

FPC: Erin Hopkins-15

RINDGE, N.H.-- Senior All-America Jenny McGrath (Milton, Mass.) and sophomore All-America Kristin Darrell (West Islip, N.Y.) each notched seven points, while senior All-America Erin Acone (Bow, N.H.) became the 14th player in Division II history to score 200 career goals as third-ranked Stonehill claimed its 55th straight Northeast-10 Conference women's lacrosse victory with a 20-1 league triumph over Franklin Pierce Saturday afternoon at Sodexho Field.

Acone joins former Stonehill standout Katie Lambert as the only two players in school history to be part of the exclusive 200-goal club, while McGrath notched four assists on the afternoon to tie Lambert's career record of 106 assists set from 2000-2003 while extending her own school single-season assist mark to 44 with Saturday's four helpers.

The visiting Skyhawks (11-1, 7-0 Northeast-10), winners of 38 of their last 39 matches overall and now 67-1 all-time in Northeast-10 play, scored the first 14 goals of the contest en route to a 14-1 lead at the break, as Darrell netted five markers in the win for Stonehill, which also received hat tricks from Acone and McGrath as well and three goals and two assists from freshman Mary Maloney (Great River, N.Y.). Freshman Michelle Kelly (Mendham, N.J.) added a pair of markers and two assists for the winners, who also received a goal and two assists off the stick of freshman Michelle Salmon (East Islip, N.Y.) as well as single goals from junior Tracey Hoffman (Nashua, N.H.), sophomore Amanda McGeachey (Saco, Maine) and freshman Rebecca Cottam (Belmont, Mass.). Acone and sophomore Jenn Collins (Nashua, N.H.) also collected assists for Stonehill. Freshman Carla Savini (Danvers, Mass.) netted the lone goal of the day in the setback for the host Ravens (0-10, 0-7 Northeast-10) on an assist from fellow freshman May Stoffer (New Hartford, Conn.).

Freshman Justine Ferland (Derry, N.H.) picked up her second win of the season in goal for Stonehill with one save on the afternoon, while junior Erin Hopkins (Pen Yan, N.Y.) made 15 stops in net for Franklin Pierce as the Skyhawks outshot the Ravens by a 39-3 margin for the match.

Stonehill hosts Assumption in a Northeast-10 outing on Tuesday afternoon at W.B. Mason Stadium beginning at 4:00 p.m., while Franklin Pierce heads to Smithfield, R.I. on Monday evening to take on Bryant in a league match that begins at 7:00 p.m.