Hughes posted a career-high nine points with five goals and a career-best four assists (PHOTO BY Andrew Katsampes) |
Sh. Hughes leads Skyhawks with career-high nine-point afternoon
MANCHESTER, N.H. (March 24, 2021) – Stonehill College grabbed a quick lead and built it to ten goals by halftime on its way to a 21-5 triumph over Southern New Hampshire University and secure its first win of the season in Northeast-10 Conference women's lacrosse action at Penmen Stadium this afternoon.
Scoring
Stonehill
Goals: Shannon Hughes 5, Emma Sullivan 5, Olivia Pino 3, Lydia Rudden 2, Kayla Conway 2, Katie Julien 2, Julia D'Agostino, Lindsay Duggan.
Assists: Shannon Hughes 4, Molly Mae Hughes 3, Lydia Rudden 3, Olivia Pino 2 Emma Sullivan.
Southern N.H.
Goals: Dani Tompkins 2, Skyler Renaud, Erin Gorton, Angelina Graziano.
Assists: Angelina Graziano, Courtney Cronin, Shelby Cole.
Goalkeeping
Stonehill: Bailey Grant 7 saves, 4 goals against (43:02) win; Kaleigh Wright 4 saves, 1 goal against (16:58).
Southern N.H.: Caela McCartney 8 saves, 21 goals against (60:00) loss.
More Leaders
Stonehill
Caused Turnovers: Lindsay Duggan 3.
Draw Controls: Molly Mae Hughes 5.
Ground Balls: Lindsay Duggan, Victoria Butler and Bailey Grant 3.
Southern N.H.
Caused Turnovers: Courtney Cronin 2
Draw Controls: Skylar Renaud 5
Ground Balls: Madison Peredna and Alexis DeLucia 3
Rudden added two goals and three assists for the Skyhawks (PHOTO BY Nancy Wright) |
How it Happened
- Stonehill jumped out to a 6-1 lead after ten minutes, keyed by a goal and three assists by senior Shannon Hughes, as well as a pair of markers by junior Emma Sullivan, on its way to a 13-3 halftime lead and didn't look back.
- Sullivan scored five goals in the first half in all to lead a Stonehill team that got its 13 first half scores from seven different players.
- Hughes opened the scoring with a free-position goal 2:28 into the contest, before sophomore Lydia Rudden doubled the Stonehill lead less than two minutes later.
- Postgrad Dani Tompkins got SNHU on the scoreboard with an unassisted tally 5:19 into the game, but Stonehill responded with four goals within the span of 1:36 to stretch its lead to five (6-1) after Sullivan's second of the half, 9:49 into the game.
- After sophomore Skylar Renaud momentarily quieted the Stonehill run with a goal with 8:51 remaining in the half, Stonehill outscored the Penmen 5-1 the rest of the frame to take the ten-goal lead (13-3) into halftime. Sullivan scored twice to cap her five-goal half, while Hughes added a goal and assist and Rudden dished two assists.
- Rudden opened the second half scoring 1:03 into the frame, assisted by Hughes, before Tompkins added her second of the day two minutes later for SNHU.
- Stonehill put the game away from there, scoring the next six goals, the first three out of the stick of Hughes, to open a 20-4 lead with 6:06 to play.
Noteworthy
- Hughes finished with a career-high nine points with her five goals and four assists. The nine-point day is four points shy of the program record of 13 points by Melissa Gross, '03 against Saint Anselm on April 6, 2003. Her five goals match a career best accomplished twice previously, while the four assists are a career-best.
- Senior Olivia Pino recorded season-highs with three goals, two assists and five points.
- Rudden notched season-highs with two goals and three assists for five points, while freshman Molly Mae Hughes dished out a season-best three assists. Hughes also added
- Sullivan's season-high five goals matches her career-best, while the six points on the afternoon are a new career-high.
- Junior Lindsay Duggan scored the first goal of her career and added a team-high three ground balls and three caused turnovers.
- Sophomores Katie Julien and Kayla Conway each chipped in with their first two goals of the season, marking career-bests as well.
- Tompkins paced SNHU with two goals, while sophomore Angelina Graziano added a goal and assist.
- Fifth-year goalkeeper Bailey Grant posted her first win of the year and finished with a season-high seven saves over the first 43:02. The seven saves give her 419 for her career to rank third all-time in Stonehill history.
Up Next
Stonehill (1-2, 1-2 NE10) is off until next Wednesday, March 31, when it is scheduled to host nationally-ranked Saint Anselm College for an NE10 matchup at W.B. Mason Stadium at 3 p.m. Fans from off campus will not be permitted to attend the game in conjunction with the current Stonehill and NE10 spectator policy, but the game will be available via SkyhawksVision on NE10 NOW. In addition to watching online, viewers will also be able to watch the action live on their televisions through Apple TV, Android TV, Amazon Fire TV and Roku by downloading the NE10 NOW app.
Southern N.H. (1-2, 1-2 NE10) visits Bentley University on Saturday at noon.
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