Hughes leads Skyhawks with six points, Wright notches eight first half saves

Hughes led the Skyhawks attack with three goals and three assists (PHOTO BY Jan Volk/Sports Pix)

EASTON, Mass. (April 21, 2021) – Stonehill College celebrated Senior Day with a 16-5 triumph over Southern New Hampshire University in Northeast-10 Conference women's lacrosse action on Timothy J. Coughlin, '80 Memorial Field at W.B. Mason Stadium this afternoon. 

Scoring

Southern N.H.
Goals: Skylar Renaud 2, Erin Gorton, Angelina Graziano, Casey Johnson.
Assists: Dani Tompkins. 

Stonehill
Goals: Emma Sullivan 4, Shannon Hughes 3, Molly Mae Hughes 2, Kayla Conway 2, Abby Ahearn 2, Lydia Rudden, Kendall Fressle, Liv McCarthy.
Assists: Lydia Rudden 6, Shannon Hughes 3, Molly Mae Hughes, Olivia Pino. 

Goalkeeping
SNHU: Caela McCartney 11 saves, 16 goals allowed (60:00) loss.
Stonehill: Kaleigh Wright 8 saves, 1 goal allowed (30:00) win; Bailey Grant 4 saves, 4 goals allowed (30:00). 

More Leaders
SNHU
Caused Turnovers: Erin Gorton, Courtney Cronin, Nicole Manning 2.
Draw Controls: Skylar Renaud 5.
Ground Balls: Marissa DeLucia 4.

Stonehill
Caused Turnovers: Emma Keene-Reinhard 2.
Draw Controls: Julia D'Agostino 5.
Ground Balls: Emma Keene-Reinhard 5.

Wright made eight first half saves, conceding just once, to enable to attack to find its groove (PHOTO BY Jan Volk/SportsPix)

How it Happened

• Stonehill scored the first six goals of the game on its way to a 7-1 halftime lead, keyed by eight first half saves by senior Kaleigh Wright and three first half markers from junior Emma Sullivan.
• Freshman Abby Ahearn scored the first of her two first half goals to put Stonehill in front with a free position goal three minutes into the game.
• Sullivan scored three of the next four Stonehill goals within a nine-minute stretch that extended the Skyhawks lead to 5-0.
• Senior Shannon Hughes capped the Stonehill run with her first goal of the day, while also contributing a pair of first half assists, with 5:41 remaining in the half.
• Sophomore Skylar Renaud broke through for Southern New Hampshire with her first of two goals with 3:38 remaining in the half.
• Ahearn answered just 31-seconds later with her second of the half, assisted by Hughes, with 3:07 left to close out the first half scoring.
• Stonehill scored three goals in the opening two minutes of the second half, including two from Hughes 28-seconds apart, to open a nine-goal cushion and never looked back.
• Stonehill got goals from seven different players in the nine-goal second half. Only Hughes, along with sister, freshman, Molly Mae Hughes, had multiple goals over the final 30-minutes.

Noteworthy

• Prior to the game, Stonehill recognized its five seniors playing in the final home game of their careers: fifth-year goalkeeper, Shannon Hughes, Liz Katsoulis, Olivia Pino and Wright.
• Shannon Hughes and sophomore Lydia Rudden led Stonehill with six points apiece. Hughes had three goals and three assists, while Rudden dished out a career-high matching five assists to go with a goal.
• Sullivan contributed four goals, three draw controls, three ground balls and a caused turnover.
• Ahearn registered the first multi-goal game of her career, while sophomore Kayla Conway matched her season-high with two goals.
• Wright finished with the eight first half saves over 30 minutes, before Grant played the second half in the Stonehill goal and tallied four stops.
• Junior Caela McCartney went the distance in the SNHU goal and had 11 saves.
• Renaud led SNHU with two goals, adding five draw controls, a ground ball and caused turnover.

Up Next

Stonehill (4-5, 4-5 NE10) is scheduled to close out the regular season with a pair of road games, starting Saturday at Saint Anselm College, ranked No. 20 in this week's Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division II poll, at 7 p.m. SNHU (2-8, 2-8 NE10) hosts Franklin Pierce University on Friday at 3:30 p.m.

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