Conway scored a team-high three goals for the Skyhawks (PHOTO BY Brian Foley) |
Hem and Campbell notch five points apiece to lead Crimson
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (April 4, 2023) – Harvard University battled past Stonehill College to claim a 13-6 decision in non-conference women's lacrosse action at Jordan Field this evening.
Highlights
- Juniors Callie Hem and Riley Campbell each tallied five points for Harvard with three goals and two assists apiece. Campbell also collected two ground balls, while Hem chipped in with a caused turnover and ground ball.
- Freshman Charlotte Hodgson added three goals and two caused turnovers for the Crimson, while sophomore Caroline Mullahy netted a pair.
- Sophomore Claire Smith registered a career-high ten saves in goal for Stonehill, backing a solid defensive effort for the Skyhawks as she added two ground balls and a caused turnover. Junior Chloe Provenzano finished with four saves and two ground balls for Harvard.
- Senior Kayla Conway scored a team-high three goals for Stonehill, while junior Molly Mae Hughes totaled four points with a goal and three assists.
- Postgrad All-American Emma Sullivan contributed three caused turnovers, three ground balls and two draw controls for the Skyhawks.
Smith posted a career-high ten saves in the Stonehill goal (PHOTO BY Andrew Katsampes) |
How it Happened
- Harvard staked out a three-goal lead less than six minutes into the game behind two goals from Hem and Hodgson's first, but Stonehill answered with the next two goals in the final five minutes of the quarter to close back within a goal after Conway's first of the game, assisted by Hughes, with 1:46 remaining.
- Harvard aimed to break the game open, scoring the first three of the second frame, including two by Campbell, to open a four-goal lead (6-2), but senior All-American Lydia Rudden gave Stonehill life at the intermission with her 14th goal of the season just before the buzzer.
- Harvard would continue to stretch its lead in the second half, scoring the first two goals of the third quarter, both assisted by Hem, to take a five-goal advantage (8-3) less than three minutes in.
- Hughes stopped the run initially with 6:05 to play in the third, but Campbell had a hand in the next two goals with a goal and assist, as the Crimson extended the lead to six (10-4) before Conway capped the quarter scoring with 11-seconds left, assisted by Hughes, to draw the Skyhawks within five (10-5) heading to the fourth.
- The teams traded goals by Hem and Conway over the first nine minutes of the fourth, but Mullahy and Hodgson sealed the win with goals over the closing five minutes.
- Stonehill finished with an 11-10 edge in draw controls, including 10-2 in the second half (5-0 in the fourth quarter alone), but committed 13 of their 24 turnovers in the final half, including ten in the fourth quarter alone, to thwart a comeback try. The Skyhawks were thus held to just one shot in the final 15 minutes.
Noteworthy
- Conway has scored three goals in back-to-back games for Stonehill, posting her sixth multi-goal game of the season.
- Hughes dished multiple assists for the second-straight game and third time this season overall and has at least one goal in five-straight.
- Rudden has multiple points in nine-straight games, having logged at least one goal and one assists in the last nine as well.
Up Next
Stonehill (2-8, 2-2 NEC) is back in action on Saturday, when it returns to W.B. Mason Stadium for a Northeast Conference matchup with Sacred Heart University at 1 p.m. Harvard (5-5, 1-2 IVY) visits Cornell University on Saturday at 1 p.m.
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