Skyhawks post 23-12 victory over St. Thomas Aquinas
#7 Florida Southern defeats Skyhawks, 15-10

EASTON, Mass. (March 11, 2020) – Stonehill College split a pair of games during its spring break trip, opening with a 23-12 victory over Saint Thomas Aquinas College on Monday and then dropping a hard-fought 15-10 decision at Florida Southern College, ranked No. 7 in this week's Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division II poll, tonight. 

Wheaton posted an eight point game, with four goals and four assists in Monday's win over STAC (PHOTO BY Andrew Katsampes)

Stonehill 23, Saint Thomas Aquinas 12 

• Senior Jennifer Wheaton led Stonehill with eight points, scoring four goals and dishing out four assists.
• Freshman Lydia Rudden added seven points with three goals and four assists.
• Senior Kaity Healey registered two goals and three assists for five points.
• Senior Bailey Grant posted six saves over the first 43-minutes in goal for Stonehill.
• Junior Kaitlyn Gutenberger led St. Thomas Aquinas with four goals and two assists for six points, while postgrad Jennifer Farrell totaled five points with four goals and an assist.
• After Gutenberger opened the scoring less than two minutes into the game and then Stonehill grabbed control with an 11-1 run to open an 11-2 lead after Wheaton's first goal of the game with ten minutes to play. Rudden scored three goals and added three assists during the opening run.
• STAC closed back within 13-6 at the half, led by a pair of goals from Gutenberger and Farrell in the last 6:19.
• Stonehill scored the first four goals of the second half, including a pair by Wheaton, to open a 17-6 lead after 6:08.
• STAC answered with three-straight to pull back within eight (17-9) after a marker from junior Arielle Rodriguez with 16:22 to play.
• Stonehill sealed the win from there, netting the next six goals, the first two by Healey, to open a 14-goal lead (23-9) with 5:30 left.

#7 Florida Southern 15, Stonehill 10

• Kaity Healey led Stonehill with four goals and an assist, while collecting three draw controls and two ground balls.
• Freshman Kayla Conway added two goals, while junior Shannon Hughes and Lydia Rudden each chipped in with a goal and assist.
• Bailey Grant kept Stonehill in the game with a career-high 19 saves.
• Senior Julia Couch led Florida Southern with five goals
• Senior Riley Bannatyne added four goals, 11 draw controls, three ground balls and two caused turnovers, while sophomore Brenna Smith totaled four points with two goals and two assists.
• Junior Brittany Iamele posted seven saves over the first 45:10 in the Mocs goal, while sophomore Patricia Werkler stopped all five shots on goal she faced over the final 14:50.
• Florida Southern answered an opening goal by Healey with five-straight goals, the first two by senior Marina Jozokos within two minutes of Healey's opener 4:22 into the game.

• Healey posted four goals and an assist at No. 7 Florida Southern tonight (PHOTO BY Andrew Katsampes)

  Rudden stopped the run with a goal, but the Mocs stretched their lead to five (7-2) after a free-position goal by Bannatyne with 10:26 left in the half.
• Stonehill scored the last two goals of the half to trim its deficit to three (7-4) at the break and then scored the first three of the second half to pull even after back to back goals from Healey within a two-minute span.
• Florida Southern scored the next five goals, including three by Couch, over a four-minute span to restore a five-goal lead (12-7) with 19-minutes left.
• Conway scored two goals and then Pino added a marker off a Healey feed to pull back within two (12-10) with 14:50 still to play, but the Mocs sealed the win with the final three goals, including two by Bannatyne.

Stonehill (2-2, 1-1 NE10) is scheduled to return to action on Tuesday, March 17, when it hosts Southern New Hampshire University for a Northeast-10 Conference matchup at W.B. Mason Stadium at 3:30 p.m.

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