Fressle posted career-highs with seven goals and eight points in the win (PHOTO BY Crystal Ayn Photography) |
Fressle career-bests lead Skyhawks in NE10 opener
RINDGE, N.H. (March 15, 2022) – Stonehill College opened its Northeast-10 Conference schedule with a commanding 22-11 triumph over Franklin Pierce University in women's lacrosse action at Sodexo Field this afternoon.
Scoring
Stonehill
Goals: Kendall Fressle 7, Emma Sullivan 4, Molly Mae Hughes 2, Lydia Rudden 2, Lilly Leach 2, Emma Keene-Reinhard, Kayla Conway, Caroline Davey, Julia D'Agostino, Victoria Butler.
Assists: Lydia Rudden 5, Molly Mae Hughes, Kendall Fressle, Julia D'Agostino, Lilly Leach.
Franklin Pierce
Goals: Megyn Ayotte 4, Savannah Ernst 3, Gabrielle Oswald, Caroline Lounsbury, Jenna Cimbron, Morgan Baxendale.
Assists: Gabrielle Oswald, Megyn Ayotte, Katelyn Hadden, Morgan Baxendale.
Goalkeeping
Stonehill: Claire Smith – 1 save (30:00); Sarah Faley – 4 saves (30:00).
Franklin Pierce: Erin Blake – 6 saves (47:25); Megan Bacik – 2 saves (12:35).
More Leaders
Stonehill
Caused Turnovers: 5 players with 1.
Draw Controls: Emma Sullivan 9.
Ground Balls: Julia D'Agostino & Victoria Butler 3.
Franklin Pierce
Caused Turnovers: Megyn Ayotte & Amelia D'Urso 2.
Draw Controls: Savannah Ernst 7.
Ground Balls: Erin Blake 2.
Rudden added seven points with two goals and five assists (PHOTO BY Crystal Ayn Photography) |
How it Happened
- Franklin Pierce scored the first two goals of the contest in the opening six minutes, but Stonehill responded with the next six, including a pair from senior Kendall Fressle, to take a four-goal lead into the second quarter.
- Junior Lydia Rudden had a hand in the Skyhawks first three goals to claim the lead for good, netting her first of two in the contest 22-seconds after senior Megyn Ayotte gave Franklin Pierce a two-goal lead, and then assisting on markers from junior Kayla Conway and sophomore Molly Mae Hughes over the next three minutes.
- Stonehill extended its lead to five (8-3) after Hughes' second goal of the game 3:06 into the second quarter, but Franklin Pierce followed with three-straight over a three minute span to lose back within two (8-6) after Ayotte's second of the game with seven minutes left before the half.
- Stonehill scored three of the next five goals to round out the first half and maintained its three-goal cushion (11-8) at the intermission.
- Ayotte opened the second half scoring with her fourth goal of the day 2:17 into the third quarter, but Stonehill reeled off a seven-goal run, including three by senior preseason All-American Emma Sullivan and a pair by Fressle, to open a nine-goal lead (18-9) with 90-seconds to play in the third.
- Franklin Pierce stopped the run with its tenth goal of the day with nine seconds left in the quarter, but Fressle struck twice in the opening three minutes of the fourth to spark a game-clinching four goal run to open a 12-goal lead (22-10) after freshman Caroline Davey's second goal of the season with 1:48 to play.
Noteworthy
- Sophomore Claire Smith made her first collegiate start and split the goalkeeping duties for Stonehill with freshman Sarah Faley. Smith made one save in the first half of play to earn her first collegiate win, while Faley notched four stops, while yielding three goals in the second half.
- Fressle notched career-highs for goals (7) and points (8) in the win for Stonehill. It marks the second-straight game she has scored a season-high for goals, having now scored an NE10 high 17 goals in four games.
- Rudden led the Skyhawks with five assists on the afternoon, giving her an NE10 high 17 through four games.
- Sullivan added four goals to give her 94 points (76 goals, 18 assists) in 35 career games. She is second to Fressle among NE10 leaders with her 16 goals this season.
- Sophomore Lily Leach posted her first career multi-goal game with a pair of goals to go with her first career assist for a career-best three points.
- Junior Emma Keene-Reinhard netted her first collegiate goal.
- Five Skyhawks finished with multiple goals for the second-straight game, with Hughes joining the group listed above.
- Stonehill has scored 20-plus goals in all three wins this season, finishing with a season-high 22 for the second-straight game.
Up Next
Stonehill (3-1, 0-0 NE10) is back in action on Saturday for its home opener against Le Moyne College, ranked No. 2 in this week's Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) Division II poll, for an NE10 clash at W.B. Mason Stadium at 1 p.m. Franklin Pierce (0-3, 0-1 NE10) visits the University of New Haven on Saturday at 1 p.m.
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