Sullivan notches 200^th career point, Conway collects 100^th point in win

Rudden totaled seven points with two goals and five assists this afternoon (PHOTO BY Mary Gettens)

EASTON, Mass. (April 15, 2023) – Stonehill College celebrated its six seniors with a 24-5 triumph over Howard University in Northeast Conference women's lacrosse action on Timothy J. Coughlin, '80 Memorial Field at W.B. Mason Stadium this afternoon.

Prior to the game, Stonehill honored its six seniors who will wind down their collegiate careers over the next week. Classmates Victoria Butler, Kayla Conway, Elizabeth Harrington, Emma Keene-Reinhard, Abigail Moynihan and Lydia Rudden were all recognized for their efforts over the last four years for the Skyhawks. The group has led the Skyhawks transition to NCAA Division I status this year after helping lead the program to the Northeast-10 Conference regular season and tournament championships in 2022 to earn the program's tenth NCAA Division II Tournament bid.

Postgrad Emma Sullivan, who has enjoyed a record-breaking career of her own over the course of her career as well, added a milestone this afternoon as she became just the 15^th player in Stonehill history to surpass 200 career points, joining Rudden (225) in reaching the milestone this season. Sullivan scored three goals and has now totaled 165 goals (8^th all-time at Stonehill) and 36 assists for 201 points in her 65 career games.

Conway reached the 100-point plateau for her career after recording a goal and assist this afternoon, having totaled 83 goals and 17 assists in 45 career games.

Stonehill celebrated its six seniors and families prior to the start of today's game

Sullivan scored three goals and notched her 200th career point in the win (PHOTO BY Mary Gettens)

Highlights

• Stonehill saw 13 different players score goals in posting its second-straight win, led by four from junior Molly Mae Hughes to go along with Sullivan's hat trick.
• Rudden paced the Stonehill attack with seven points, scoring two goals and dishing out five assists, while chipping in five ground balls and two caused turnovers.
• Of Stonehill's 13 goal scorers, eight scored two or more, including junior Lilly Leach who scored a pair and also recorded double-digit draw controls for the second-straight game (third this season overall) with ten, collecting three ground balls.
• Five of Stonehill's six seniors scored in the contest, with Harrington netting a career-best two and Keene-Reinhard adding her first of the year.
• Junior Claire Smith and sophomore Sarah Faley shared the goalkeeping duties for Stonehill with Smith making one save in 25-minutes of play and Faley adding three in 35-minutes.
• Senior Quai Skeete-Ridley led Howard with two goals and an assist, adding three draw controls and two ground balls, while freshman Tea Vasquez dished two assists.
• Junior Jada Auletta finished with seven saves in the Howard goal.

How it Happened

• Stonehill scored the first five goals of the game, including a pair by Hughes off Rudden assists, to grab a quick cushion just over six minutes into the game.

• Conway chipped in a goal and assist and finished the game with 100 points for her career (PHOTO BY Mary Gettens)

  Howard fought back with three-straight in a two-minute span to pull back within two (5-3) with five minutes to play in the quarter after freshman Berkeley Clayborne's eighth goal of the year, assisted by Skeete-Ridley.
• Stonehill answered with four more goals, featuring a pair by Sullivan – including her 200^th career point, to end the first frame and then extended the run to six goals as Rudden assisted on Butler's 13^th of the season and then added a goal of her own to extend the Skyhawks lead to eight (11-3) five minutes into the second.
• Skeete-Ridley snapped the run with her second of the game (13^th of the year) with 8:29 remaining in the half, before Stonehill closed out the second quarter with six-straight, including a pair by Hughes, while Rudden added a goal and assist, to open a 13-goal lead (17-4) at the break and wouldn't look back.

Noteworthy

• Hughes scored multiple goals for the sixth time this season with back-to-back with four goals or more.
• Rudden has multiple points in 12-straight games, having logged at least one goal and one assist in the last 12 as well. She leads the NEC with her 41 assists this season – good for fourth on the program's all-time single-season list, having handed out a program-record 77 in 2022.
• Sullivan's 165 career goals rank eighth on Stonehill's all-time career list.
• Stonehill's 24 goals is its highest total since scoring 26 in a win over Southern New Hampshire University on April 18, 2012.

Up Next

Stonehill (4-9, 4-3 NEC) is right back in action here at W.B. Mason Stadium on Wednesday night, when it hosts Bryant University for a non-conference matchup at 7 p.m. Howard (0-13, 0-6 NEC) visits Wagner College next Saturday at noon.

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