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NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. – The No. 14 Merrimack College women's lacrosse team rolled to a 19-2 victory over Queens College on Friday afternoon in a snowy cross-conference matchup at Merrimack Stadium. The win was the fifth in a row for the program, which now has eight wins for the first time in seven years.
The Basics
Score: Merrimack 19, Queens 2
Records: #14 Merrimack (8-3, 5-2 NE10) | Queens (4-5, 0-2 ECC)
Location: Merrimack Stadium | North Andover, Mass.
Duration: 1:34
Attendance: 107
Rapid Recap
- Merrimack piled on 13 goals in the first half while pitching a shutout on the defensive end of the turf. Among the highlights in the opening 30 minutes were sophomore Ally DaCosta setting the program's single-game assists record (7) in less than eight minutes, while junior Bridget Schofield recorded a trick over that span as a quartet of Warriors had multiple goals in the first half. Sophomore Cailin Bahret, who returned just this week from injury, scored the first two goals of her collegiate career in the first half, as well.
- The Warriors would empty the bench over the remainder of the game, as nearly every healthy player on the roster saw time at one point or another. Freshmen Brooke Jackson and Tristen Novak netted their first two collegiate goals early in the stanza as well, while senior Alexa Petzold wound up playing the final 45-plus minutes in net and yielded just two goals.
Top Performances
- DaCosta became the second player this year to record eight points in a single game, joining junior Amber Feminella in that feat. DaCosta's day was highlighted by her program-record eight-assist performance, all of which came in the first eight minutes of the game.
- Schofield was the lone Warrior with a hat trick, mainly because the wealth was spread across different 11 goal-scorers for the home side. In addition to Schofield, Novak, Ruggiero, Bartlett, Dzialo and Bahret all had two-goal outings, while Novak and freshman Lulu Sweeney also had two assists apiece.
- Schofield and classmate Erin Blomberg had two caused turnovers apiece, while junior Olivia Colletti (5), Bahret (4) and freshman Catherine Mahanna (4) combined for 13 of Merrimack's 17 won draw controls.
- Junior Lauren Trepaney started again and was perfect through 14 minutes with one save before giving way to Petzold, who stopped one shot over 45:36 in net.
Notes & Numbers
- Merrimack continued its best start to a season since 2011 by means of its fifth straight win and eighth overall; the Warriors now have their most wins in seven years, when they finished 12-7 overall.
- With 19 more goals on Friday, the Warriors have recorded double-digit goal totals in each of their first 11 games, doing so for the first time since the 2010 season when they did so in their first 14 games of the year.
- Merrimack tied its single-game high for points (33) and assists (14) during Friday's win.
- After Friday's results, Feminella remains in second place in the NE10 in goals (44) and DaCosta now has 34 assists on the year, also good for second in the league. Feminella also ranks fourth in overall scoring on the year (54).
- Shots: 38-6 (32-4 SOG)
- FPG: (MC-QUE): 3-6 // 1-1
- Draw Controls: 17-5 // Ground Balls: 19-9
- Turnovers: 10-18 (8-2 CT) // Clears: 14-15 // 11-18
Up Next
Merrimack remains at home and returns to Northeast-10 Conference play against Saint Anselm next Wednesday (April 11) night at 7 p.m.
