Women's Lacrosse Falls to LIU

NORTH ANDOVER, MASS-- The Merrimack College women's lacrosse lost to Long Island University in an NEC matchup Saturday afternoon.
 
The Basics
Score: LIU 16, Merrimack 8
Records: Merrimack (2-9, 1-1 NEC) LIU (4-6, 2-0 NEC)

How It Happened
The Sharks opened the first quarter with four goals to take the lead 4-0. Natalie Calkins scored the first goal for the Warriors in the beginning of the second quarter. LIU responded with two more goals. Sophia Scearbo scored the second goal for the Warriors, along with Olivia Valdes scoring a goal with fifteen seconds left in the second quarter. Heading into the third quarter, The Sharks scored 5 goals in between Warrior goals from Scearbo, Spieler, and Valdes 13-6. Calkins and Scearbo each scored a goal in the fourth quarter but the Sharks closed out the game with three more goals to win.
 
Notes and Numbers
Olivia Valdes led the team in shots with five including two goals.
Hayley Kowalczyk had four ground balls.
Sophie Scearbo led the team in goals with three.
 
Up Next
Merrimack heads down to North Easton, MA on Wednesday March 29 as they take on Stonehill College. Game time is set for 7pm.

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