STANDISH, Maine - Saint Joseph's College of Maine defeated Husson University, 15-10, in a non-conference women's lacrosse matchup at SJC Sports Complex on Saturday morning.
The Monks held a 4-0 lead with 56 seconds left in the first quarter before Husson (0-1) sophomore
Averi Baker tallied a women-up goal to cut the Saint Joseph's (2-1) lead to three heading into the second quarter.
Saint Joseph's extended the lead to 5-1 with goals from freshman Taylor Dumond and junior Mackenzie Siebert in the opening two minutes of the second stanza, but Husson answered with three straight scores from sophomore
Laela Martinez, senior
Sophia Gomez and junior
Maddy Benoit to make it a one-goal game with 7:51 before the break.
Dumond proceeded to net the Monks' next two goals before freshman
Azabell Assaf scored her first career goal with 2:05 remaining in the first half. Sophomore Celia Melanson and sophomore Sophia Burton scored in the closing minutes of the first to help the Monks carry a 9-5 lead into intermission
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The Eagles received woman-up goals from Martinez and Gomez in a matter of 62 seconds midway through the third quarter to cut the Husson deficit to 9-7 with 5:46 left in the period, but Siebert hit pay dirt three times during a 4-0 scoring spurt that gave the hosts a 13-7 cushion with 11:33 left in the fourth frame.
Junior
Jordyn Lengle ended the Monks run when she took a nice pass from sophomore
Gracie Gardner and fired it into the back of the net for her first goal of the season at the 9:26 mark of the fourth. Siebert and Burton tacked on a goal apiece to make it a 15-8 game before Gomez and Martinez capped the scoring with woman-up free-position markers in the closing three minutes.
Junior
Lacey Scanlon (0-1) made seven saves in a complete-game effort in the net for the Eagles.
Gomez scored three goals with three ground balls. Martinez tacked on three goals with an assist, three ground balls and two caused turnovers. Benoit boasted a goal, three ground balls, and six caused turnovers. Senior Devyn Vetts picked up six ground balls, four draw controls, and six caused turnovers.
Husson will play Clark University of Massachusetts on Tuesday, March 5 at 11:00 a.m. in Clearwater, Florida
