April 5, 2012

Box Score

BOSTON, MA - Senior midfielder Logan Carr (Saratoga Springs, NY) netted five goals and junior midfielder Madeline Leahy (Cohasset, MA) tallied seven points, including three goals to lead the Emmanuel College women's lacrosse team over host Wheelock College this evening, 18-4, at Winsor Field in Boston, MA. The Saints improve to 4-6 on the season, while the Wildcats fall to 0-8.

Emmanuel dominated the draw controls, 18-6, to give them an offensive advantage for most of the night. The Saints scored the first eight goals of the contest within the opening 13 minutes, fueled by three goals from Carr and two apiece from freshman attack Madison Altwies (Southington, CT) and freshman defender Megan Mattox (Upton, MA). Freshman middie Alexia Basile (West Hartford, CT) also found the back of the net during the scoring spree for Emmanuel, while Leahy registered three assists.

Wheelock sophomore midfielder Katie Gavin (Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA) put the home team on the board with an unassisted score at the 15:40 mark of the first half to cut the deficit to 8-1. The Saints netted the final four goals of the half in a span of 2:28, courtesy of three scores from Leahy and one from Carr to take a 12-1 advantage at the intermission.

The Wildcats tallied the first two goals of the second stanza when freshman attack Valerie Ferrante (Milford, MA) recorded her 14th marker of the season, just over three minutes into the half. Ferrante later found Gavin at the 24:09 mark for her team-leading 28th goal of the year to pull the home team to within 12-3. Mattox responded just 28 seconds later for Emmanuel on a free position shot, before Ferrante scored for Wheelock on a helper from senior attack Kylie Hefford (Exeter, NH) with 18:51 left in the contest to make it 13-4. It would be the last goal of the night for the Wildcats as Basile, Carr, sophomore defender Michaela Brennan (Worcester, MA), freshman midfielder Shannen Corrigan (Southington, CT) and freshman attack Marykate McNulty (Madison, CT) all found twine in the final 14 minutes of play for the Saints in an 18-4 victory.

Carr added an assist to her goal total as well as two ground balls for Emmanuel. Leahy picked up two ground balls and caused a turnover, while McNulty added two assists to her goal, two ground balls, three draw controls and a caused turnover. Altwies and Basile also registered a helper each on the night and Brennan picked up a game-high five ground balls in addition to a pair of caused turnovers.

Ferrante scooped up four ground balls in addition to her three points for Wheelock, while Gavin won three draw controls and picked up a ground ball to add to her two goals. Hefford added a game-high three caused turnovers, three ground balls and a pair of draw controls to her night and sophomore middie Christina Cubera (Baltimore, MD) came up with four ground balls and caused two turnovers.

Sophomore goalie Hillary Dandurant (Merrimac, MA) was outstanding in net, stopping six shots to earn the victory for the Saints, while senior Alanna Pihl (Franconia, NH) also made six saves for the Wildcats.

Wheelock will be in action again on Thursday, April 12 when it hosts Regis College (MA) at Winsor Field at 7:30 p.m., while Emmanuel hosts Emerson College on April 7 at 12:00 p.m. at Clemente Field.

- Release courtesy of Wheelock College Sports Information