Women's Lacrosse

March 25, 2006                                                                                     
Contact: Daniel O’Reilly
Phone: (802) 654-2929


COLCHESTER, Vt. – The Saint Michael’s College women’s lacrosse team defeated Assumption College, 17-5, on Saturday afternoon in Northeast-10 Conference action at Duffy Field.
           
For the Greyhounds (1-1, 1-1 NE-10), sophomore Katie Kistner (Needham, Mass./Needham) and senior Jenny Mongeau (Westboro, Mass./Westboro) each tallied a pair of goals, while freshman Nichole Johnson (Shrewsbury, Mass./Shrewsbury) stopped 10 shots in net.
           
For the Purple Knights, sophomore Brynne Curran (Cape Elizabeth, Maine/Cape Elizabeth) scored four goals, and freshman Lauren Rizzotti (Cohasset, Mass./Cohasset), sophomore Amanda Soule (Hartland, Vt./Woodstock Union), junior Megan Rule (Bow, N.H./Bow), and senior Kristen Palazzo (Armonk, N.Y./Bryam Hills) netted two goals each, with Palazzo also contributing two assists. Sophomore Courtney Wakem (Tiverton, R.I./Tiverton) made six saves between the pipes.
           
Saint Michael’s jumped out on top early when Rizzotti scored just 2:15 into the contest. The Purple Knights never looked back, scoring five unanswered goals, culminating with freshman Ava Gottshall’s (Amherst, Mass./Amherst) at the 27:56 mark of the first half, which stood to be the game winner. Kistner cut the deficit back down to five, putting the visitors on the board with 1:11 remaining in the first half, but just 15 seconds later, sophomore Lila McCormack (Scituate, Mass./Scituate) brought her team’s lead back up to six goals.
           
Assumption found their offensive stroke late in the second half, tallying four goals over the final 13:25 of the match, but that proved not to be enough as Saint Michael’s was able to pot a season high 10 second half goals to clinch the victory.
           
Saint Michael’s returns to action next Saturday, as the Purple Knights host Bentley College at 1 p.m. Assumption, meanwhile, plays a home game against Southern New Hampshire on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Assumption            1     4      -5
Saint Michael's        7     10    -17

 

Saint Michael’s scoring (goals-assists): Brynne Curran 4-0, Kristen Palazzo 2-2, Lauren Rizzotti 2-0, Amanda Soule 2-0, Megan Rule 2-0, Ava Gottshall 1-0, Sara Biondello 1-0, Kelly Fitzgerald 1-0, Kim Berlo 1-0, Lila McCormack 1-0.

Assumption scoring (goals-assists): Katie Kistner 2-0, Jenny Mongeau 2-0, Kristin Ford 1-0

 

Saves: SMC, Courtney Wakem (60 min.), 6 saves; ASM, Nicole Johnson (60 min.), 10 saves.