Women's Lacrosse Defeated In Season Opener Against Plymouth State
Worcester, MA --- Worcester State lost a tough 15-6 decision to Plymouth State this evening in non-conference women's lacrosse action this evening. Junior Carley MacIntyre and senior Abby Cosenza each notched two goals apiece in the setback.
Plymouth State 15, Worcester State 6
Worcester, MA --- Plymouth State sophomore’s Briana Davis (Framingham, MA) and Britney Chiles (North Andover, MA) combined for seven goals to help lead the Panthers to a 15-6 triumph this evening over Worcester State in non-conference women’s lacrosse action at Coughlin Field.
PSU evened out its season record to 1-1 while the Lancers lost the opening game of their 2010 campaign.
Davis finished with three markers, a helper and four ground balls while Chiles added three tallies. Senior Kerry D’Ambroise (Lowell, MA) and second year Jenn Foley (Tewksbury, MA) also recorded two goals and a dish.
Defensively, fourth-year Kalie Judd (Peabody, MA) and fourth-year keeper Morgan Lemmon paced Plymouth State with six ground-balls apiece.
The Lancers were propelled by two goals from junior Carley MacIntyre (Townsend, MA) and senior Abby Cosenza (Shrewsbury, MA). Cosenza, along with her sister Amanda Cosenza (Shrewsbury, MA), third-year Karla Rotondi (Tewksbury, MA) and sophomore goalie Haley Erickson (Saugus, MA) all registered four ground balls.
Plymouth State jumped on the board with five goals over the first 15 minutes of play as Davis had already recorded her hat-trick by the 13:24 mark.
As Judd helped the Panthers lead 7-0 with a goal at 7:18, the Lancers would end the period with a 2-1 run for an 8-2 score at the intermission.
PSU began the second period with a 6-1 spurt over the first eight minutes of the frame to break the game wide open at 14-3.
The Panthers would then run the clock down before Worcester State finally responded with three consecutive goals in a two minute span, but that was the only offense they would muster in the last 14 minutes of the contest.
First-year Mariah Messina (Tewksbury, MA) notched her first career tally at 12:29 for WSC.
Lemmon played 51:36 between the pipes as she stopped 10 shots while Erickson collected nine saves for WSC.
Plymouth State held a 32-21 advantage while WSC held a 30-29 ground ball edge.
The Lancers will play again in two weeks as they will head to Rhode Island College for a 4 PM contest while the Panthers will travel to Castleton next Saturday. Their game is slated for a 1 PM start.