Box Score

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.- The Keene State women's lacrosse team opened their season Friday afternoon and saw two multiple goal leads in the first half slip, as the Framingham State Rams put together a complete second half to nearly double up the Owls in scoring in the 21-11 defeat from Maple Street Field.
 
Records
 
Keene State: 0-1
Framingham State: 2-0
 
How it Happened
 
The Owls attack was off to a promising start, netting the first three goals of the game, as well as five of the first six in the early goings. Halie Ratajack, Ali Daisy, and Brigid Casey found twine for the Owls, with Ratajack and Daisy picking up the extra two tallies 13 minutes into the contest. The Owls held a four-goal lead for all of four minutes before the Rams answered with three quick strikes in the span of 1:22, cutting the Owls lead to just one goal. Keene would quickly respond to wipe away the momentum for the Rams, as Ratajack scored her third, fourth, and fifth goals in succession in the contest putting the Owls ahead by four again. 
 
Framingham State would not go away easily in the first half as the Rams had five different goal scorers on their first six of the contest. Junior Tara Palermo took control down the stretch into the final minutes for the Rams scoring two goals of her three of the half to give the Rams the 10-9 lead. FSU would continue their dominance in the final five minutes of the first half scoring four goals to take the 11-9 lead at the intermission over the Owls. At the break, the Owls took 11 shots while the Rams came away with 18 shots, seven of them being turned aside from junior goalkeeper for the Owls Haley Terva. 
 
The next nine goals on the board from the end of the first half into the second half would belong to Framingham State as Tara Palermo, Nicole Berry, and Alissa Marino would all contribute for FSU on the scoreboard. Keene State was only able to muster two goals in the second half, after collecting nine in the first. Both second half goals for KSC were scored from senior Ali Daisy, who picked up four goals total on the afternoon, adding one assist for five points from Maple Street Field. Keene State would see their two four goal leads in the first half slip, as the Rams ended the game with the final four goals of the afternoon, giving Keene State the 21-11 loss in the season opener. Terva faced 48 shots in the contest, making 16 saves for the Owls. Framingham State split time between their two goalkeepers, as starter Alexis Burleigh made two saves, facing 12 shots and Hannah Allen made four saves on eight shots faced.
 
Inside the Crease

• Keene State was led by sophomore Halie Ratajack who scored a career high five goals and tallied one assist, good for six points in the contest. Ratajack put together nine goals in the shortened three game season in 2020. KSC's Ali Daisy (4 goals, 1 assist) and Brigid Casey (2 goals 5 assists) also contributed on the scoreboard for the Owls in the loss. 
• Framingham's Tara Palermo led all goal scorers in the game with six, tallying 11 shots in the contest. Palermo now has eight goals in two games for the Rams on the young season. 
• Framingham State out shot Keene 48-20 in the first matchup between these two teams in the two school's history. The Rams put 37 shots to goal, where Keene only managed 17. 
• The Owls were 3-for-3 in free position shots in the contest, getting goals from Ratajack twice and Casey. The Rams were 6-for-9 from the arch, getting five different goal scorers in the win. 
• KSC has not opened the season with a win since March 8, 2012 when the Owls defeated St. Michael's College 10-9 in OT from Duffy Field in Colchester, Vermont. The Owls have now dropped nine consecutive opening day games. 

 Up Next

• The Owls will be back in action tomorrow afternoon when they will honor their four seniors in a Red vs. White intrasquad scrimmage slated for 1:00 pm from the Owl Athletic Complex. The Owls will then begin Little East Conference play when they travel to the Westside Athletic Complex to meet Western Connecticut at 12:00 pm on Saturday March 27. 
• The Rams are back in action on Thursday March 25 when they open their MASCAC schedule by hosting the Westfield State Owls at 6:00 pm from Maple Street Field.