HENNIKER, N.H. – Senior midfielders Haile Ratajack and Mindy St. Marie scored four goals apiece as the Keene State College women's lacrosse team defeated New England College 13-3 Thursday at Don Melander Field. The victory marks the first time all season that the Owls have won two games in a row.
 
Records

• Keene State: 3-7, 1-0 LEC
• New England College: 6-5, 0-0 NECC

 
How it Happened
St. Marie began the scoring at the 12:39 mark in the first quarter. After freshman midfielder Tess Brown scooped up a loose ball in the offensive zone and gave it to Marie, the St. Albans, Vt., native drove to the net and fired in her first goal of the game. Ratajack scored her first goal of the day just over six minutes later at 6:21. Keene State would go on to get goals from sophomore midfielder Amethyst Phelps, Ratajack and junior attacker Hannah Dworkin to take a 5-0 lead into the second quarter.
 
The Owls kept scoring in the second, starting with a goal from St. Marie with her team up a player at 6:56. The Pilgrims eventually got their first goal at 4:08, before St. Marie scored another goal up a player with 53 seconds remaining in the half. Keene State went into the locker room up 7-1, having given up only 10 shots in the first half.
 
Ratajack scored the only goal from either team in the third period. At 9:33, senior attacker Jackie DeAngelis gave the ball to Ratajack, who went around a screen set by St. Marie and scored her third goal of the game. The fourth quarter featured the most goals scored in the game, as both teams combined to get seven in the frame. Five came from the Owls, with goals scored by St. Marie, Brown, Dworkin, Ratajack and sophomore attacker Lola Smith. Freshman Kara Moriarty only needed to make three saves to pick up her second win in goal this season.
 
Inside the Crease

• Keene State now has an all-time record of 15-5 against New England College, with the Owls having won the last seven games dating back to 2010.
• KSC recorded a season-high 42 shots, 28 on goal, while allowing a season-low 17 shots, six on goal.
• Keene State also collected a season-high 35 ground balls, breaking the previous high mark set in an 11-4 win against Massachusetts Maritime Academy on March 19. Junior defender Elle Lyons led the team with six.
• Lyons also led all players with six caused turnovers, the second-most by a Keene State player this season.

 
Up Next
Keene State takes on in-state rival Plymouth State University in an LEC matchup on Saturday, April 8 at noon at the Owl Athletic Complex. New England College will also play an LEC team in its next game when the Pilgrims take on UMass-Dartmouth on Tuesday, April 11 at 4 p.m. to wrap up a three-game homestand.