BOSTON, Mass. –
Tess Brown struck first for the Keene State College women's lacrosse team, but the University of Massachusetts-Boston responded with nine goals in the first quarter as the Beacons handed KSC their third LEC loss of the season, 18-11.
Records
- Keene State: 5-8 (2-2 LEC)
- UMass-Boston: 5-8 (3-1 LEC)
How it Happened
Tess Brown gave KSC their lone lead of the day 28 seconds into the contest after
Lola Varricchione won the opening draw control for KSC. 1:26 later UMB took their first lead of the game after a pair of goals before Brown scored again 35 seconds later to tie the game up at two apiece for the Owls. The rest of the opening quarter the Beacons scored seven more goals to jump to a 9-2 lead heading into the second.
UMB opened the second quarter to increase the lead to as many as nine before the Owls were able to find the back of the net again with Brown's third goal of the game for KSC with 7:35 left in the quarter. Despite UMB adding another goal later in the quarter, KSC scored three more goals the rest of the quarter to pull within six heading into the half. Varricchione scored two of the three goals, while
Hayden Smith scored another and Brown added a pair of points with two assists across the three goals.
The Beacons killed any momentum KSC built to open the second half as they increased the lead back to eight with two goals over 47 seconds. Varricchione responded back later in the quarter as she scored two more goals herself again, with one coming on a free position shot. Before the third quarter was up the Beacons tallied one more goal before the end of the quarter as UMB capitalized on a man-up opportunity to take a 15-8 lead into the fourth.
Anna Maccarini found
Tilden Tinkham for the opening goal of the fourth as Tinkham scored her first career collegiate goal to pull KSC back within six 1:40 into the quarter. UMB once again killed the Owls' momentum shortly after with three goals to double up KSC 18-9 with 6:13 left to play. KSC tacked on two late man-up goals later in the contest as Smith scored a free position goal and
Jenna Braga picked up her second career collegiate point as she assisted Maccarini for the final goal of the game.
"We got knocked down early. The 3 quarters were an even game but getting into that big of a whole earlier is always hard to get out of," said Owls' head coach
Travis Wyant. "I'm glad we were able to pace the game down and figure things out. We're better for it."
Inside the Crease
- With the loss KSC falls to 1-1 in the all-time series between the two teams, having won their first matchup last year, 13-7.
- Brown led the Owls' attack and tied for a game-high five points coming from three goals and a team-high two assists.
- Brown also had a game-high nine ground balls to go with her tied for a game-high four caused turnovers and two draw control wins.
- Varricchione was close behind Brown in scoring with a team-high four goals for her four points on the day, while also adding six ground balls, tying Brown with the game-high four caused turnovers, and tying Helen Baxter for a team-high four draw controls.
- KSC went 10-for-13 (76.7%) on clears, while UMB went 18-for-20 (90%).
Up Next
Keene State returns to action on the road at Eastern Connecticut State University for an important LEC matchup for their next contest on Wednesday, April 15, at 4:00 PM.
UMass-Boston next plays at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth on Wednesday, April 15, at 7:00 PM.
