Bryant Surges Past Franklin Pierce, 23-12
Stille tallies five goals, Baillargeon notches a season-best four for the Ravens
Lauren Stille collected five goals
and an assist on Thursday at Bryant.
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SMITHFIELD, R.I. (March 27,
2008) – Senior Caitlin Hansen (Spring Lake,
N.J./Manasquan) scored a career-high seven goals to lead Bryant
University to a 23-12 victory over Franklin Pierce University in
Northeast-10 Conference women’s lacrosse action on Thursday
night at the Turf Complex.
Hansen scored seven goals and added an assist for a game-high
eight points for Bryant. Bulldog sophomore Allison Faiola
(Billerica, Mass./Billerica Memorial) found the net five times and
had one assist for six points, while junior Lauren Albert (South
Windsor, Conn./South Windsor) scored three times and had three
assists in the win.
Freshman Lauren Stille (North Quincy, Mass./North
Quincy) led the Ravens in scoring for the fourth
consecutive game, scoring five goals and adding an assist for six
points. Classmate Jordan Baillargeon (Westfield,
Mass./Westfield) set a new season-high with four goals and
junior captain Carla Savini (Danvers,
Mass./Danvers) added three goals and an assist for
Franklin Pierce.
Bryant came out quickly, scoring the first two goals of the game
to take a 2-0 lead only 34 seconds into the contest. But Franklin
Pierce fought back to tie the match at two and took its first lead
of the game 6:46 into the first half after a goal by Stille capped
a three-goal run in 65 seconds for a 5-4 lead.
Bryant came back with a run of its own, however, scoring the next
nine goals to take a 13-5 lead with 7:43 remaining in the first
half. Hansen, who along with Albert had three goals during the run,
completed the stretch with a free position shot at the 23:17 mark
of the first half. The teams alternated goals for the remainder of
the first half, with Bryant taking a 15-8 edge into
intermission.
The Bulldogs then scored the first four goals of the second half
to take a 19-8 lead with 23:45 to go in the game, and the home team
held the Ravens to three goals by Stille and one by Baillargeon in
the second half to take home the win.
Sophomore Jessica Bolton (Belgrade Lakes, Maine/Scarborough) made
nine saves on 21 shots to earn the victory for Bryant. Freshman
goaltender Chaniece Franklyn (Chappaqua, N.Y./Horace
Greeley) made 16 saves on 39 shots for Franklin
Pierce.
Franklin Pierce (1-3, 0-2 NE-10) is scheduled to begin a
season-long four-game homestand on Saturday, when the team hosts
national No. 3 Stonehill College at Sodexho Field beginning at
noon. Bryant (4-3, 2-1 NE-10) hosts Assumption College on Saturday
at 1 p.m.