Merrimack Shoots Past Franklin Pierce, 23-6
Mia Basile leads the Warriors with six goals and seven points
May Stoffer contributed a goal and
an assist on Wednesday against Merrimack.
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RINDGE, N.H. (April 16,
2008) – Sophomore Mia Basile (Hampden,
Mass./Minnechaug Regional) netted a game-high six goals as
Merrimack College defeated Franklin Pierce University, 23-6, in a
Northeast-10 Conference women’s lacrosse match on Wednesday
night at Sodexho Field.
Basile added an assist for seven points, tying for the game high
with junior teammate Lauren Leddy (Sea Girt, N.J./Manasquan), who
scored three goals and assisted on a game-high four tallies.
Classmate Kelly Pasquantonio (Plainville, Mass./King Philip
Regional) also scored four goals and assisted on two for six points
for the Warriors.
Franklin Pierce freshman Lauren Stille (North Quincy,
Mass./North Quincy) had two goals, tying for the team high
in points with junior May Stoffer (New Hartford,
Conn./Watkinson), who scored once and added an assist.
Three other Ravens scored one goal each on the night.
Leddy began the scoring 1:09 into the game with an unassisted
tally, helping the Warriors jump out to a 5-0 lead in the first
5:46. Savini scored the Ravens’ first goal, her 24th of the
season, only 28 seconds later, but Merrimack responded with eight
consecutive goals over the next nine minutes to take a 13-1 lead
midway through the first half. The team went into halftime with a
17-3 cushion and was never threatened in the second half.
Merrimack held a 40-19 advantage in shots on the night, including
a 33-13 edge in shots on goal. Senior netminder Amanda DiNitto
(East Moriches, N.Y./Shoreham Heights) made seven saves to earn the
win, while Raven freshman Chaniece Franklyn (Chappaqua,
N.Y./Horace Greeley) stopped 10 shots.
Franklin Pierce (2-10, 0-7 NE-10) will take on Long Island
University-C.W. Post, top-ranked in this week’s
Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association poll, on
Saturday at noon at Sodexho Field. Merrimack (8-3, 7-2 NE-10) hosts
IWLCA No. 9 University of New Haven on Friday at 4 p.m.