Saint Michaels Defeats Franklin Pierce, 23-6
Raven freshmen Stille and Baillargeon each score twice
Jordan Baillargeon scored twice on
Monday against Saint Michael's.
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RINDGE, N.H. (March 31,
2008) – Senior Brynne Curran (Cape Elizabeth,
Maine/Cape Elizabeth) scored seven goals to lead Saint
Michael’s College to a 23-6 victory over the Franklin Pierce
University women’s lacrosse team in a Northeast-10 Conference
matchup at a rainy Sodexho Field on Monday afternoon.
Curran tallied seven goals for the second consecutive game and
added an assist for a game-high eight points. Junior Kim Berlo
(Scituate, Mass./Scituate) recorded seven points on four goals and
three assists for the Purple Knights, while junior Amanda Pelley
(Mashpee, Mass./Falmouth) found the net three times and sophomore
Kayla Sibilia (Hampden, Mass./Minnechaug Regional) added three
assists for the visitors.
Freshmen Lauren Stille (North Quincy, Mass./North
Quincy) and Jordan Baillargeon (Westfield,
Mass./Westfield) each scored twice for Franklin Pierce,
with Stille adding an assist for a team-high three points. Senior
captain Celine Stamets (Sausalito, Calif./Mavin
Catholic) and junior captain Carla Savini
(Danvers, Mass./Danvers) also scored once each for the
Ravens.
Saint Michael’s scored the first five goals of the afternoon
to take a 5-0 lead 9:17 into the first half, with five different
Purple Knights getting on the scoreboard. Franklin Pierce scored
three of the next four goals, with Stamets, Baillargeon and Stille
each finding the net once, to shrink the deficit to three near the
midway point of the first half, but Saint Michael’s scored
seven of the final eight goals of the opening frame to take a 13-4
advantage into the intermission.
The Purple Knights continued to control possession for much of the
second half, scoring 10 goals to Franklin Pierce’s two to
account for the final score.
Senior goalkeeper Courtney Wakem (Tiverton, R.I./Tiverton) made
six saves on 12 shots over the first 49:31 of play to earn her
fifth victory of the season. Freshman Chaniece Franklyn
(Chappaqua, N.Y./Horace Greeley) turned away 9-of-32
chances for Franklin Pierce to take the loss.
Franklin Pierce (1-5, 0-4 NE-10) continues its three-game
homestand on Wednesday, as the Ravens step out of conference play
against Keene State College beginning at 6 p.m. Saint
Michael’s (5-1, 3-0 NE-10) wraps up a three-game road trip on
Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Saint Anselm College.