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Posted: Mar 30, 2009

Franklin Pierce Holds Back Keene State, 17-14

Franklin Pierce Holds Back Keene State, 17-14
Box Score

Sophomore Jordan Baillargeon netted a season-high six goals to go with two assists for a season-best eight points to lead the Ravens past Keene State this afternoon.

Baillargeon leads Ravens to second-straight win with six goals and two assists

Boxscore 

KEENE, N.H. (March 30, 2009) - Franklin Pierce University built a nine-goal halftime lead and made it stand in posting a 17-14 victory over Keene State College in non-conference women's lacrosse action at Owl Stadium this afternoon.

Sophomore midfielder Jordan Baillargeon (Westfield, Mass./Westfield) led Franklin Pierce with a season-high six goals to go with two assists for a season-best eight points. Sophomore Lauren Stille (North Quincy, Mass./North Quincy) added four goals and a career-high matching three assists for seven points, while classmate Ashley Moirano (South Burlington, Vt./South Burlington) collected two goals and a career-high matching two assists for a career-high matching four points.

Senior Carla Savini (Danvers, Mass./Danvers) chipped in with a goal and assist for two points to become just the fourth player (second this season) to reach the 100 career point plateau. She has now posted 84 goals and 17 assists for 101 career points, joining Stille as members of this year's team to reach the career milestone.


Senior Carla Savini became the fourth player in program histoty with 100 career points after notching a goal and assist today.

Sophomore Emily Persano (Somers, Conn./Somers) led Keene State with four goals. Classmates Lauren Sawyer (Westbrook, Maine/Westbrook) and Jamie Albert (Southington, Conn./Southington) each added two goals and two assists for four points.

Freshman Jillian Bolduc (Atkinson, N.H./Timberlane) made 15 saves (nine first half) in goal to preserve the win for Franklin Pierce. Senior Jen Gearing (Westfield, Mass./Westfield) finished with 12 stops in goal for Keene State. The Owls finished with a 45-29 advantage in shots for the match, including 23-13 in the second half as they mounted their comeback effort.

Franklin Pierce, which has posted back-to-back wins for the first time since March 2004, erased an early two-goal deficit in racing to a 14-5 halftime advantage. Trailing 3-1, just over 11-minutes into the match, the Ravens scored four-straight goals to take the lead for good (5-3) with 16:46 to play in the first half. Stille notched a goal and assist during that run.


Sophomore Lauren Stille dished a career-high matching three assists to go with four goals for seven points.

Persano drew one back for Keene State at the 16:07-mark, but Franklin Pierce netted five straight goals, two from Baillargeon, to open a 10-4 lead with 5:58 left in the half. After an Albert goal for the Owls, the Ravens scored the final four goals of the half, including a marker from Moirano with three-seconds to play to carry a 14-5 lead into the break. Stille added a goal and assist during that run as well. 

Keene State mounted a comeback in the second half, scoring the first three goals of the stanza. Franklin Pierce got two of those goals back, one each from Stille and Baillargeon, to regain a 16-8 cushion with 15:04 to play. The Owls then closed within 16-14 after an Albert goal with 1:46 on the clock, but Baillargeon iced the win with her sixth goal with eight seconds to play.

Franklin Pierce (3-3, 1-2 NE-10) is back in action on Wednesday when it visits Saint Michael's College for a Northeast-10 Conference match up at 4 p.m. The Ravens return home on Sunday to host No. 2-ranked Adelphi University at Noon. Keene State (2-6, 0-1 LEC) hosts Curry College on Thursday at 4 p.m.