Jordan Baillargeon has six-point afternoon with four goals and two assists; Lauren Stille has four points with two goals and two assists

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MANCHESTER, N.H. (April 14, 2010) -- The Franklin Pierce University women's lacrosse team snapped a three-game losing streak on Wednesday with an all-important 16-13 road win at Saint Anselm on in Manchester. The Ravens improved to 4-7 overall and 2-5 in the Northeast-10, while the Hawks fell to 4-5 and 2-4 in league play.

Jordan Baillargeon (Westfield, Mass.) led the Ravens offensive attack with a six-point afternoon as she scored four goals and assisted on two others. Lauren Stille (North Quincy, Mass.) notched a four-point afternoon with two goals and two assists, and sister Mary Kate Stille (North Quincy, Mass.), added a trio of goals. Courtney Weber (Centerport, N.Y.) was the other Franklin Pierce player to log multiple goals on the afternoon as she threw in a pair of tallies.

Sophomore goalkeeper Jillian Bolduc (Atkinson, N.H.) an impressive 21 saves in the game to earn the win. Meghan Smith had five goals to lead Saint Anselm on the afternoon.

Saint Anselm opened the game with a pair of scores and held a 3-1 lead after a Shawna Walsh goal with 22:31 left in the first half.

However, Franklin Pierce scored four of the game's next five goals to take a 5-4 lead with 7:16 left until halftime. Kimberly Jaksina (Townsend, Mass.) got the rally started with a goal and Baillargeon followed with a tally of her own -- her second of the game. Weber capped the surge with back-to-back goals.

Carrie Brophy stemmed the tide for Saint Anselm with a score at the 5:03 mark of the half, but the Ravens responded yet again and scored the final two markers of the half to hold a 7-5 lead at halftime. Ashley Moirano (Vero Beach, Fla.) and Brianna Nash (Oceanside, N.Y.) each scored during the late run.

Franklin Pierce held the two-goal lead at halftime despite being outshot 22-14. Bolduc's solid play (11 saves) and Saint Anselm's 16 turnovers were two of the main keys for the Ravens leading at halftime.

The Stille sisters got into the scoring act in the opening stages of the second half as Mary Kate and Lauren each scored twice in the first 12 minutes. Stille's second goal of the half put the Ravens up by a count of 11-8. However, Saint Anselm scored the next two goals -- both coming from Smith -- to pull within 11-10 with 11:31 to go.

As they had done all night, the Ravens had an answer and got back-to-back goals from Baillargeon and Mary Kate Stille to go back up by three goals at 13-10.

Saint Anselm followed with two goals to get back within a score, but the Ravens rallied with two-straight tallies to go back up by three at 15-12 and put the game out of reach to earn the win. Ashley Lamagdeleine (Westfield, Mass.) and Mariama Bonetti (New York, N.Y.) each scored during the late run.

Franklin Pierce returns to action Friday night when the Ravens travel to face Bentley at 7 p.m. in Waltham, Mass.

For more information on Franklin Pierce women's lacrosse, please visit the team's page at athletics.franklinpierce.edu(.)

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