Women's Lacrosse Watches Bentley Go On Late Run to Pull Out 17-14 Win Friday
Courtney Weber and Jordan Baillargeon notch four-point evenings for the Ravens
WALTHAM, Mass. (April 16, 2010) -- The Franklin Pierce
University women's lacrosse team battled Bentley tough on Friday
night, but allowed three late goals to drop a tough 17-14 decision
in Waltham, Mass. The Ravens fell to 4-8 overall and 2-6 in the
Northeast-10, while the Falcons improved to 7-6 and 4-3 in league
play.
Courtney Weber (Centerport, N.Y.) and Jordan Baillargeon
(Westfield, Mass.) each tallied four points on the evening to pace
the Franklin Pierce offensive attack. Weber had two goals and two
assists, while Baillargeon threw in a tally and assisted on three
other goals. Mary Kate Stille (North Quincy, Mass.) scored a
team-high three goals, while Lindsey Leach (Hamden, Conn.) and
Lauren Stille (North Quincy, Mass.) were the other two Ravens to
log multiple goals as each scored twice.
Sophomore goalkeeper Jillian Bolduc (Atkinson, N.H.) started in net
and suffered the loss as she made 12 saves while yielding the 17
goals.
Cori Geiger led the way for Bentley with six points on four goals
and two assists. Megan Wiggins and Alex Carney each threw in a trio
of goals, while Carney had a four-point afternoon as she assisted
on another goal.
Julia Powell started in goal for the Falcons and played the entire
first half, but Kate Poznick spelled her in the second half and got
the win as she made six saves and yielded just five goals in the
final 30 minutes.
Franklin Pierce came out of the gates firing shots and built a 4-1
lead five minutes into the contest. Four different Ravens scored
during the opening surge, including Webber, Christine
McKay (Norwood, Mass.) and both Stille's.
Bentley settled after the slow start and eventually scored six of
the half's final nine goals to pull even at 9-9 at halftime.
Maureen Fields scored back-to-back goals during the late surge.
Both teams continued to trade goals in early going of the second
half and the score was tied at 12-12 with 17:27 remaining following
Franklin Pierce goals from Kimberly Jaksina (Townsend, Mass.) and
Mary Kate Stille.
However, Bentley rallied and outscored the Ravens, 5-2, the rest of
the way to pull out the three-goal victory. Geiger and Taylor
Bastien threw in back-to-back goals to spark the rally, while
Geiger capped it with one final marker with 7:12 to go.
Franklin Pierce returns to action Tuesday night when the Ravens
play host to American International at 6 p.m. in Sodexo Field. The
game is a "Pierce Pride" contest as free giveaways will be handed
out to 150 students during the event.
For more information on Franklin Pierce women's lacrosse, please
visit the team's page at athletics.franklinpierce.edu(.)