Second-Half Rally Falls Short For Lacrosse

The Central Connecticut State lacrosse team rallied in the second-half, but could not draw even, falling 11-7 to Northeast Conference foe Stonehill College, Wednesday afternoon at Arute Field. The Blue Devils fall to 0-9 on the season and 0-3 in league play, while the Skyhawks improve to 5-5 overall and 3-0 in NEC action.

The Blue Devils finished with an 14-9 edge in draw controls and finished with a 22-21 advantage in ground balls for the game. The Blue Devils also committed one fewer foul, 16-15, then the visiting Skyhawks.

CCSU is back in action on Saturday, travelling to Washington, DC to take on NEC opponent Howard University. Game time is 12:00 pm.

KEY MOMENTS

• Stonehill opened the scoring midway through the first-quarter, when Val Beigel netted an 8-meter shot
• Beigel converted another FPS with 3:30 to play in the quarter to make the score 3-0
• Emily LaPia scored from 8-meters 35 seconds into the second quarter to give Stonehill the 4-0 advantage
• Mikayla Lecci put CCSU on the board just 22 seconds later, scoring unassisted
• Stonehill scored three times the rest of the quarter to take a 7- 1lead into intermission
• Skye Guadio tallied back-to-back goals at 11:39 and 5:03 of the third quarter for the Blue Devils, cutting the deficit to 7-3
• Alexa Efron netted a pass from Makayla Winegar with 4:26 to play in the third to draw CCSU within three goals
• The Skyhawks answered with two of their own in the final 129 seconds of the period to build the lead back to five, 9-4, entering the final period
• Guadio got the Blue Devils going again to open the fourth quarter, completing her hat trick with an 8-meter goal 71 seconds into the period
• Lecci followed at 12:36 to pull CCSU back within three, 9-6
• The Skyhawks again netted consecutive goals, with 7:11 and 4:45 to play, to push their lead back to five, 11-6
• Abbey Cannon scored unassisted with 66 seconds to play for the Blue Devils final tally

NOTES & NUMBERS

• Guadio tallied her hat trick on five shots in the game
• Cannon led the way with five draw controls, to go along with a goal, an assist, two ground balls and a caused turnover
• Ellie Guitsch finished with two CT's and had two ground balls
• Emily Martinez picked up four ground balls for the Blue Devils, while Cara Kielbasa had three, as did Mave Tobler
• Tobler made a career-high 14 saves in net for the Blue Devils