Lacrosse Honors Seniors In Final Home Game

The Central Connecticut State lacrosse team played its final home game of the regular season on Saturday, falling 17-5 to visiting Northeast Conference foe Wagner College. The Blue Devils fall to 2-11 overall and 2-5 in league play, while the Seahawks improve to 6-6 on the season and 6-1 in NEC action.

Prior to the game the Blue Devils recognized their four seniors, Alexa Efron, Mikayla Lecci, An Poropat and Bella Santos.

The Blue Devils return to action next Saturday, travelling to NEC foe Mercyhurst on April 19^th. Game time is 1:00 pm

KEY MOMENTS

• Wagner scored three goals in the first quarter, to take a 3-0 advantage
• Makayla Winegar tallied an 8-meter goal 1:46 into the second period to put the Blue Devils on the board
• Ella Marino netted back-to-back goals as part of a three-goal Wagner run that made the score 6-1 with 2:12 to play in the first-half
• Santos drove down the middle and scored, unassisted, with 52 seconds left in the second, to make the deficit 6-2 at intermission
• Skye Guadio scored the first goal of the third quarter, a fast break tally 82 seconds into the second half
• Wagner scored five straight goals, before Winegar tallied goals with 1:16 and :26 to play in the third quarter
• The Seahawks tallied the final five goals of the fourth quarter

NOTES & NUMBERS

• Winegar tallied a hat trick for CCSU to go along with a team-best four draw controls
• Jadyn Jones made five saves in goal in 52:53 of action and had two ground balls
• Cara Kielbasa and Lecci both had three ground balls
• Emily Martinez caused two turnovers
• Marino led all scorers for Wagner with five tallies