Lacrosse

Norwich Rides Strong Second Half to GNAC Title

Boston, Mass. (4/26/08) -- Second-seeded Norwich University (11-4) scored the first five goals of the second half to rally from a two goal halftime deficit and defeat top seeded Emerson College (13-4) 10-8 in the first ever Great Northeast Athletic Conference Women's Lacrosse Championship Game.

The first half was a see-saw battle as Emerson opened the scoring on an unassisted goal by Jess Kalikow (Sr., Chestnut Hill, Mass.) 7:06 into the game. The Cadets answered with the next three goals over the next 4:07 on unassisted markers by Ally Daniels (So., Concord, N.H.), Ashley Haviland (Sr., Manchester, Vt.) and Kathleen Hennessey (So., Essex Junction, Vt.). Kalikow pulled the Lions to within one, and Laura Miles scored the first of her tow goals to even up the score.

Kristi Walles (Sr., Merrimack, N.H.) gave the Lions the lead at the 16:35 mark on an assist by Kalikow, but Daniels knotted the score just over seven minutes later, before Jessica Allmer (FY, Bellport, N.Y.) gave the Cadets a 5-4 lead on a free position shot.
FY, Acton, Mass.), and Maeghan Ross (FY, Wrentham, Mass.) each notched free position goals.

Norwich dominated the second half scoring the first goal of the stanza on a free position shot by Haviland just 1:20 into the half. Daniels then scored unassisted, and on a free position shot to give Norwich an 8-7 lead. Goals by Hennessey on an assist by Daniels, and Haviland on a free position shot gave the Cadets a 10-7 lead with 12:57 remaining. Miley brought Emerson to within a pair on an unassisted tally with 6:38 left, but the Lions could pull no closer.

Daniels was named the Tournament Most Valuable Player, and teammates Kellie Pickel, Dawn McNulty, Hennessey, and Katie Magnus were named to the All-Tournament team. Kalikow, Miley and Devon Turner were All-Tournament selections for Emerson. Alyssa Marchant and Lauren Hagerman from St. Joseph's College, and Tina Canavan and Caitlyn Murphy of Lasell College rounded out the team.

Boxscore:
Norwich:  5  5  10
Emerson:  7  1  8

Scoring:
Norwich: Ally Daniels 4-1, Ashley Haviland 3-0, Kathleen Hennessey 2-0, Jessica Allmer 1-0.
Emerson: Jessie Kallikow 2-1, Laura Miley 2-0, Kristi Walles 1-0,Katie Peters 1-0, Katie Dodge 1-0, Maeghan Ross 1-0, Sarah Ebbott 0-1.

Saves:
Norwich: Kellie Pickel 8.
Emerson: Meredith Tufts 6.

Emerson Sweeps Into GNAC Final With 14-7 Win Over St. Joe’s

Boston, Mass. (4/23/08) – Emerson College (13-3) stormed out to an 11-1 first half lead and cruised to victory over St. Joseph’s College (5-6) in the semi-final round of the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Championship Tournament. The top seeded Lions will host second seeded Norwich University in the Finals at 3:30pm on Saturday, April 26.

Laura Miley (FYU, Cranston, R.I.) led Emerson with six goals, followed by Katie Peters (FY, Acton, Mass.) with four markers. Lauren Hagerman (So, Scarborough, Maine) notched a hat trick for St. Joe’s.

Monks’ goalkeeper Chynna Nichols (FY, Achusnet, Mass.) made 17 stops, while Meredith Tufts stopped 9 shots for Emerson.

Boxscore:

Score by Periods:
St. Joseph’s    1   6   7
Emerson    11   3   14

Scoring:
St. Joseph’s: Sarah Hale 1-1, Alyssa Marchant 2-0, Vanessa Brooks 1-0, Lauren Hagerman 3-0.
Emerson: Maeghan Ross 1-1, Jessie Kalikow 2-0, Katie Dodge 0-1, Katie Peters 4-0, Kristi Walles 1-1, Laura Miley 6-0.

Saves:
St. Joseph’s: Chynna Nichols 17
Emerson: Meredith Tufts 9

Lions Capture GNAC Top Seed With 14-10 Victory Over Lasell

Boston, Mass. (4/19/08) - Emerson College rode multiple goal performances from Katie Peters (FY, Acton, Mass.), Maeghan Ross (FY, Wrentham, Mass.), and Laura Miley (FY, Cranston, R.I.) to a 14-10 victory over Lasell College. The win for Emerson (12-3, 5-0 Great Northeast Athletic Conference) clinches the top seed in the upcoming GNAC Championship Tournament.

Miley opened the scoring just 50 seconds into the contest with an unassisted goal. Lasell's Christina Canavan knotted the contest at 1-1 on a free position shot just 14 seconds later. Ross answered with the first of her four goals at the 28:22 mark, but Canavan responded with an unassisted goal a minute and a half later to tie the game at 2-2.

Emerson then scored the next six goals to run out to an 8-2 lead. Peters notched four of the goals with two coming on assists from Ross. Ross and Miley each added one of their own during the streak.

Lasell fought back scoring six of the next seven goals as Canavan tallied five of the goals before the end of the half pulling the Lasers to within 9-8. Canavan's last goal came with just 14 ticks remaining on an assist from Kendall Barreio.

A Peters goal at 18:35 opened the second half scoring and gave the Lions a 10-8 lead. Miley then scored at 12:50 to increase the margin to a three-goal cushion. A free position goal by Erika McGrath 27 seconds later kept Lasell within striking distance, but two unassisted goals from Ross and Peters' sixth marker of the afternoon over the course of the next five minutes secured the win.

Emerson captured the first ever GNAC regular season crown with the win and will host fourth seeded St. Joseph's (ME) College in the first round of the GNAC Championship Tournament on Wednesday, April 23 at 7:00pm. The loss drops Lasell (7-7, 3-2 GNAC) to the third seed and the Lasers are scheduled to travel to second seeded Norwich University Wednesday at a time to be announced. The Championship Game will be played at the site of the top remaining seen on Saturday, April 26.

Box Score:

Lasell  8  2  10
Emerson  9  5  14

Scoring:
Lasell: Christina Canavan 7-0, Caitlyn Murphy 1-0, Andrea Ward 1-0, Erika McGrath 1-0, Kendall Barreio 0-2.
Emerson: Katie Peters 6-0, Maeghan Ross 4-2, Laura Miley 4-0,

Saves:
Lasell: Kristin Coderre 4, Tashel Morrison 10.
Emerson: Meredith Tufts 11.

Emerson Edges Norwich for Top Spot in GNAC Women's Lacrosse

Boston, Mass (4/13/08) - Meaghan Ross (FY., Wrentham, Mass.) scored her third goal of the game with 3:59 left to cap a three-goal rally and give Emerson College (11-3, 4-0 Great Northeast Athletic Conference) a 13-12 victory over Norwich University (6-4, 2-1 GNAC). The victory keeps Emerson in first place in the Conference and sets up a battle for the top seed in the upcoming GNAC Championship Tournament when Emerson hosts Lasell next Saturday at 12:30.

Ross' goal came after two goals by the Lions' Laura Miley (FY, Cranston, R.I.) rallied Emerson from a 12-10 deficit. Miley scored unassisted with 4:59 remaining and then tallied a free-position shot 29 seconds later.

Norwich jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead with Kathleen Hennessey (So., Essex Junction, Vt.) tallying an unassisted goal just 19 seconds into the game. Hennessey scored again just over two and a half minutes later, and Ashley Haviland (Sr., Manchester, Vt.) game the Cadets a three goal cushion just 3:53 into the game. Two Jess Kalikow (Sr., Brighton, Mass.) goals brought Emerson to with one, but Jessica Allmer (FY, Bellport, N.Y.) increased the lead to 4-2 at the 20:52 mark. The Lions knotted the score on goals by Katie Peters (FY, Acton, Mass.) and Kalikow, but Haviland gave the Cadets a 5-4 lead at the 9:52 mark. Miley knotted the score just 33 ticks before halftime.

Emerson scored the first two goals of the second half with Meaghan Ross and Miley finding the back of the net. The Cadets roared back with four straight goals to take a 9-7 lead. Miley and Ally Daniels (So., Concord, N.H.) traded goals before Peters hit a free position shot and ross tallied an unassisted marker at the 9:46 mark.

Goals by Haviland and Hennessey powered Norwich to a 12-10 lead with 8:34 remaining in the game before Emerson's final rally earned the victory for the Lions.

Emerson outshot Norwich 36-18 in the game. Norwich goal Keeper Kellie Pickel (FY, Montpelier, Vt.) had 15 saves while the Lions' Meredith Tufts (So., Milton, Mass.) had five.

Scoring:
Norwich: Chelsea Martin 0-1, Kathleen Hennessey 4-1, Jessica Allmer 1-0, Ally Daniels 4-0, Ashley Haviland 3-0.
Emerson: Meaghan Ross 3-1, Kessie Kalikow 3-0; Katie Peters 2-0; Sarah Ebbott 0-1; Laura Miley 5-0.

Saves:
Norwich: Kellie Pickel 15.
Emerson: Meredith Tufts 5.

Shots: 
Norwich: 18
Emerson: 36

Ground Balls:
Norwich: 16
Emerson: 20

Turnovers: 
Norwich: 27
Emerson: 20

Lions Fall to Lancers on Late Goal, 10-9

Boston, Mass. (3/27/08) - Angela Johnson scored on an open net free-position goal with 8.8 seconds remaining in to give Worcester State College (2-0) a 10-9 victory over Emerson College (6-3) in a non-conference women's lacrosse game.

Emerson had tied the score with 26.2 seconds left on an unassisted goal by Meaghan Ross (FY, Wrentham, Mass.) after Ross pulled the Lions to within one with an unassisted tally with 36.2 ticks left on the clock. The Lions had fallen behind 9-7 at the 3:02 mark when Worcester's Shannon Feeley hit a free-position goal.

The game was close throughout with Emerson taking early leads of 2-0 and 3-1. Worcester closed the first half with five consecutive goals, four by Megan Rosborough , for a 6-3 lead that was the largest of the contest.

Emerson pulled within 6-5 on goals by Jess Kalikow (So., Brookline, Mass.) on an assist by Ross, and a Laura Miley (FY., Cranston, R.I.) unassisted marker with just over two minutes expired in the second half. The team then traded goals with Johnson, Abby Cosenza , and Feeley scoring, while Emerson countered with goals from Katie Peters (FY., Acton, Mass.) and Ross setting up the last minute fireworks.

Worcester goal keeper Lyndsey Nunes had a great night in the net making 14 saves, including stopping four of eight free-position goals.

Emerson next hosts Fitchburg State College Sunday evening at 5:30.

Boxscore:
Worcester  6  4  10
Emerson    3  6  9

Scoring:
Worcester: Brittany Jamieson 1-0, Megan Rosborough 4-1, Angela Johnson 3-2, Abby Cosenza 1-0, Shannon Feeley 1-0.
Emerson: Meaghan Ross 5-2, Jess Kalikow 2-0, Laura Miley 1-0, Katie Peters 1-0.

Saves:
Worcester: Lyndsey Nunes 14
Emerson: Ana Lowry 3

Peters' 10th Goal Downs Owls in Overtime, 14-13

WESTFIELD, Mass. – Midfielder Katie Peters (FY, Acton, Mass., left) scored 10 goals to lead Emerson College to a 14-13 overtime victory over Westfield State in women’s lacrosse on Wednesday evening, March 19.

Emerson upped its record to 5-2 while it was the season opener for Westfield State.

Westfield State trailed 10-6 at halftime before it mounted a comeback led by sophomore Ally Brown. Brown scored six goals, including the game-tying goal and go-ahead goals that gave the Owls a 13-12 lead with 1:59 remaining in regulation. Brown was the recipient of a beautiful pass from junior Rachel Costa on the go-ahead goal.

But 15 seconds later Peters tied the score to send the game into overtime. Peters then scored the game-winning goal on an unassisted tally 54 seconds into the six-minute overtime stanza.

Westfield had control of the ball at the end of regulation and overtime but was unable to convert.

Emerson’s other multiple goal scorer was Jessie Kalikow (So., Chestnut Hill, Mass.) with two goals. Westfield freshman midfielder Laura Chiricosta had four goals and an assist.

Emerson goalie Sarah Ebbott (Sr., Manchester, Vt.) recorded nine saves and Westfield goalie Gina Simonetti had eight stops.

Lions Score Early, Often In 24-3 Victory Over Elms

Boston, Mass. (3/17/08) - Emerson College (4-2) scored the game's first goal only 39 seconds into the contest and went on to defeat Elms College (0-1) 24-3 in a non-conference women's lacrosse match-up.

Monica Carroll (FY., Reading, Mass.) opened the scoring for Emerson with the first of her three goals on the afternoon off an assist by Katie Peters (FY, Acton, Mass.). Caitlin Childs evened the score for the Blazers less than two minutes later with an unassisted tally. Emerson scored the next fourteen goals of the first half to take a 15-1 lead into halftime.

The second half was more of the same as the Lions tallied three more times before Childs drove home her second unassisted tally of the contest. The teams then traded goals before the Lions converted the game's final five scores.

Maeghan Ross (FY., Wrentham , Mass.) led Emerson with five goals and five assists. Laura Miley (FY, Cranston, R.I.), also had five goals and added an assist. Childs had all three Blazer goals.

Emerson next plays at Westfield State College Wednesday evening at 7:00pm.

Line Score:
Elms      1   2   3
Emerson   15   9   24

Scoring:
Elms - Caitlin Childs 3-0
Emerson - Maeghan Ross 5-5, Laura Miley 5-1, Jessie Kalikow 4-2, Monica Carroll 3-3, Katie Dodge 4-0, Meghan Robinson 2-0, Katie Peters 1-1

Saves:
Elms - Alicia Bobbie 8
Emerson - Meredith Tufts 4, Ana Lowry 0

Spartans lose season opener 20-12 to Emerson

From Castelton State College Sports Information - 3/15/08

Milford, NH – Maeghan Ross led the Emerson Lions with eight goals as the Lions downed Castleton 20-12. Jessie Kalikow and Laura Miley added four goals apiece with contributions coming from Katie Dodge, Monica Carroll, and Katie Peters as well. Emerson improves to 3-2 with the win.

Castleton was led by Maria VanDerKar’s four goals. Stephanie Pearce, Nicole Adams, Nicole Bouchard, and Aimee Goulette got in the scoring column for the Spartans as well in the losing effort.

The teams were tied at three halfway through the first period when the Lions scored six goals to take a 9-6 lead at halftime. Emerson scored five unanswered goals twice in the second half to squash the attempted comeback by the Spartans. Castleton was down by the score of 15-11 with under eight minutes to play before Maeghan Ross scored three of her goals in the next six minutes of play to put the Spartans away for good.

Meredith Tufts made 14 saves in the win for Emerson. Meredith Pope made four first half saves in the losing effort. Francesca Mazzola relieved Pope in the second half, making six saves in trying to keep the Spartans in the game.

Emerson returns home March 17 when the Lions host Elms at 5:30 pm.

Monarchs Fall to Emerson 16-9

From Methodist University Sports Information (3/9/08)

FAYETTEVILLE, NC — It was a close game early, but Emerson took over late with a seven goal run to win 16-9. Methodist moves to 2-5 on the season while Emerson improves to 2-1 overall.

Emerson scored the first goal of the game, but Methodist responded with a goal from Diane Doroftei. The Lions went ahead by two, but Christina Layson tallied a goal and then Doroftei fed Andrea DiStefano to tie the game at three. Emerson came back with two goals, and Layson cut the lead to one with an unassisted goal. The Lions scored once more to take the 6-4 lead at halftime.

DiStefano jump started the second half with two goals for the Monarchs, tying the game at six. Emerson countered with two goals of their own but Methodist's Ann Ferrara scored on the assist from Doroftei. Emerson took over with a seven goal run through the second half before Krystal Poirier could get one for the Monarchs. Ferrara scored again to move within six, but the Lions registered a final goal to take the 16-9 win.

EMERSON RIDES HOT OFFENSE TO COOL YELLOWJACKETS, 17-9

Boston, Mass. (3/7/08) – Emerson College (1-1) got multiple goals from five different players as the Lions defeated American International College (0-1) 17-9 in a non-conference women’s lacrosse match-up.

The Lions were led by six goals by Laure Miley (FY., Cranston, R.I.) who tallied six markers, and Jessie Kalikow (So., Chestnut Hill, Mass.) who notched four goals and added three assists.

AIC actually held leads of 1-0 on an unassisted goal by Danielle Hodecker , and 2-1 when Kara Kirkland was assisted by Hodecker. Emerson knotted the score at 2-2 when Monica Carroll (FY, Reading, Mass.) scored the first of her two goals. Emerson built a 4-2 advantage on goals by Kristi Walles (Sr. Merrimack, N.H.) and Miley’s first goal. A second goal by Kirkland pulled the Yellowjackets to within one, but Emerson ran off the next five goals, including three by Miley, to give the Lions a 9-3 lead. Jessica Scearbo broke the string for AIC with a goal with 1:07 remaining in the half.

Emerson scored the first three goals of the second half to put the game out of reach.

In addition to Miley and Kalikow, Walles, Carroll, and Katie Peters (FY, Acton, Mass.) each had a pair of goals. Katie Dodge (FY, West Newbury, Mass) also had a goal for the Lions. Kirkland had four goals for AIC. Emerson goalkeeper Meredith Tufts ( FY, Milton, MA) turned away 12 shots while AIC’s Gina Gallo tallied 10 stops.

Five Hat Tricks Push Wheaton Past Emerson in Season Opener

from Wheaton College Sports Information - 3/6/08

SMITHFIELD, R.I. - Five different players netted hat tricks for the Wheaton College (1-0) women's lacrosse team, as the Lyons opened the season with a 19-4 victory over Emerson College (0-1) on Thursday night under the lights at Bryant University's Turf Field Complex. Wheaton has won four of its past five season openers and took the first meeting between the teams during what was also Emerson's first contest of the spring.

During the Lyons' first opener played in New England since 2003, Wheaton tallied the first two goals of the contest by the 6:08 mark of the first half. Emerson Kristi Walles (Sr., Merrimack, N.H.) made it a 2-1 game at 8:47, but the Blue and White rattled off the next 10 goals of the contest to take a commanding 12-1 advantage, including 11-1 at halftime. Senior Meredith Hurd had three goals and an assist during the 10-0 run, while freshman Tess Meyer tallied two goals and two helpers.

After Emerson received two straight goals from freshman Maeghan Ross (Wrentham, Mass.) during a 3:12 span to make it 12-3 with 18:40 remaining in regulation, Wheaton scored seven of the final eight goals, including three free-position markers. Freshman Kathryn Sudbey tallied twice during the match-ending 7-1 run.

First-year Emma Doyle notched a game-high four goals, Meyer finished with three goals and three assists, and Sudbey had three tallies, as this marked the fifth consecutive season at least one freshman notched a hat trick during the season opener. Hurd recorded three goals and two assists, as she moved into fourth place in Wheaton history for career goals (123) and into seventh for points (136).

Junior Madeline Williams also finished with three markers, while classmate Caitlin Grant and sophomore Brittany King recorded one goal and one assist apiece. Senior Sara Dimick tallied during her first contest since 2006, as she missed last season while studying abroad. In goal, freshman Annalisa Carson made four saves in a little more than one half of work for the win, while classmate Marianna Marcellino stopped one second-half shot.

Ross led Emerson with two tallies, while sophomore Meredith Tufts (Milton, Mass.) turned aside 16 Wheaton shots between the pipes.

Emerson next plays Friday, March 7 at 4:00pm against American International College at Rotch Field.