DARTMOUTH, Mass. – The UMass Dartmouth women's lacrosse team shouldered a tough Little East Conference loss on Saturday, falling to Eastern Connecticut State University on Cressy Field. The Corsairs move to 3-12 overall and 0-6 in conference play with the 16-5 loss to the Warriors.
The day was highlighted by a four-point effort from junior midfielder
Maddy Allen, who eclipsed the 200 career points mark with an assist in the opening quarter of action. She now has 174 goals and 27 assists for 201 career points in 49 games for the Corsairs.
Allen helped the Corsairs open up a 3-0 lead in the first quarter, scoring back-to-back goals within one minute of one another to move to 47 on the season. Then, at the 10:14 mark, she fed the ball to rookie midfielder
Carleigh Swenson on the man-up for a 3-0 advantage.
The Warriors battled back as a pair of goals narrowed the gap to 3-2, but Swenson added another man-up goal at 7:35 for a 4-2 edge. A pair of goals in the final 3:35, including the second of the game from Alexa Vizzini tied the game at 4-all heading into the second quarter.
Vizzini opened the second quarter of action with a tally at 8:25, sparking a 6-0 run for the visitors that saw them head into halftime with a 10-4 advantage. The Warriors tacked on four more in the third quarter of play for a 14-4 score.
Eastern Connecticut State added a goal to open the fourth, but junior attack
Jennifer Lins connected off a pass from Allen on the man-up at 5:18 to cut down the rally. The Warriors added a final goal for the 16-5 margin at 3:39.
Allen paced the way for UMD with two goals and two assists, adding three ground balls, a caused turnover and five draw controls. Swenson added two goals with four draw controls, while sophomore goalie
Keira Bushey posted 13 saves and a game-high five ground balls, adding a caused turnover as well.
UMass Dartmouth is back in action on Wednesday, traveling to Providence, R.I., for a 4pm tilt against Rhode Island College.
