DARTMOUTH, Mass. – The UMass Dartmouth women's lacrosse team played their final regular season game on Saturday, hosting the University of Southern Maine in Little East action. The Corsairs shouldered a tough loss on Senior Day, finishing the 2026 campaign with a 4-13 record, going 1-7 in conference action.
Prior to the game, the Corsairs recognized their two graduates, including graduate student attack and captain,
Emma Terino, along with junior attack
Jennifer Lins – who will graduate early this spring. Both were celebrated by family and friends
The Huskies opened the game's scoring, posting nine straight tallies in the first quarter, including four from Katelyn D'Appolonia. In the second quarter, Southern Maine put four more goals up on the scoreboard.
Out of the halftime intermission, the Huskies continued to attack with five goals until the Corsairs broke through with 56 seconds to play in the third quarter. On a solid individual effort, rookie midfielder
Carleigh Swenson notched her 26th of the season.
The fourth quarter saw the Corsairs tack on their second goal of the game as junior midfielder
Maddy Allen tallied her 53rd goal of the season on the man-up at 6:07.
Allen finished with the goal, adding three ground balls and three caused turnovers with a draw control. Rookie defender
Myra Watkins-Rodriguez posted four ground balls and three caused turnovers. Swenson posted the goal with wo draw controls, as rookie midfielder
Cat Whitehouse had a ground ball with three draw controls.
In goal, sophomore
Keira Bushey shouldered the loss, making eight saves through the first 30 minutes of the game. Rookie
Irelynn Marshall came on in relief, playing the second half with six saves.
