Saint Michael’s Defeats Franklin Pierce, 23-6
Raven freshmen Stille and Baillargeon
each score twice

RINDGE, N.H. (March 31, 2008) – Senior Brynne Curran (Cape Elizabeth, Maine/Cape Elizabeth) scored seven goals to lead Saint Michael’s College to a 23-6 victory over the Franklin Pierce University women’s lacrosse team in a Northeast-10 Conference matchup at a rainy Sodexho Field on Monday afternoon.

Curran tallied seven goals for the second consecutive game and added an assist for a game-high eight points. Junior Kim Berlo (Scituate, Mass./Scituate) recorded seven points on four goals and three assists for the Purple Knights, while junior Amanda Pelley (Mashpee, Mass./Falmouth) found the net three times and sophomore Kayla Sibilia (Hampden, Mass./Minnechaug Regional) added three assists for the visitors.

Freshmen Lauren Stille (North Quincy, Mass./North Quincy) and Jordan Baillargeon (Westfield, Mass./Westfield) each scored twice for Franklin Pierce, with Stille adding an assist for a team-high three points. Senior captain Celine Stamets (Sausalito, Calif./Mavin Catholic) and junior captain Carla Savini (Danvers, Mass./Danvers) also scored once each for the Ravens. 

Saint Michael’s scored the first five goals of the afternoon to take a 5-0 lead 9:17 into the first half, with five different Purple Knights getting on the scoreboard. Franklin Pierce scored three of the next four goals, with Stamets, Baillargeon and Stille each finding the net once, to shrink the deficit to three near the midway point of the first half, but Saint Michael’s scored seven of the final eight goals of the opening frame to take a 13-4 advantage into the intermission.

The Purple Knights continued to control possession for much of the second half, scoring 10 goals to Franklin Pierce’s two to account for the final score.

Senior goalkeeper Courtney Wakem (Tiverton, R.I./Tiverton) made six saves on 12 shots over the first 49:31 of play to earn her fifth victory of the season. Freshman Chaniece Franklyn (Chappaqua, N.Y./Horace Greeley) turned away 9-of-32 chances for Franklin Pierce to take the loss.

Franklin Pierce (1-5, 0-4 NE-10) continues its three-game homestand on Wednesday, as the Ravens step out of conference play against Keene State College beginning at 6 p.m. Saint Michael’s (5-1, 3-0 NE-10) wraps up a three-game road trip on Wednesday at 4 p.m. at Saint Anselm College.

Saint Michael’s 23, Franklin Pierce 6

                                                                    1      2              F

Saint Michael’s (5-1, 3-0 NE-10)           13   10   -       23

Franklin Pierce (1-5, 0-4 NE-10)            4      2      -       6

Saint Michael’s Scoring:

Goals: Brynne Curran 7, Kim Berlo 4, Amanda Pelley 3, Lauren Rizzotti 2, Amanda Soule 2, Sara Biondello 1, 

Madeleine Cave 1, Lauren Menno 1, Elizabeth Siekman 1, Lila McCormack 1.

Assists: Kim Berlo 3, Kayla Sibilia 3, Sara Biondello 2, Madeleine Cave 1, Brynne Curran 1.

Franklin Pierce Scoring:

Goals: Jordan Baillargeon 2, Lauren Stille 2, Carla Savini 1, Celine Stamets 1.

Assists: Siobhan Martin 1, Lauren Stille 1.

Goaltending:

Stonehill: Courtney Wakem (49:31), 6 saves; Meghan Mowles (10:29), 1 save.

Franklin Pierce: Chaniece Franklyn (60:00), 9 saves.

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