All-Time Series & Streaks
The Bison are now 0-11 in the all-time series against the Golden Bears and 0-2 under head coach Kathryn Beall.

Quick Synopsis
The Nichols College women's lacrosse team fell to Western New England 19-5 in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action Monday afternoon at Golden Bear Stadium. The Golden Bears sprung out to a 10 goal lead at the half (13-3) before finishing the Bison off in the second half.

Three Stars of the Game
1 – Senior Taylor Scialdone (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) (WNE) – four goals; two assists; game-high eight shots; four ground balls; two caused turnovers
2 – Sophomore Julia Winer (Longmeadow, Mass.) (WNE) – two goals; four assists; three shots
3 – Senior Brooke Kumnick (Granby, Conn.) (WNE) – three goals; one assist; four shots; one ground ball; one caused turnover; game-high five draw controls

Key Stat of the Game
The Golden Bears outshot the Bison 35-16 for the game including 22-9 in the first half. They also picked up more than double the ground balls of the Bison (27-13).

Quick Hits
- The Bison trailed 5-3 through the first 11 minutes before the Golden Bears scored eight unanswered goals to close out the first half.
- Sophomore Lindsay O'Connell (Danvers, Mass.) finished the game with a hat trick to go with three draw controls while senior captain Alexa Smith (Salem, N.H.) and freshman Melissa Lafleur (Chicopee, Mass.) also scored. Junior Brooke Marion (South Hadley, Mass.) had one assist and a team-high five shots.
- Senior Emma Norden (Belchertown, Mass.) had three goals – including ultimately the game-winner at 18:40 of the first half. Freshman Briana Petrucelli (Wallingford, Conn.) and senior Bethany Peters (Baiting Hollow, N.Y.) added a pair of goals apiece for the Golden Bears.
- The Bison had 21 turnovers in the game compared to the 16 of the Golden Bears and they also allowed seven free-position shots.
- Junior Katherine Cotton (Kennebunk, Maine) stopped eight shots through 47:40 of playing time in the loss while sophomore Jacqueline Hogue (North Grafton, Mass.) finished the game and made two saves. Sophomore Shannon McFadden (West Islip, N.Y.) took the win after making six saves through the first 50:05 before leaving way for classmate Madison Cutler (Pittston, Maine) who finished with a pair of saves.

Next up
Nichols (2-10, 0-4 CCC) – Saturday, April 16 at Curry, 12:00 p.m.
Western New England (9-4, 3-2 CCC) – Saturday, April 16 at U New England, 1:00 p.m.