Curry 12, Nichols 9
Milton, Mass. – Walter M. Katz Field
Saturday, April 16, 2016
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All-Time Series & Streaks
The Bison move to 4-13 in the all-time series and 1-1 under head coach
Kathryn Beall against the Colonels.
Quick Synopsis
The Nichols College women's lacrosse team fell to Curry College 12-9 in Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action Saturday afternoon at Walter M. Katz Field. The Colonels scored six unanswered goals to start the game and held on to pick up their 10th win of the season.
Three Stars of the Game
1 – Junior Malorie Knowlton (Norfolk, Mass.) (CC) – four goals; one assist; eight shots; three ground balls; four caused turnovers; two draw controls
2 – Senior Alexis Cran (Branford, Conn.) (CC) – two goals; three assists; three shots; team-high six ground balls; game-high six caused turnovers; game-high nine draw controls
3 – Sophomore
Lindsay O'Connell (Danvers, Mass.) (Nichols) – two goals; one assist; four shots; one groundball; one caused turnover; one draw control
Key Stat of the Game
The Bison turned the ball over a season-high 28 times while also being outshot by more than double their shot attempts (39-19).
Quick Hits
- The Bison outscored the Colonels 9-6 over the final 39:14 in the game – including 6-5 in the second half.
- Junior
Katherine Cotton (Kennebunk, Maine) made a season-high 20 saves in the game to go along with a game-high eight ground balls for the Bison.
- Seven different student-athletes scored goals for the Bison including O'Connell and junior
Olivia Morawski (Fairfield, Conn.) who each had two. Other scorers in the game were senior captain
Alexa Smith (Salem, N.H.), junior
Kelly Downey (Waltham, Mass.), sophomore
Katherine MacNutt (New Milford, Conn.), and freshmen
Kirsten Sullivan (Arlington, Mass.) and
Melissa LaFleur (Chicopee, Mass.).
- Four different Colonels scored at least two goals including Knowlton (4), Cran (2), junior Lauren Carroll (Providence, R.I.) (2), and senior Hanna Peper (Wayland, Mass.) (2).
- Senior Annie Douglas (Manchester, N.H.) earned the win after making seven saves.
Next up
Nichols (2-11, 0-5 CCC) – Wednesday, April 20 vs Endicott, 7:00 p.m.
Curry (10-4, 3-2 CCC) – Wednesday, April 20 at Western New England, TBA