April 09, 2010
HAWKS PULL AWAY FROM
BULLDOGS, BRYANT DROPS 14-8 ROAD TILT
Boxscore
SMITHFIELD, R.I. – Sophomore leading scorer Lauren
Sheridan (Bethpage, N.Y.) tied a career high with her
six-point, four-goal performance Friday afternoon against Monmouth,
but it wasn't enough to get the Bryant University
women's lacrosse team a win as the Bulldogs fell, 14-8, to
the Hawks in West Long Branch, N.J.
The Bulldogs (2-11, 2-4 Northeast Conference) kept the game
tight through the opening minutes of the contest before allowing
Monmouth (6-8, 4-2) to open up a three-goal lead, 5-2. The Hawks
found themselves up two scores early before a Sheridan tally cut
the home side's lead in half, 2-1, with 22:36 to go in the
first half.
Another Monmouth goal triggered a response from senior
Eliza DeMarseilles (Branford, Conn.), who notched
Bryant's second goal 16 seconds later to keep the visiting
Bulldogs within one.
But the home team would score the next four goals to open up a
7-2 advantage with 15 minutes still to play. A score from sophomore
Kayla Manzi (Agawam, Mass.) began to close the gap
with 11:50 on the clock, but it took Monmouth's Molly
O'Brien less than a minute to get the goal back on a free
position shot with 11:00 to go, the first of back-to-back Hawk
tallies that moved the score to 9-3.
The Bulldogs cut their deficit to four, 9-5, with consecutive
goals from Sheridan with less than three minutes remaining before
the halftime break – the first a free position tally at the
2:33 mark and the second an unassisted score 11 seconds later
– and that score would stick as the teams headed into the
intermission.
Sophomore Antoinette Lombardi (Wallingford,
Conn.) got the Bulldogs back on the board just 1:04 into
the second frame with a quick tally off a Monmouth turnover,
cutting the Hawks' lead to just three, but it would be short
lived.
Over the next 13 minutes, Monmouth would up double its lead,
scoring three-straight goals for a 12-6 advantage with 16:06 to
play in regulation.
But after DeMarseilles recorded her second tally of the
afternoon at the 13:32 mark, both sides would go quiet over the
next eight-plus minutes. Ali Pollock would break the silence for
the Hawks with just over five minutes to play though, with Perry
Dewitt scoring the home team's final tally of the day with
2:23 to go for a 14-7 score.
Sheridan would cap off her six-point performance with a fourth
and final score with 1:36 on the clock, but that was as close as
the Bulldogs would get before the final whistled sounded to signal
the 14-8 final.
Monmouth outshot the Black and Gold, 38-18, on the day and
picked up 35 ground balls to Bryant's 24. Bulldog sophomore
netminder Lauren Filippone (West Babylon, N.Y.)
had another strong performance between the pipes, registering 15
saves, 10 of them coming in the second half. Hawk goalie Kirby
Mundorf recorded six stops.
Shawn Evans and Pollock each collected a trio of goals for the
home side while Pollock also added two helpers for a team-best five
points. DeMarseilles added an assist on her two-goal day while
Sheridan chipped in a pair of dishes for the Bulldogs.
Bryant has just one day off before returning to Northeast
Conference play as the Bulldogs travel to Mount St. Mary's
for a 1 p.m. Sunday matchup.
