Endicott Celebrates Senior Day With 17-9 Win Over Emerson

BEVERLY, Mass. — The Endicott women's lacrosse team celebrated a 17-9 Senior Day victory over visiting Emerson College Saturday afternoon in non-conference action at Hempstead Stadium.

Before the game, Endicott honored its five members of the Class of 2017 in the annual Senior Day ceremony recognizing senior attack Meghan Lennon (Canton, Mass.), senior defender Chelsea Burke (Georgetown, Mass.), senior midfielder Emily Whitney (Rye, N.H.), senior defender Cailee Fairchild (Haddam, Conn.), and senior goalkeeper Maura Grady (Marblehead, Mass.).

Endicott stormed out to an early 5-0 advantage by connecting on three consecutive free-position attempts before Emerson's freshman midfielder Jenna Tomsky (Clinton, N.J.) notched her first of three tallies to get the Lions on the board at the 18:20 mark of the opening half.

Endicott then rattled off seven goals in a row to take a 12-1 lead on freshman attack Meghan Dutchyshyn's (Cheshire, Conn.) fourth strike of the stanza with 4:33 to play in the half.

Lennon increased Endicott's 13-2 edge at the break and made it 14-2 to open the scoring gates in the second half, to give the Gulls' their largest lead of the afternoon.

Three straight goals from Emerson made it 14-5 with 15:29 to play to make the running clock stop for the first time since Endicott scored its 11th goal back in the first half (5:51).

The teams traded goals down the stretch as Emerson closed out the game by outscoring the hosts, 7-4, in the second half, but it wasn't enough as Endicott went on to win its seventh game in a row in commanding fashion.

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• The Gulls and Lions met for the first time in program history and now Endicott claims a 1-0 lead in the all-time series.
• Whitney matched her season-high with seven points on a game-high/season-high five goals and two assists to lead the Gulls.
• Lennon paced the squad with a career-high eight points with four goals and a game-best/season-high four assists to match her career-best in a single game.
• Endicott came into the game ranking 10th in the country in assists per game (7.75), which is the second-most in the CCC.
• Grady earned the win in goal (4-3) on Senior Day with two saves before splitting halves with sophomore netminder Bella Rino (Northborough, Mass.) who stopped five shots in relief.

FOR THE FOES

• The Lions outscored the Gulls, 7-4, in the second half.
• Senior midfielder Meredith Weber (West Caldwell, N.J.) is currently ranked third in the country for most free-position goals per game (1.67) as one of her three goals today was of the free-position variety.
• Weber leads the Lions with 49 goals this season, which is tops in the NEWMAC and ranks 27th in the country.
• Weber is 15th in the nation in draw controls per game (6.75) and led the Lions today with a team-high seven (tied for game-high) draw controls.
• Weber also scooped up a game-high four ground balls and caused a game-high five turnovers.
• Freshman attack Sophia Gripari (London, England) chipped in two goals and one assist.
• Junior goalkeeper Kristina Modica (East Moriches, N.Y.) suffered the setback (5-8) as she made six saves and allowed 13 goals before being replaced at the half by freshman Sofia Naumovski (Yorba Linda, Calif.).

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (10-3, 6-0 CCC) hosts Curry on Wednesday, April 19th at 4:00 p.m. in the Gulls' last home game of the regular season.

Emerson (5-8, 3-2 NEWMAC) hosts Wellesley on Wednesday, April 19th at 6:00 p.m. in the Lions' final home game of the regular season.

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(Photo Credit — Parker Fish)