The St. Lawrence women's lacrosse team ended their historic season with a 20-5 loss in the second round of the NCAA tournament to the Jumbos of Tufts on Sunday afternoon in Medford, Mass. The Saints ended their 2022 campaign setting the program's single season win record, and qualified for the NCAA tournament for the first time in over three decades.
After a scoreless opening five minutes, sophomore
Bella Hillman broke the deadlock. Following a Tufts turnover forced by
Maggie Green, the Saints had time to set up their offense, and the sophomore attacker buried the shot.
The Jumbos responded with five straight.
Morgan Arakelian drew a foul, and after her initial shot was saved she got her own rebound and put it in the cage to make it 5-2.
Tufts scored off of the opening draw to get the lead back up to four. Up 6-2 Tufts again won the draw, but
Raelynn Bovenzi saved the free position shot, and
Dana Fernandez picked up the ground ball and got it into their offensive half.
Isabel Silvia drew a foul, and scored off of the free position shot to make it 3-6.
The Jumbos closed the half with three straight and lead 9-3. They started the second half with five straight to jump out to a 14-3 lead, and their run was stopped by another Silvia free position goal, her 50
th of the season.
Callie O'Neil cut it to single digits two minutes later, but that is as close as the gap would get. The final horn sounded with the scoreboard reading 20-5, and the scarlet and brown left the field the same way they entered, with their heads held high.
The Jumbos out-shot the Saints 45-20, won 20 draw controls to St. Lawrence's nine.
Bovenzi made 10 saves in nearly 41 minutes, and
Courtney Lynn made three in the final 19 minutes.
Head coach Chelsea Martin
"We didn't get the result we wanted today but I am so proud of the team. They never gave up and kept battling until the last whistle. They have showed so much resiliency throughout the season and they showed it again out there today. I am so proud of all they have accomplished."
Records: St. Lawrence 16-3, Tufts 16-3
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