GARDEN CITY, N.Y. – Despite three goals, three assists, and a career-high six points by sophomore
Alyssa Hill (Brookline, N.H.), the Saint Anselm College women's lacrosse team fell at Adelphi on Saturday in Northeast-10 (NE10) action by a final score of 15-12. The Hawks held a two-goal lead after three quarters, but the Panthers scored six goals in the fourth to come away with the victory.
UP NEXT:
- Saint Anselm is back home for an NE10 matchup against Southern New Hampshire on Wednesday, April 9th at 7:00 p.m. from Grappone Stadium.
Score: Saint Anselm 12, #10 Adelphi 15
Records: Saint Anselm (8-4, 3-3 NE10), #10 Adelphi (9-3, 5-1 NE10)
Location: Garden City, N.Y. (Motamed Field)
Date: Saturday, April 5, 2025
Attendance: 183
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Saint Anselm got out to a strong start with the first two goals of the game midway through the first quarter. Hill and senior Abigail Christmas (Elmira, N.Y.) scored 46 seconds apart to put the Hawks in front, 2-0.
- Adelphi answered quickly with a goal 48 seconds after that to make it 2-1, but Saint Anselm countered with two more scores to take a 4-1 lead. Just 19 seconds after conceding, senior Kendra Sabotka (Rutland, Vt.) found the back of the net, and senior Samantha Rivet (Sudbury, Mass.) added another goal for the visitors 27 seconds later.
- Senior goaltender Elizabeth Driscoll (Marblehead, Mass.) caught fire late in the first quarter for Saint Anselm. The netminder made three saves, including two on free-position shots by Adelphi, that helped the Hawks remain in front by three goals entering the second.
- Just over a minute into the second quarter, freshman Ayla McDermod (Hanover, Mass.) became the fifth goalscorer of the afternoon for the Hawks, scoring off a Panthers turnover to make it 5-1.
- Adelphi started to get their offense going in the second period. They scored three of the final four goals of the half courtesy of Julia Foppiano, Marielle Colalillo, and Ashley Kolomechuk.
- Senior Jaycie Balboni (Billerica, Mass.) scored the final goal of the first half with 6:32 remaining for the Hawks, who held a 6-4 lead at halftime.
- The Panthers made it a one-goal game three minutes into the second half after a goal by Rita Sefransky.
- Saint Anselm responded once again with two more goals to increase the lead back up to 8-5. Hill and Christmas each scored their second goals of the game for the Hawks, both of which came off of Panthers turnovers.
- Adelphi countered that with three unanswered goals to tie the score at 8-8. Foppiano, Rory Meehan, and Payson Hedges all scored for the Panthers in a 3:36 span.
- With 2:13 left in the third, Hill set up Christmas for her third goal as the Hawks regained the lead. However, the Panthers refused to go away as they tied it up at 9-9 just 45 seconds later on a goal by Alexandra Leggio.
- In the final minute of the quarter, the Hawks found the back of the net two more times to take an 11-9 lead. McDermod scored her second, while Rivet set up junior Lucy Davis (Roswell, Ga.) for a goal with seven seconds remaining.
- The Panthers put together a comeback effort with six unanswered goals in the fourth quarter to come away with the victory. Hedges scored the first two in the period to tie it up at 11-11, and Colalillo gave the home team the lead with a player-up tally.
- A few minutes later, Kolomechuk and Foppiano scored less than a minute apart, and Amanda Lee gave Adelphi another insurance goal during a player-up opportunity to make it 15-11.
- With three minutes left in the game, Hill scored her third of the afternoon on a free-position shot, but the Hawks were unable to bounce back and the Panthers earned the 15-12 win.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:
- Adelphi held a 38-27 advantage in total shots as well as a 25-18 edge in shots on goal.
- The battle in the center circle was even with the Panthers slightly leading in draw controls, 16-15. Rivet led the Hawks with a game-high six draw controls and surpassed 100 for her career.
- Adelphi also held a slight lead in ground balls, 12-11. Junior Elyse Scales (Walpole, Mass.) led Saint Anselm with a game-high and season-high four ground balls.
- The Hawks committed 15 turnovers in the game, while the Panthers had 13 giveaways.
- The Hawks defense caused 11 of those turnovers, while the Panthers defense forced nine turnovers. Rivet and Scales posted two caused turnovers apiece to lead the Hawks.
- On clear attempts, Saint Anselm went 14-18 (77.7%) and Adelphi went 21-25 (84.0%)
- The Hawks went 1-2 on free-position shots, while the Panthers went 1-4.
- The game featured seven penalties with the Hawks being called for six of them. There were four green cards and three yellow cards issued. As a result, the Panthers scored two player-up goals in the contest.
- Hill led Saint Anselm with three goals and three assists for a career-high six points. It was her fourth hat trick of the season. She leads the team with 17 assists and 37 points this season.
- Christmas also scored three goals and McDermod scored twice for the Hawks. Christmas scored at least three goals for the fourth time this spring, while McDermod recorded her ninth multi-goal performance.
- Foppiano and Hedges recorded three goals and three assists each to lead Adelphi. Kolomechuk also scored three goals for the Panthers.
- Driscoll made 14 saves in the cage for the Hawks despite the loss.
- Madison Marchetta stopped eight shots and earned the win between the pipes for the Panthers.
- This marked the 21st all-time meeting between these two programs. Saint Anselm falls to 1-20 overall against Adelphi in the series that began in 2001.
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