Terracciano, UMass Light Up UConn, 18-8
from press release
STORRS, Conn. -- Behind Lauren Terracciano's
five goals and three assists, the UMass women's lacrosse team
defeated Connecticut 18-8 on Saturday afternoon. Alongside
Terracciano's eight points, Danielle Pelletier added five points
(4g, 1a), while Jesse O'Donnell added three goals. In all seven
players recorded multi-point days as the Minutewomen won their
second straight.
The Minutewomen will return to McGuirk Alumni Stadium to begin a
four-game homestand starting Wednesday against Boston University (4
pm) before hosting Harvard on Saturday (1 PM).
UMass improves to 2-1 overall, while UConn opens its season at 0-1.
The game was the first time UMass head coach Alexis Venechanos
faced her former assistant Angela McMahon who took over the UConn
program in 2009.
The Minutewomen took a 7-3 lead into halftime thanks to a pair of
late goals by Danielle Pelletier and Haley Smith in the final two
minutes of the period. Terracciano scored two of her five and added
an assist in the first half. UConn's Jillian Cerar netted all three
of the Huskies' goals in the first half.
The second half was all Minutewomen as they outscored UConn 11-5.
UMass' Riley Perry opened the scoring just 15 seconds into the
frame. The final 11:50 of the game was nearly all UMass as the
Minutewomen scored six of the game's final seven goals. UConn's
Mary Lapham posted four goals in the half.
In goal, Katie Florence made three saves in 57 minutes, 33 seconds
of work, while Christina Fey finished the final 2 minutes, 27
seconds in relief making two saves. Jenna Moulton took the loss for
UConn making eight saves.
For the game, UMass outshot UConn 38-21 including 21-12 in the
second half. UMass also won the groundball battle 17-7 and held a
16-12 edge in draw controls.
After a season-opening loss to five-time defending national
champion Northwestern, UMass has now won two straight outscoring
opponents 33-14.
