Women's Lacrosse Drop 10-6 Decision to Lasell

NEWTON, Mass. – The Bridgewater State University women's lacrosse team dropped a 10-6 decision to host Lasell College on Tuesday afternoon at Grellier Field.

Sophomore Taylor Yandow (Moretown, Vt.) netted a game-best five goals to pace the host Lasers who improve to 3-2 on the season. With the loss, the Bears slip to 4-1 overall.

Along with her game-high five goals, Yandow added three ground balls, three draw controls and a pair of caused turnovers. Freshman Vanessa Pino (Methuen, Mass.) chipped in with a pair of goals, while junior Bridget Doherty (Franklin, Mass.) and freshmen Jordan McComb (Cumberland, R.I.) and Riley Musial (Clinton, Conn.) added a goal apiece.

For the Bears, senior Lauren Geary (Hull, Mass.) scored three goals and notched a game-high six ground balls to go along with four draw controls and three caused turnovers. Freshman Elizabeth Ettridge (Marshfield, Mass.) added two goals, while junior Melissa Renauld (Framingham, Mass.) scored the remaining goal for Bridgewater and totaled five ground balls and four caused turnovers.

Lasell led 5-2 at the intermission as the Lasers outshot the Bears 14-7 over the first 30 minutes. Yandow netted two of her five goals in the opening stanza.

Geary and Yandow exchanged goals to open the second half as the Lasers maintained the three-goal advantage. BSU freshman Kerrin O'Leary (Millbury, Mass.) then found Renauld for her team-leading 18th goal of the season to pull the Bears to within two, 6-4, with 16:09 left to play.

Eight minutes of scoreless play passed before a Doherty strike ignited a three-goal charge for Lasell. Yandow and Pino also scored during the spurt with Pino give the Lasers a 9-4 lead with just 3:36 remaining.

Goals by Geary and Ettridge sandwiched around a Yandow tally in the final three minutes accounted for the final score of 10-6.

Junior Brooke Bergeron (Swampscott, Mass.) stopped a career-high 13 goals in between the pipes for the Lasers, earning her third win of the season (3-1). Junior netminder Allie Forman (Marblehead, Mass.) suffered the loss in net for the Bears, stopping 13 of 23 shots.

Shots were even at 24 apiece, while Lasell held an 11-7 advantage in draw controls.

The Lasers will head to Westfield State University on Thursday night for a seven o'clock game with the Owls. The Bears are off until Thursday March 31st when they travel to Western New England University to take on the Golden Bears at 4:00 PM.

Notes: With her three goals, Geary increased her career total to 182 as she moved into seventh place on the Bears' all-time goal scoring list…Renauld now has 141 goals which ranks tenth all-time at BSU.