Posted: Apr 08, 2026
EAST BOSTON – Suffolk women's lacrosse put the first four goals on the board and never looked back to roll past Western New England, 9-6, Wednesday night at James A. Sartori Stadium at East Boston Memorial Park. The Conference of New England (CNE) triumph is the program's first over the Golden Bears and snapped a four-game skid for the blue-and-gold.
THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 9 | Western New England 6
RECORDS: Suffolk (6-7, 3-4 CNE) | Western New England (7-6, 3-3 CNE)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Suffolk leapt out to a 4-0 lead seven minutes into the game as Zoe Peckham bookend goals around strikes by Lauren Woods and Stella MacLelland. Out of a Western New England timeout the Golden Bears got on the board behind Ella Henry at the 5:59 mark before Jessie Le responded for the Rams with help from Julia Dickinson to pad the host advantage to 5-1 at the end of the opening quarter.
- Both teams found the back of the cage once in the second stanza to keep the four-goal margin intact for the blue-and-gold, 6-2, as the teams headed to the locker room. Peckham was responsible for Suffolk's score in the second to bring her night total to a hat trick at half time.
- Over the first eight minutes of the third quarter, Woods and Peckham sandwiched goals around a Western New England tally to lengthen its lead to five. The Golden Bears put away two unanswered in the final 3:27 of the frame, however, to trim the deficit to three, 8-5.
- The back-and-forth carried into the fourth quarter as the teams swapped one goal apiece with Suffolk's off Julia Dickinson's stick for the 9-6 final.
GOALIE GLANCE
- Charlotte Guziejka recorded 10 saves in the win.
- Emily Picolla stopped 10 shots as well.
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
- Peckham poured in four goals to go along with one caused turnover.
- Dickinson registered one goals, two helpers and two ground balls.
- Woods contributed two goals, four draw controls, two ground balls and caused one turnover.
- MacLelland chipped in four ground balls, one goal and one caused turnover.
- Le tallied one goal and one ground ball.
- Kate Carlson had two ground balls, two draw controls and two caused turnovers.
NOTEWORTHY
- Suffolk defeated Western New England for the first time in program history.
- The Rams are 1-1 all-time against the Golden Bears.
- Suffolk hosted WNE for the first time in program history.
- Peckham has produced a point in every game this season. She recorded her sixth hat trick of the season.
- Woods extended her point streak to four games. She has five goals in that stretch.
- Le pushed her point streak to 10 games. Over that span she has 23 points in that span.
- MacLelland produced a career-high four ground balls.
WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk closes its homestand and non-conference calendar Saturday, April 11 when it entertains Maine Maritime at 12:00 p.m. in Eastie.
