Women’s Lacrosse Beats WNE, 9-6

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.