Ehwa’s Seven Points Lifts Women’s Lacrosse Over Wentworth, 18-6

BOSTON – Carley Ehwa's seven-point performance (6g, 1a), highlighted by an 11-0 second-half run, powered Suffolk women's lacrosse to an 18-6 victory over Wentworth Tuesday afternoon at Sweeney Field.

Zoe Peckham and Stella MacLelland also added hat tricks in the outing. 

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 18 | Wentworth 6
RECORDS: Suffolk (7-8, 4-4 CNE) |Wentworth (4-10, 1-8 CNE)  

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Carley Ehwa opened the scoring just 1:02 into the contest with an unassisted goal. Wentworth answered five minutes later with a man-up tally to even the score at 1-1. Ehwa netted her second goal at the 3:16 mark of the first quarter to give Suffolk a 2-1 lead heading into the second.
• Ehwa completed her hat trick early in the second quarter with a goal at 12:58. Wentworth responded less than three minutes later to make it 3-2. Stella MacLelland extended the lead with an unassisted strike, but the Leopards answered again to keep it a one-goal game, 4-3, with 6:07 remaining in the half. Zoe Peckham scored a man-up goal, and Charlotte Goodman and Julia Dickinson added late tallies to send Suffolk into halftime with a 7-4 advantage.
• Wentworth opened the second half with back-to-back goals and held Suffolk scoreless for the first 9:20 to cut the deficit to 7-6. MacLelland snapped the drought off a feed from Dickinson, sparking a dominant stretch as the Rams closed the game on an 11-0 run, with goals from Ehwa (3), Peckham (3), Lauren Woods (2), Dickinson, and MacLelland.

GOALIE LOG

• Charlotte Guziejka recorded 12 saves in the contest.
• Megan Cassady recorded five saves before being relieved by Lily Cohen at halftime, who stopped two shots.

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Ehwa totaled six goals, one assist, and one ground ball.
• Peckham added four goals and one ground ball.
• MacLelland recorded four points (3g, 1a) and two ground balls.
• Dickinson and Woods each scored twice, with Woods collecting five ground balls.
• Goodman finished with one goal and five ground balls.
• Penelope Lawlor led the team with six draw controls.
• Gracelyn Laperle matched a team-high with six ground balls.
• Suffolk outshot Wentworth, 29-23.
• The Rams held advantages in draw controls (16-10) and ground balls (21-19).

NOTEWORTHY 

• Suffolk improved to 2-0 against Wentworth in the all-time series.
• Ehwa recorded career-highs in points (7) and goals (6).
• MacLelland added her first collegiate hat trick.
• Laperle (6) and Goodman (5) added collegiate bests in ground balls.

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk plays its final home game of the season Saturday, April 18 against Nichols at 11:00 a.m. at James A. Sartori Stadium at East Boston Memorial Park.