Women’s Lacrosse Topples Purchase in Home Debut, 19-1

Women’s Lacrosse Topples Purchase in Home Debut, 19-1

EAST BOSTON – Suffolk women's lacrosse opened the home chapter of its history in convincing fashion as seven Rams contributed at least one point to handle Purchase, 19-1, Saturday afternoon at James A. Sartori Stadium at East Boston Memorial Park

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 19 | Purchase 1
RECORDS: Suffolk (2-0) | Purchase (0-1)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
Suffolk jumped out to a comfortable 7-0 cushion as Ally ColburnJulia Dickinson and Jessie Le all netted goals. Colburn led the way with four strikes, one with a man-up and two with a player down. Dickinson added two goals and Le logged one.  

In the second, Suffolk sandwiched two goals around one by the Panthers to take a 9-1 lead into halftime. Lauren Woods and Charley White etched their name on the scoresheet, in that order. 

History appeared to repeat itself out of the locker room as the blue-and-gold put up another lopsided 7-0 score to stretch the margin to 16-1.   

Suffolk tacked on three more goals, two by Woods and from White for the 19-1 final. 

GOALIE LOG

  • Charlotte Guziejka made one save in the victory.
  • Amani Jamal notched 26 saves in the setback.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

  • Woods' name was all over the stat sheet with five goals, two assists, 10 ground balls, 14 draw controls and seven caused turnovers. 
  • Colburn also had a well-round afternoon with four goals and three helpers. 
  • Dickinson's day featured five goals and four handouts. 
  • Kaitlyn Boyce produced a hat trick. 
  • White pitched in a pair of goals. 
  • Le logged one goal. 
  • Sofia Barboza-Lind added one assist. 
  • Every statistical categories was lopsided in Suffolk's favor including shots, 53-2, draw controls, 22-2, and ground balls, 32-6. 
  • The Panthers had 28 turnovers, 19 of which the Rams caused. 
  • Suffolk went 3-for-6 on free position shots. 
  • Purchase's only goal of the day came on a free position.

NOTEWORTHY

  • Suffolk hosted its first-ever game in program history. 
  • The one goal allowed is the fewest in the Rams' short history, while the 19 goals scored is the most in Suffolk's record book. 
  • Dickinson had a personal-best in assists (5), points (7) and ground balls (3).
  • Boyce and White recorded the first points of their collegiate careers. 
  • Colburn had her first collegiate hat trick. She tallied career highs in goals (4), assists (3) and points (7). 
  • Woods had the hat trick of her collegiate career and produced personal-best in every category. 

WHAT'S NEXT?
A Beantown battle at UMass Boston Thursday, March 6 awaits Suffolk. Game time is set for 3:30 p.m.