EAST BOSTON – Suffolk women's lacrosse ended a three-game losing streak with an 18-15 Conference of New England (CNE) win over Gordon Saturday at James A. Sartori Stadium at East Boston Memorial Park.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 18 | Gordon 15
RECORDS: Suffolk (7-7, 3-3 CNE) | Gordon (1-12, 0-6 CNE)  

HOW IT HAPPENED
It was Gordon that scored the first goal of the game as Caroline Piorkowski potted the ball 29 seconds in the game. The Rams responded with three unanswered as Julia Dickinson sandwiched Ally Colburn's goal with two of her own to give Suffolk a 3-1 lead with 5:43 to play in the first.  

The Fighting Scots managed to trim the gap down to one, 3-2, with 42 seconds left on the clock in the first thanks to Marializ Lopez. 

The score tied twice in the second with the last leveled playing field at 5-all at the 8:25 mark. From there, Suffolk put away four in a row to build a 9-5 cushion. The Rams scoring came from Jessie Le, Colburn, Dickinson and Zoe Peckham.  

Once again Gordon would score the final goal of the quarter as a man-up goal by Hannah Rose trimmed the blue-and-gold's advantage to three, 9-6, as the teams went the locker room. 

Suffolk pushed it to a four-point distance, 12-8, as it outscored Gordon, 3-2, in the first five minutes of the third. 

The Fighting Scots rallied and closed the quarter on a 3-0 run to slice the margin to one, 12-11, as the game moved to the fourth. 

The fourth was action-packed as the score tied twice and the lead flipped in Gordon's favor, 14-13, in the first 6:30.   

Colburn righted the wrong 29 seconds later as she netted her eighth of the day evened things at 14-all, before she pushed the Rams back in front 51 seconds later. 

The Rams controlled the pace of play the rest of the way as it outscored the Fighting Scots, 3-1, over the final 5:03 to seal the victory.

GOALIE LOG

• Charlotte Guziejka had eight saves, including the lone free position shot she faced, in the victory.
• Kayla Davison made 12 stops in the setback.  

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Colburn contributed 10 goals and two ground balls. 
• Dickinson pitched in four goals and three assists. 
• Peckham produced two goals. 
• Le logged one goal and one handout. 
• Charley White had one goal. 
• Lauren Woods added three assists.
• Victoria Wood had one helper. 
• Kate Carlson added six ground balls, six draw controls and five caused turnovers. 
• Eliza Bryant pitched in seven draw controls and one ground ball. 
• Suffolk outshot Gordon, 35-27.
• The Rams forced 15 of the Fighting Scots 23 turnovers. 
• Suffolk went 17-for-23 on clear attempts, while Gordon converted 20 of its 28 clears. 
• Suffolk went 3-for-4 on free position shots.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Dickinson, Colburn and Peckham have all recorded at least one point in all of Suffolk's games this season. 
• Colburn became the first player in program history to produce 10 points in a single-game with a personal-best 10-goal effort. 
• Bryant notched a career-high seven draw controls. 
• Le stretched her point streak to eight games. In that span she has 12 goals and four assists. 
• Woods registered a personal-best three assists. 
• Wood has had one assist in the last five games. 
• Carlson tallied a personal-best in ground balls (6) and caused turnovers (5).  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk heads to Endicott Wednesday, April 16 for a 7:00 p.m. CNE clash.