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    Women's Lacrosse Downed by Nationally Ranked Bowdoin
    April 10, 2012

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    BEVERLY, Mass. – Midfielder Michelle Loizzo (Longmeadow, Mass.) scored four goals and senior goalie Leah Neff (South Berwick, Maine) made ten saves but it wasn’t enough to propel Endicott by \#10 Bowdoin College.

    The Polar Bears left Beverly with an 18-12 victory Tuesday night in non-conference women’s lacrosse action at Endicott Stadium. Endicott falls to 7-4 with the defeat.

    Bowdoin (7-4) jumped on the Gulls early, scoring eight of the first nine goals to grab an 8-1 lead before half of the first half had elapsed.
    Senior Chelsea Albright (East Lyme, Conn.) got the scoring started at 26:38 with her seventh goal of the season, but the Gulls answered back through Loizzo just over a minute later. The Endicott senior captain now has seven goals on the season.

    The Polar Bears then got two straight goals from senior Elizabeth Clegg (Hudson, Ohio) and two more from leading scorer Carolyn Gorajek (Highstown, N.J.), who tallied four times on the night and now has 33 goals on the season.

    Katie Stewart (Chevy Chase, Md.) scored again for Bowdoin before Clegg completed her hat trick at the 15:57 mark. Clegg would add another tally in the second half.

    Loizzo broke the Bowdoin scoring streak and would score all four of her goals in the first half. Holly Davis (Guilford, Conn.) added three goals for Endicott, two in the first half, to help Endicott pull within four at halftime, 11-7. Morgan DeShaw (Danville, N.H.) also scored her only goal of the game in the first half. DeShaw had two of Endicott’s four assists on the evening.

    The Polar Bears came out of the gate quickly in the second half with five of the first six goals, including one more each by Clegg and Gorajek and two by McKenna Teague (Cohasset, Mass.).

    Endicott came on strong late in the second half, scoring four of the last six goals. Kelly Tierny (South Hadley, Mass.)  scored all three of her goals in the second half, two of them in the final fourteen minutes, sandwiched around a tally by Davis and a goal by Bowdoin sophomore Olivia King (Georgetown, Mass.). King had three ground balls and three draw controls to go with her goal, helping the Polar Bears to a 21-17 ground ball advantage and a 1-15 edge on draw controls.

    Freshman Siri Mason (Williamstown, Mass.) scored her second collegiate goal with under a minute left to cap the scoring.

    Katie Herter (Topsfield, Mass.), who scored twice on five shots, helped greatly in the draw control department, winning seven for Bowdoin, while Rachel Campos (Shrewsbury, Mass.) won six draw controls and grabbed three ground balls for Endicott. Callie Muprhy (Woburn, Mass.), who assisted on DeShaw’s goal, caused two turnovers for the Gulls.

    Endicott was 5-8 on free position attempts, while the visitors were 7-10, as only three of their 18 goals came with an assist.  

    Junior goalie Tara Connolly (Simsbury, Conn.) made nine saves in the victory for Bowdoin.

    The Gulls return to Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) action on Saturday afternoon when they play at Roger Williams at 3:30 pm. Endicott is currently 4-0 in CCC play.

    Bowdoin also takes up conference play again on Saturday afternoon. They will carry a 4-3 NESCAC record into a home game against Wesleyan at 1:00 pm.