Women's Lacrosse Pushes Past Western New England, 17-13

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The Endicott women's lacrosse team took down Western New England, 17-13, in conference action on Saturday afternoon at Golden Bear Stadium. 

Trailing 11-10 at the start of the fourth quarter, the Gulls produced a 5-0 run (14-11) from 14:13 to 9:19 to eventually come away with the victory.

Alex Palermo (Reading, Mass.) led all scorers with six tallies on 10 shots. Two of her goals came during the 5-0 run in the fourth (11-11, 11:49 | 13-11, 10:56). 

Katie Schenk (Southbury, Conn.) also recorded four scores, while Kiana Napolitano (Revere, Mass.) notched a hat trick to highlight the rest of the attack. 

In goal, Lydia Akins (Edina, Minn.) turned away eight shots en route to her eighth victory of the season (8-5). 

BEYOND THE BOX SCORE

• Endicott is 21-6 in the all-time series over Western New England (six straight wins). 
• Palermo's six goals serve as a new career-high (previously four). 
• The Blue and Green outscored the Golden Bears 8-2 in the fourth quarter and 10-5 in the second half overall.
• The Gulls are 5-1 away from The Nest this season. 

WHAT'S NEXT

Endicott (8-5, 4-1 CCC) hosts Curry on Tuesday, April 19th at 4 PM. Western New England (9-4, 4-1 CCC) welcomes Salve Regina on Tuesday, April 19th at 4 PM. 

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(Photo Credit - Chris Lyons '22)