Box Score Saint Joseph's Holds Off Southern Maine 13-8
PORTLAND, Maine -- Senior Kat Gadbois (Scarborough, Maine) snapped an 8-8 tie with less than 20 minutes to play and the Saint Joseph's College Monks went on to defeat the University of Southern Maine Huskies 13-8 in a non-conference women's lacrosse match Wednesday evening at Memorial Field.
The victory was the third straight for the Monks (3-1) following their season-opening loss to the University of New England. The Huskies (1-1) fell to .500 with their first loss after beating Husson University in their season opener.
A minute after USM junior Sam Campobasso (Buxton, Maine/Bonny Eagle) tied the game at 8-8, Gadbois snapped the tie scoring the first of five unanswered Monk goals over the final 19:51. Just over two minutes later, Gadbois took a feed from junior Kelsey Dumond (Lewiston, Maine) and beat USM senior goalie Caley Presby (Portland, Maine/Deering) to give the Monks a 10-8 advantage.
Twenty-seven seconds after Gadbois' goal, senior Elizabeth Elcock (Westwood, Mass./New Hampton) converted an assist from Dumond to make it 11-8. Dumond got into the scoring just over three minutes later to give the Monks their biggest lead (12-8) of the game.
Southern Maine overcame deficits four times to tie the game. Sophomore Elyse Caiazzo (Scarborough, Maine/Cheverus) scored the first three goals of the game for the Monks to put the Huskies in a 3-0 hole. Senior Sarah Pelligrinelli (Southington, Conn.), junior Lauren Lessard (Lewiston, Maine/Kents Hills) and Campobasso scored in a span of 4:19 to tie the game at 3-3.
Caiazzo, who had five first-half goals, scored twice, and Gadbois once, over the next seven minutes to again give the Monks a three-goal advantage. Lessard, Pelligrinelli and senior Shauna Robert (Lyman, Maine/Massabesic) found the net for the Huskies over the final 11 minutes to leave the game tied 6-6 at the break.
Elcock gave the Monks a 7-6 lead with her first goal in the opening minute of the second half. Junior Heather Everett (Waterboro, Maine/Massabesic) tied the game again for the Huskies at 25:40.
Junior Jackie Wilson (Tiverton, R.I.) put the Monks up again at 24:51 scoring off an assist from Gadbois. Campobasso scored four minutes later to set the stage for Gadbois.
Pelligrinelli led the Huskies with two goals and an assist while Lessard and Campobasso score two goals apiece. Presby was credited with eight saves.
Gadbois led all scorers with six points on three goals and three assists. Caiazzo scored five goals, and Elcock had a hat trick. Senior goalie Michelle Cunha (Enfield, Conn./Enrico Fermi) made six saves to earn her third win.
Southern Maine is at home on Saturday (1:00 p.m.) hosting Endicott College. Saint Joseph's travels to Thomas College on Saturday (2:00 p.m.).
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