GORHAM, Maine – The No. 7 Colby College Mules defeated the University of Southern Maine Huskies' women's lacrosse team by a score of 15-5 on Tuesday evening at Gorham's Hannaford Field. Stella Regan led the Mules with four points from a goal and three assists. Christina Long had a hat trick and Corinne Kapalka and Emma Greene each scored twice.
 
Freshman Mariam DeLisle (Whitefield, Maine/Lincoln Academy) led the Huskies with two goals. Graduate student Katelyn D'Appolonia (Yarmouth, Maine) also had multiple points with a goal and an assist.
 
Freshman goalie Emma Morrison (Rockland, Maine/Kents Hill) took the loss for the Huskies, while junior goalie Maggie Jones (St. John's, Newfoundland/Mount Academy) made her Southern Maine in the fourth quarter.
 
The Records:
No. 7 Colby: 1-2
Southern Maine: 3-1
 
Series History:
Colby now leads the all-time series 23-0.
 
The Goaltenders:
Colby: Gigi Peloso (1-2), 15:00, two goals allowed, zero saves
Colby: Brynna Hall: 30:00, two goals allowed, three saves
Colby: Addi Hurley: 15:00, one goal allowed, one save
Southern Maine: Emma Morrison (3-1), 45:00, 13 goals allowed, six saves
Southern Maine: Maggie Jones: 15:00, two goals allowed, two saves.
 
How It Happened:

• Colby scored first with Long finding the back of the net in the first five minutes of the game. The Huskies then tied the score at 1-1 on a goal by senior Cierra Hill (Pembroke, N.H./Pembroke Academy). Colby countered with three consecutive goals before D'Appolonia cut the lead to 4-2. A late goal by Kapalka put the Mules ahead 5-2 entering the second quarter.
• The Mules outscored the Huskies 4-2 in the second to take a 9-4 lead into halftime. Long had two goals in the quarter while Regan had a goal and an assist. Both Southern Maine goals were scored by DeLisle with D'Appolonia assisting on the second with the Huskies on the up.
• Colby opened the second half on a 4-0 run in the third quarter with two up goals by Greene and one goal each from Lucy Dyer and Chelsea Tzau.
• Isabel Shurtleff scored an up goal in the fourth quarter then assisted on a goal by Madelyn Almgren. The Huskies had a goal from junior Eliza Pattershall (Readfield, Maine/Maranacook).

 
Inside The Stats:

• The Mules outshot the Huskies 29-11 and led 23-9 in shots on goal.
• Colby scored on three of their four free-position shots.
• D'Appolonia led the Huskies with six draw controls. Colby had a 14-8 lead in the category led by six from Kristin Podgorni.

 
Up Next:
The next game for the Huskies will be the team's annual Morgan's Message Game on Saturday at 1:00 pm against UMaine Farmington.