GORHAM, Maine – Graduate student Katelyn D'Appolonia (Yarmouth, Maine) became the 13th player in University of Southern Maine women's lacrosse history to reach the 100 career goals mark on Wednesday evening as she scored five times in a 15-4 win over the UMass Boston Beacons. D'Appolonia needed just two goals entering the day and netted the milestone goals with 1:25 left in the first quarter. Junior Eliza Pattershall (Readfield, Maine/Maranacook) matched D'Appolonia's point total with five on three goals and two assists while also causing six turnovers and grabbing five ground balls.

Graduate student Anna Byers (Milford, Ct./Joseph A. Foran) and Mariam DeLisle (Whitefield, Maine/Lincoln Academy) each had four points with Byers recording a hat trick plus an assist, and DeLisle scoring twice and assisting on two goals. Senior Cierra Hill (Pembroke, N.H./Pembroke Academy) assisted on three goals and recorded four draw controls.
 
Senior Elaina Hanselmann (Sanford, Maine) and freshman Sam Poulin (Gray, Maine/Gray-New Gloucester) also had goals for the Huskies, while seniors Ella Burnell (Biddeford, Maine) recorded an assist. Junior goalie Maggie Jones (St. John's, Newfoundland/Mount Academy) made five saves to earn her seventh win of the season before relinquishing goaltending duties to sophomore Cally Dow (Lewiston, Maine) for the fourth quarter.
 
Emily Pearl and Kaitlyn Ondrick each scored two goals to lead the Beacons.
 
The Records:
UMass Boston: 6-10 (4-3 LEC)
Southern Maine: 12-4 (6-1 LEC)
 
Series History:
The Huskies lead the all-time series 24-1 and have won the last 23 meetings.
 
The Goaltenders:
UMass Boston: Elizabeth Crowley (6-9), 7:17, five goals allowed, zero saves
Southern Maine: Maggie Jones (7-1), 45:00, three goals allowed, five saves
Southern Maine: Cally Dow, 15:00, one goal allowed, zero saves.
 
How It Happened:

• The Huskies scored five goals over the first eight minutes of action to prompt a change in net by the Beacons. Hanselmann scored the game's first goal with Hill assisting. DeLisle then scored back-to-back goals from Hill and Byers before Byers scored a goal of her own with Hill picking up the assist. D'Appolonia the set up D'Appolonia for her first goal of the game before the Beacons got on the board with a strike from Pearl. The Huskies added two more goals before the quarter came to an end with the first coming from Pattershall and the second being D'Appolonia's milestone goal to make the score 7-1.
• Pattershall scored twice and assisted on a goal by Poulin in the second quarter as the Huskies outscored the Beacons 4-1. D'Appolonia also scored for the Huskies. The UMass Boston goal came from Pearl in the final minute of the half.
• D'Appolonia scored an early free position goal to make the lead 12-2 and UMass Boston answered a free position score of their own to get the deficit back under 10. D'Appolonia then scored again with 53 seconds remaining in the quarter.
• Byers scored twice in the fourth quarter to get her hat trick with the first coming with the Huskies on the up.

 
Inside The Stats:

• Southern Maine led 25-9 in shots on goal.
• The teams split the draw controls with 11 each. D'Appolonia led all players with six.
• Senior Britney Hill (Pembroke, N.H./Pembroke Academy) recorded four ground balls for the Huskies.

 
Up Next:
The Huskies will wrap up the regular season on Saturday at UMass Dartmouth. The team is now 12-4 on the season with a 6-1 mark in conference play.