Southern Maine Athletics

DARTMOUTH, Mass. – Graduate student Katelyn D'Appolonia (Yarmouth, Maine), freshman Mariam DeLisle (Whitefield, Maine/Lincoln Academy) and senior Cierra Hill (Pembroke, N.H./Pembroke Academy) each recorded seven points for the University of Southern Maine Huskies' women's lacrosse team in a 20-2 win over the UMass Dartmouth Corsairs on Saturday. D'Appolonia scored six goals and had one assist and DeLisle and Hill each had three goals and four assists. With her assist, D'Appolonia broke the program single season record for assists in a season with 32. The win is Southern Maine's 13th of the season which ties last year's team for the most in a season in program history.
 
Hill and graduate student Anna Byers (Milford, Ct./Joseph A. Foran) also reached major career milestones. Hill caused four turnovers to become the fifth player in program history to reach 100 career turnovers. Byers, who scored two goals and had two assists, reached 100 career points and is the 23rd player in program history to reach the century mark in points.
 
The Southern Maine offense also had five goals and an assist from junior Eliza Pattershall (Readfield, Maine/Maranacook) and a goal by freshman Sam Poulin (Gray, Maine/Gray-New Gloucester). Junior Ella Burnell (Biddeford, Maine) also assisted on two goals.
 
Junior goalie Maggie Jones (St. John's, Newfoundland/Mount Academy) made one save while not allowing a goal in the first half to earn her eighth win of the season.
 
The Records:
Southern Maine: 13-4 (7-1 LEC)
UMass Dartmouth: 4-13 (1-7 LEC)
 
Series History:
The Huskies lead the all-time series 19-13 and have won the last eight games.
 
The Goaltenders:
Southern Maine: Maggie Jones (8-1), 30:00, zero goals allowed, one save
Southern Maine: Cally Dow, 30:00, two goals allowed, zero saves
UMass Dartmouth: Keira Bushey (4-13), 30:00, 13 goals allowed, eight saves
UMass Dartmouth: Irelynn Marshall, 30:00, seven goals allowed, six saves
 
How It Happened:

• D'Appolonia scored four times as the Huskies scored nine goals in the first quarter. Byers and DeLisle had two each and Hill also had a goal. Byers and Hill each assisted on two goals. D'Appolonia and Burnell also had assists.
• The Huskies scored four more times in the second quarter to take a 13-0 lead into halftime. Pattershall accounted for two of those goals with the other two coming from Hill and D'Appolonia. Three of the goals came in the first five minutes of the quarter.
• Pattershall scored two more goals in the third quarter and DeLisle and Hill each had a goal and two assists as the Huskies outscored the Corsairs 4-1. D'Appolonia also scored for the Huskies. The UMass Dartmouth goal came from Carleigh Swenson with 56 seconds left in the quarter.
• An up goal by Poulin and another score by Pattershall put the Huskies ahead 20-1 with 12 minutes left in the final quarter. The Corsairs added an up goal of their own from Maddy Allen to make the score 20-2.

 
Inside The Stats:

• Southern Maine had a commanding 34-3 lead in shots on goal and led 16-9 in draw controls.
• Pattershall tied with Hill for the team lead in caused turnovers with four.
• The Huskies led 25-16 in ground balls led by Hill's five.

 
Up Next:
The Huskies are the No. 2 seed in the Little East Conference Championship Tournament and have clinched a bye. They will host a semifinal game on Thursday against the winner of Tuesday's game between No. 3 Eastern Connecticut State and No. 6 Keene State.