Salem State Women’s Lacrosse Crushes Regis 11-5, Peabody’s Courtney Smith Scores 5 Goals

SALEM – Courtney Smith (Peabody, Mass.) scored five goals and added three assists as Salem State easily defeated Regis College 11-5 on Tuesday afternoon at Alumni Field. Salem State improves to 4-5 while the Pride slip to 6-4.

Chelsea Smith (Tewksbury, Mass.) and Erin Riley (Wakefield, Mass.) added a pair of scores whileBridget Lawless (Swampscott, Mass.) and Carolyn Woodin (Arlington, Mass.) each notched a goal apiece.  

Sam Salamone (Milford, Mass.) registered three goals and Mary Roma (Portland, Maine) two for Regis.

The Pride jumped on top early when Roma converted a free position shot for a 1-0 lead. However, Salem State strung three straight scores together as Chelsea Smith, Riley and Courtney Smith gave the Vikings a 3-1 lead. Salamone scored two straight for Regis to tie the game before Chelsea Smithand Courtney Smith scored back-to-back to give Salem State a 5-3 halftime lead.

The Vikings built an 8-3 lead in the second half as Lawless, Coutney Smith and Riley all netted goals in the opening ten minutes. Roma broke the string before Courtney Smith and Woodin scored to make it 10-4 in favor of the Vikings. Salamone scored her third of the game in the final minute beforeCourtney Smith closed the scoring with her third goal of the half for an 11-5 Salem State victory.

Jenn Toussaint (Reading, Mass.) made 12 saves in the win while Emma Decker (Southborough, Mass.) stopped nine shots for the Pride.

Amanda Nihan (Peabody, Mass.) and Kristina Conlon (Dracut, Mass.) combined for five assists in the game for the Vikings, who outshot Regis 26-21 for the game.

Both teams are back in action on Thursday. Salem State travels to Plymouth State for a 4:00 PM match while Regis goes to Emmanuel for a 5:00 PM start.