High School Scoreboard – Endicott College Lacrosse Updates
Boys Lacrosse
Gloucester 8 Danvers 7
Swampscott 14 Lynn Jets 3
St. Mary’s 13 Winthrop 3
Ipswich 15 Pentucket 8
Girls Lacrosse
Peabody 7 Beverly 6
Swampscott 16 Revere 5
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Endicott College Sports Update
MIDDLETOWN, R.I. – The Endicott women’s lacrosse team held on for a 12-10 victory to down host Salve Regina Tuesday night at Gaudet Field in a Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) bout.
Endicott made it 1-0 early as freshman attack Jackie Healy (Northborough, Mass.) found the back of the net on a feed from senior attack Isabelle Sipperly (Greenwich, N.Y.) just a few minutes into the game.
The Seahawks knotted the score at 1-1 on junior attack Kaitlin Gillespie’s (Haddam, Conn.) strike at the 23:32 mark, before the Gulls managed to rattle off four in a row to take a 5-1 lead with 17:16 remaining in the first half.
Salve Regina got two back on another goal by Gillespie (15:24) and a deposit from sophomore midfielder Katie Kline (Brookfield, Conn.) to pull to within two, down 5-3 with 8:24 on the clock.
The Gulls took a 7-3 lead into the break as Healy and freshman midfielder Jackie Neilsen (Agawam, Mass.) each potted a pair of goals and Sipperly registered three points in the first half (one goal, two assists).
Sophomore attack Erin McCarthy (Old Lyme, Conn.) opened the second half with a free-position goal to make it 8-3 in favor of the Gulls for the largest lead of the game.
The Seahawks got to within 8-6, but the Gulls tacked on four more and fended off a desperate Seahawks’ comeback late in the game to secure their third win in a row.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Sophomore goalie Molly Lane (Durham, Maine) made her four appearance of the season in goal (first career start) for Endicott on her way to her second straight win (2-0) as she made a career-high six saves.
- Healy recorded her second consecutive hat trick of the season as she tied for a game-high with three goals to lead the Gulls.
- Sophomore midfielder Olivia Larson (Cheshire, Conn.) scooped up a team-high five ground balls, which tied for a game-high with Salve Regina’s Gillespie.
- Freshman midfielder Ali Campbell (Lakeville, Mass.) won a team-high four draw controls, (tied for a game-high) and scored two goals for her third straight game with two goals.
FOR THE FOES
- The Seahawks out-scored the Gulls, 7-5, in the second half.
- Senior goalie Katie Jones (Derry, N.H.) fell to 3-8 on the season as she made a game-high 11 saves.
- Gillespie tallied her first career hat trick to pace the Seahawks’ offensive attack.
- Sophomore midfielder Megan Geier (Glastonbury, Conn.) and freshman midfielder Lindsey Smith (North Attleboro, Mass.) each netted a pair of goals.
- Geier won a team-high four draw controls, which tied for a game-high.
NOTES
- The Gulls are 22-0 all-time and 7-0 on the road at Salve Regina dating back prior to the 2001 season.
- Endicott won the most recent meeting before today, 15-4, during the regular season on March 21, 2015 in Beverly, Mass. and took down the Seahawks, 14-7, at home in the CCC Quarterfinals on April 25, 2015.
WHAT’S NEXT
Endicott (4-8, 3-1 CCC) hosts Wentworth on Saturday, April 16 at 3:00 p.m. on Senior Day at Hempstead Stadium. Salve Regina (3-8, 1-4 CCC) welcomes Gordon College to its campus for a 7:00 p.m. start on Saturday, April 16.
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MEDFORD, Mass. – The Endicott men’s lacrosse team fell to the two-time defending NCAA national champion and No. 3 nationally ranked Tufts University Jumbos, 11-10 (OT), on Tuesday night in non-conference action at Bello Field.
Kyle Howard-Johnson (Chatham, N.J.) potted the man-up overtime game-winner for the Jumbos at the 3:33 mark of the extra session off a feed by Connor Bilby (Chatham, N.J.) to extend their winning streak to six straight games.
Endicott goalie Cameron Bell (Falmouth, Maine) was the difference in the contest as the senior collected 20 saves (64.5 save percentage) – including 15 in the second half alone – before Tufts claimed its only lead of the game when it mattered most in overtime.
Colin Bannon (Westport, Conn.) led the Gulls offensively with five goals on 14 shots. Will Farfala (Glen Rock, N.J.), Tommy Hughes (Coram, N.Y.), Matthew Faucher (Western Springs, Ill.), Mitchell Tapley (Falmouth, Maine), and Luke Wallahan (Pleasant Hill, Calif.) all scored one goal apiece to round out the scoring for Endicott in the loss.
Ben Andreycak (Pleasantville, N.Y.) compiled three goals and three assists for a six-point effort to pace the Jumbos, while Zach Richman (Woodmere, N.Y.) registered a hat-trick to highlight the offensive efforts for the host. Jake Gillespie (Topsfield, Mass.) also added two markers, while Garrett Clarke (Ridgewood, N.J.), John Uppgren (Stillwater, Minn.), and Howard-Johnson buried one goal each on the night.
Tied 8-8 late in the fourth quarter, Endicott put together a 2-0 run via goals from Faucher and Hughes that were only separated by six seconds. Faucher notched his ninth goal of the season at 4:49 before Hughes won the ensuing face-off, weaved his way through the Jumbos’ defense and rifled home his sixth tally of the year to push the Gulls ahead, 10-8.
Tufts responded with goals from Uppgren at 3:23 and Andreycak at 2:25, respectively, to force overtime. Howard-Johnson then went on to lift the Jumbos to victory with his 21st goal of the season just 27-seconds into the extra session.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Tufts leads the all-time series against Endicott, 14-3, which dates back to March 22, 2003.
- Hughes also dished out an assist in the game to notch his third multi-point game of the season.
- At the face-off X, Hughes 11-for-23 (five ground balls).
- Bell has recorded 20 or more saves twice this season (24 vs. Bates on 2/28/16, career-high).
- Endicott entered tonight’s contest ranked No. 10 overall in the latest New England Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (NEILA) poll
FOR THE FOES
- Tufts is ranked No. 3 overall in both the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) and Nike/Lacrosse Magazine national polls.
- Uppgren was selected as the Lacrosse Magazine’s Preseason Player of the Year to begin the 2016 season.
- Bell and Uppgren will be teammates on the Boston Cannons (Major League Lacrosse) later this spring.
- Andreycak has tallied five or more points in four games this season, including 28 in his last six games.
- Andreycak’s six points tonight also serves as his season-high, so far, in 2016.
WHAT’S NEXT
Endicott (4-8, 3-1 CCC) hosts Wentworth this Saturday on Senior Day at Hempstead Stadium at 12 p.m. Tufts (10-1) welcomes Amherst to its campus this Saturday at 1 p.m.
