Southern Maine Falls at UMass Dartmouth 20-15

DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- Senior Colleen Kane (Arlington, Mass.) scored a pair of goals 12 seconds apart to spark a run of six consecutive goals by the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth  and the Corsairs went on to defeat the visiting University of Southern Maine Huskies 20-15 in a Little East Conference women's lacrosse match Saturday afternoon at Cressy Field.

            The win snapped a two-game losing skid for the Corsairs, and improved their record to 5-4 overall and 1-1 in LEC play.  The Huskies fall to 1-6 overall, and 0-2 in the conference, with their sixth straight loss since defeating Husson University in the season opener.

            With the game tied 12-12, Kane converted a free-position attempt at 18:46 to give the Corsairs the lead for good.  The Corsairs got possession off the ensuing draw and sophomore Leah Douty (Framingham, Mass.) fed Kane for her 41st goal of the season.

            Douty pushed the lead to 16-12 with two goals 1:09 seconds apart, the second goal coming on
a free-position attempt,.  Kane was successful on yet another free-position try at 13:48, and Douty added an unassisted marker at 12:40 to make it 18-12.

            The Huskies cut the deficit in half getting three goals in a span of 1:57 to close the gap to 18-15 with 7:50 to play.  Junior Sam Campobasso (Buxton, Maine/Bonny Eagle) scored the first marker on a free-position try.  Rookie Hannah LaSalle (Humarock, Mass./Marshfield) scored the next two, but those would be the last scores for the Huskies.

            Sophomore Erin Kish (Littleton, Mass.) snapped the string of USM goals at 4:50 with her 12th goal of the season.  Kane put the final marker on the board at 1:33.

            Senior Sarah Pelligrinelli (Southington, Conn.) led the Huskies scoring five goals and dishing out one assist.  Campobasso finished with four goals, and LaSalle added two goals and two assists while earning seven draw controls.  Senior goalie Caley Presby (Portland, Maine/Deering) had 16 saves.

            Kane led all scorers with eight points on seven goals and one assist.  Douty finished with five goals and one assist, and Kish had four goals and one assist.  Sophomore Julia DiPillo (Medway, Mass.) had the other four Corsair goals.  Douty also had a game-high eight ground balls and five draw controls.  Rookie goalie Kaitlyn Burchill (Bridgewater, Mass./Bridgewater-Raynham) stopped 10 shots to earn her fifth win of the season.

            UMD had a wide edge in shots (45-28) and a smaller advantage in ground balls (32-27).  The two teams combined to successfully convert 15 of 25 free-position attempts in the game.

            Southern Maine hosts the University of Maine at Farmington on Monday (4:00 p.m.) for a non-conference match.  UMass Dartmouth will be at Framingham State University on Thursday (4:30 p.m.).