Regis College Downs Women’s Lacrosse, 16-5

WESTON, Mass. – Elms College freshman attacker Lauren Mazza (Agawam, Mass.) scored two goals, but Regis College's Teresa Busiek (Arlington, Mass.) scored six goals and Grace Politis (Billerica, Mass.) added five goals and an assist of her own to help propel the Pride to a 16-5 victory over the Blazers in Saturday's non-conference women's lacrosse game in Weston, Mass.

With the loss, Elms falls to 0-4 on the season, while Regis improves to 4-2 overall.

Politis and Busiek got the scoring started for the Pride as they traded goals for the first four tallies of the contest to give the Pride an early 4-0 lead. Mazza got the Blazers on the board to set the score at 4-1 game with just over 19 minutes to play. However, Politis responded with her third goal of the day that began an 8-0 run for Regis to end the half, giving the Pride a 12-1 advantage at intermission.

Busiek netted four goals in the stretch, Politis added three scores and Rachel Wong (Wakefield, Mass.) scored the other goal for the Pride, tallying her first career goal.

Sashae Walls (Everett, Mass.) scored the first goal of the second half and Mazza added her second of the game on a free position shot for the Blazers to set the score at 13-2 and the sides exchanged tallies throughout the rest of the period as Regis finished with a 16-5 victory.

Meghan Ryan (Stow, Mass.) made four saves en route to her fourth win of the year for the Pride, while Elms' senior net-minder Rachel Schrutt (Chicopee, Mass.) made nine saves and grabbed a game-high seven groundballs in net for the Blazers.

Elms was led by Mazza's two tallies while junior attacker Katilyn Harrington (East Longmeadow, Mass.), sophomore midfielder Brianna Lyons (Canton, Mass.) and sophomore attacker Kayla Narey (South Hadley, Mass.) also added a goal each. Harrington and Narey grabbed two draw controls apiece, while senior midfielder Emily Walsh (Hadley, Mass.) and Narey each had four groundballs.

Elms is back in action on Tuesday, March 27 with a 4:00 p.m. non-conference contest at Smith College.