Women’s Lacrosse Falls On The Road At Nichols

Dudley, MA – The Elms College women's lacrosse team suffered its first loss of the season on Tuesday at Nichols College 17-15.

The Bison got off to quick 4-0 start behind 2 goals from McKayla Pratte and a goal apiece from Lizz Mckinnon and Kristen Sullivan. The Blazers would storm back and tie things up with 4 consecutive goals of their own on tallies from Vanessa Vurno (Salem, CT), Haley Richard (Monson, MA) and Allie Zadworny (Northampton, MA). The Blazers would eventually take the lead on a goal from Richard and would extend the lead to 2 when Alecia Keesee (Westfield, MA) found the back of the net. The first half was action packed with five lead changes and would end with Nichols holding a slim 1 goal advantage at 9-8.

The second half saw the Bison start to pull away scoring the first 4 goals of the frame only to see the Blazers come roaring back yet again. Zadworny would notch her 4^th goal of the contest to pull Elms to within 1, making the score 15-14; however that would be as close as EC would get eventually losing 17-15.

Emily Huber (Jefferson, ME) had 6 saves on the day in the game.

The Blazers are back in action on Saturday when they host Western New England University at 1pm.