University of Massachusets Athletics
Saturday, April 3
Olean, N.Y.
11 a.m.
University of Massachusetts
8-2, 3-0
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St. Bonaventure
2-6, 0-4
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Massachusetts
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St. Bonaventure
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UMass Runs Past St. Bonaventure, 21-9
April 03, 2021 | Women's Lacrosse
OLEAN, N.Y. – Caitlyn Petro had a career-high 20 draw controls, setting the table throughout the day for the Massachusetts women's lacrosse team (8-2, 3-0), which stormed out to an early lead at St. Bonaventure (2-5, 0-3) and never looked back on Saturday morning, 21-9.
Julia Smith led the way with four goals as one of 12 Minutewomen to find the back of the net on the day, while five different players (Smith, Stephanie Croke, Fiona McGowan, Kaitlyn Cerasi, Brinley Anderson) recorded multi-goal efforts.
Petro got things going for UMass all game as Massachusetts held a 27-4 edge on the draw to give the Minutewomen possession for a majority of the game. UMass outshot the Bonnies 43-22 on the day (31-14 SOG) and only turned the ball over eight times.
Lauren Hiller made four saves in goal before giving way to Bridgette Wall late in regulation.
Similar to its last three games, Massachusetts bolted out to an early advantage 4-0 to force an early St. Bonaventure timeout after goals from Cerasi (2), Anderson and Haley Connaughton less than four minutes into the game.
The Bonnies would score back to back goals with 10 minutes until the break to cut the deficit to 8-3, but the Minutewomen would answer with an 8-0 run over the next seven minutes to take a commanding lead into halftime, 16-4.
Massachusetts was on cruise control from there, getting an opportunity to show its depth with five different goal scorers over the final 30 minutes with the clock running, including Petro's first of the season.
UMass will return home next week to host Saint Joseph's on Friday at 1 p.m.
Julia Smith led the way with four goals as one of 12 Minutewomen to find the back of the net on the day, while five different players (Smith, Stephanie Croke, Fiona McGowan, Kaitlyn Cerasi, Brinley Anderson) recorded multi-goal efforts.
Petro got things going for UMass all game as Massachusetts held a 27-4 edge on the draw to give the Minutewomen possession for a majority of the game. UMass outshot the Bonnies 43-22 on the day (31-14 SOG) and only turned the ball over eight times.
Lauren Hiller made four saves in goal before giving way to Bridgette Wall late in regulation.
Similar to its last three games, Massachusetts bolted out to an early advantage 4-0 to force an early St. Bonaventure timeout after goals from Cerasi (2), Anderson and Haley Connaughton less than four minutes into the game.
The Bonnies would score back to back goals with 10 minutes until the break to cut the deficit to 8-3, but the Minutewomen would answer with an 8-0 run over the next seven minutes to take a commanding lead into halftime, 16-4.
Massachusetts was on cruise control from there, getting an opportunity to show its depth with five different goal scorers over the final 30 minutes with the clock running, including Petro's first of the season.
UMass will return home next week to host Saint Joseph's on Friday at 1 p.m.
Team Stats
UMASS
SBUW
Shots
43
22
Turnovers
8
8
Caused Turnovers
6
3
Draw Controls
27
4
Free-Position Shots
5
6
Ground Balls
12
11
Game Leaders
Players
G
4
A
1
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
1
CT
0
G
3
A
2
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
1
CT
0
G
3
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
G
2
A
0
FO
-
Pen
-
GB
0
CT
0
Players Mentioned
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/ Women's Lacrosse
A
/ Women's Lacrosse
M
/ Women's Lacrosse
GK
/ Women's Lacrosse
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A
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