Minutewomen Pick Up Win on Senior Day

AMHERST, MA. – The Massachusetts Women's Lacrosse team rose to 14-2 on Saturday with a hard-fought 14-8 win over the Hawks of St. Joseph's University to send their seniors off with a victroy. This win saw the Minutewomen climb to an astounding 8-0 in the Atlantic 10 and maintain the best record in the conference.

Kelly Marra needed nearly notched the socktrick today as the graduate student was kept busy the entire game, stuffing the stat sheet with five goals and an assist. Junior Fiona McGowan and graduate student Kendra Harbinger logged two goals each and furthered the UMass charge towards victory.

Senior Gina Carroll flew solo on Saturday afternoon, holding the Hawks to under 10 goals, and adding another win to her remarkable season thus far.

Massachusetts was impressive on clears today, at 13-14, to continue to lead the A-10 in this category.

The Minutewomen hit the ground running, as their 6-1 lead at the end of the first period would never be surrendered. The defense came up big, causing all 10 of the Hawks turnovers.

Massachusetts outshot St. Joseph's 26-18 on goal, which meant a lot less work for their goaltender, and a lot more chances to assert the dominating offensive narrative the Minutewomen like to impose.

UMass hung on to a somewhat straightforward 14-8 win, putting them at 8-0 and remaining atop the A-10.

Massachusetts will head to North Carolina on Saturday, April 23 to face Davidson College with a 1:00 p.m. first draw.

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Kelly Marra

Kendra Harbinger

Fiona McGowan

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Gina Carroll

Kendra Harbinger

Kelly Marra

Fiona McGowan

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Kelly Marra

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