Women's Lacrosse Falls to Framingham St. 12-8

Box Score

SCORE: Wheaton 8 - Framingham St. 12

RECORDS: Wheaton (2-3, 0-0 NEWMAC) - Framingham St. (2-1, 0-0 MASCAC)

LOCATION: Norton, Mass. (Diane C. Nordin '80 Field)

THE RUNDOWN:

The Wheaton women's lacrosse team opened their fifth game of the 2019 season with a 12-8 loss to Framingham State University on Wednesday evening on Diane C. Nordin '80 Field.
Wheaton was led by junior Lilly Callahan who scored two goals while dishing out one assist. Meg Sharick, Kennelly Allerton, Emma Ford, Molly Covarrubias, Casey Kaplan, and Kyra Schwartzman each contributed one goal in the Lyons loss with Covarrubias dishing off a tied game-high three assists.
Alissa Marino led all players with five goals and one assist while Morgan Begley contributed a hattrick in the Rams win. Hanna McMahon followed up with two goals while Grace Gamache and Nicole Pacheco each scored one goal apiece.
Allerton got Wheaton on the board first with an unassisted goal at 28:58 before Framingham St. answered with two goals from Begley. The two sides would trade the lead back and forth four times within the first frame alone before the Rams were able to take the lead at 6-5 at halftime.
Both teams battled at the start second half, but Framingham St. slowly pulled away from the Lyons as the game continued on. Callahan helped cut the deficit by three with a goal at 5:01 (11-8), but despite Wheaton's efforts it wouldn't be enough to catch the Rams mid-game push.
Jena Casman recorded 11 saves in 60 minutes of play.