Box Score MANSFIELD, Conn. – A year ago, it took nearly 66 minutes of play to determine a winner when the Eastern Connecticut State University women's lacrosse team faced the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
Saturday, the outcome was more or less settled in the opening ten minutes.
Playing its second match in three days, Eastern evened its record at 1-1 by limiting Coast Guard (0-1) to one goal through the first 50 minutes and easing to a 13-3 non-conference victory at the Mansfield Outdoor Complex.
Nine different players contributed a point against the upstart Coast Guard program, with sophomore attacks Katie Burke (South Windsor) and Allison Wylie (Ellington) each netting three and senior attack Tess Mraz (Fairfield) and freshman midfielder Michelina Pinto (Groton) chipping in two each. The goals were the first in the career of Pinto. Burke and junior All-LEC midfielder Paige Schneider (East Lyme) also had two assists apiece.
Junior goalie Taylor Emmerson (Colchester) and freshman Jessica Purick (Riverhead, NY) combined in net. Emerson earned her first win of the year by making three saves while Purick made one in her debut.
Mraz and junior attackAmanda Will (Wantagh, NY) led Eastern with four ground balls each and sophomore All-LEC midfielder Maggie Bodington (Stratford) won three draws.
Eastern visits Roger Williams University Wednesday at 4 p.m.