Box Score MANSFIELD, Conn. -- Senior Devyne Doran (South Kingstown, RI) won seven draws, picked up six ground balls and caused five turnovers in pacing the Eastern Connecticut State University women's lacrosse team to an 18-2 Little East Conference victory over Rhode Island College Tuesday afternoon at the Mansfield Outdoor Complex.
Now 18-0 all-time against Rhode Island (2-8, 0-3 LEC), Eastern (10-4, 3-0 LEC) has reached double-digit wins for the 11th time in the last 20 years and is unbeaten after three conference matches for the first time in six years, when it finished unbeaten (6-0) in the conference.
Eastern, a winner of four of its last five and five of seven at home this year, scored the first eight goals over the first 17 minutes, getting three each from LEC senior scoring leader Paige Schneider (East Lyme) and sophomore Michelin Pinto (Groton). Schneider has 54 goals – three shy of her season best -- and junior Katie Burke (South Windsor) added three assists to raise her LEC-leading total of 35, 12 shy of the program season record.
Nine Eastern players contributed a gola or assist, with Pinto leading the way with four goals and two assists and junior Jenna Glynn (West Granby) chipping in three goals and two assists.
Sixteen Eastern players picked up at least one ground ball, as the Warriors equaled their season high by forcing 33 turnovers, 21 of them coming when the Anchorwomen managed to clear only eight of their 29 attempts.
Led by Doran – last year's LEC Defensive Player-of-the-Year, Eastern won 16 of 20 draws, with senior Caroline Regan (Niantic), and freshmen Alyssa Powers (Ellington) and Meg Bartley (Somers) each winning two.
Rhode Island scored on its only shot of the first half – a breakaway by sophomore team scoring leader Tess Bradley (Tiverton, RI) with nine minutes left. Bradley also recorded her team's other goal – her 21st of the year -- within the first three minutes of the second half.
Sophomore Jessica Purick (Riverhead, NY) made all four of Eastern's goalie saves in working the second half in relief of senior Taylor Emmerson (Colchester).
Eastern hosts the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Saturday at noon in a Little East Conference game.
