MANSFIELD, Conn. – The Eastern Connecticut State University women's lacrosse team found out the hard way that you can't score if you don't have the ball when it dropped a lopsided 20-8 non-conference decision to Framingham State University Wednesday afternoon at Rick McCarthy Field.
 
Framingham (6-5), last year's Mass State College Athletic Conference playoff champions, corralled, remarkably, the first 19 draws of the game and 24 of 28 in all and connected on 20 of its 33 shots in the game, in a match which quickly became one-sided after the Rams scored the first eight goals through the first 13 minutes of play.
 
Goalies Emma Alford (West Hartford) and Madeline Horkey (Montville) rotated in and out of the contest for Eastern, making a combined seven saves, but offered little resistance as Framingham rolled up a 15-2 halftime lead and coasted to its third win in its last four matches. The Warriors have dropped three straight overall and two in a row at McCarthy Field after two opening wins.
 
Juniors Regan Fein and Rachel Erickson and sophomore Molly Lanier Framingham combined to win all 24 of the Rams' draws, with Fein controlling ten, Erickson eight and Lanier six. Framingham, which features one 40-goal scorer and two 30-goal scorers and averages nearly 16 goals a game, got five goals from Fein and five from Erickson, the latter also adding three assists. Junior Hannah Guerin added three goals and three assists.
 
Sophomore Emma Oliano (Wallingford) was the only Eastern player with more than one goal. She had three and also shared team-high ground ball honors with sophomore Abby Parisi (Stratford) with four. Senior Caroline Stent (Weatogue) won three ground balls and three draws and caused three turnovers
 
Senior Jessie Pyrek-Bennett (Monroe) had a goal and two assists to reach, then exceed, 100 points in her three-year career.
 
Eastern looks for its first Little East Conference win after an opening win when it visits the University of Southern Maine Saturday at 3:30 p.m. The Huskies (5-6, 1-0 LEC) had a four-game winning streak ended Wednesday in a 14-3 road loss to Colby College.