Box Score SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. --
Emi Bisson and
Hannah Bisson scored three goals apiece for the Mount Holyoke College lacrosse team, but visiting Eastern Connecticut State University got seven goals from
Alexa Vizzini (Vernon, NJ) and crushed the Lyons, 23-8, in a non-conference match Saturday afternoon at the MHC Turf.
Eastern (2-1) scored nine straight goals in the first half to race to a 10-1 lead. Mount Holyoke (0-3) responded with a 5-2 run to close the gap to 12-6 before Vizzini scored to make it 13-6 at halftime. The Warriors outscored the Lyons 5-1 in both the third and fourth quarters, building a double-digit lead halfway through the third quarter and opening it up to 15 with five straight goals to end the game.
Sophomore
Emi Bisson had three goals, two assists and a season-high 10 draw controls for Mount Holyoke. Senior captain
Hannah Bisson scored on a feed from
Emi Bisson to tie the game 1-1 with her first tally of the season, and finished with three goals on three shots with one assist.
Sophomores
Langley Berat and
Elle Mader also scored for Mount Holyoke, and sophomore
Amelia Knaysi had an assist. Senior
Caroline Thompson had two caused turnovers for the Lyons.
Last year's Little East Conference Rookie-of-the-Year, Vizzini totaled seven goals (equalling the seventh-most in a game in program history), two assists and four ground balls, while
Jessie Pyrek-Bennett (Monroe) added four goals, two assists and four ground balls.
Kaylee Drobish (Wallingford) matched
Emi Bisson with 10 draw controls to go with a goal and an assist.
Katie Campbell (Denver, CO) and
Claire Riccitelli-Pestana (Wallingford) scored two goals apiece.
Mount Holyoke first-year goalie
Syd Baker made eight saves.
Mackenzie Brown (Southington) had three saves in the first half for Eastern, and
Savannah Goodness (New Fairfield) had one save in goal during the second half.
Eastern opens its home season against Salve Regina University Friday at 6 p.m.