CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- Boston U. freshman attacker Mallory Collins (Boston, Mass./Thayer Academy/Loomis Chaffee) came up big in the clutch on Saturday to help the Boston U. women's lacrosse team capture the top seed for the America East Championship and clinch a share of the Regular Season Title. Collins picks up her fifth Rookie of the Week honor for the performance.
Meanwhile, a pair of Retrievers earn awards for their part in UMBC's conference win which further separated the team from the middle of the pack in the standings for sole possession of third place. Senior attacker Emily Coady (Westminster, Md./Westminster) receives Player of the Week recognition and freshman goalkeeper Anna Barnett (Midland, Tex./Midland) takes home the Defensive Player of the Week award.
Coady had a career day with a nine-point effort in UMBC's conference win over Vermont on Saturday. The senior notched six goals, three assists and a caused turnover, scoring a natural hat trick late in the first half to pull the Retrievers even at 6-all with 4:44 until halftime. She scored three more times in the second half where the Retrievers pulled away for the 19-11 victory.
Coady hit the 20-goal mark for the fourth straight season and is two shy of 100. She had 29 points for third on the team in 2012.
Barnett made nine saves in UMBC's 19-11 win over Vermont on Saturday, improving to 3-2 on the season in goal for the Retrievers. After coming into the game for the final 45:04 of the game against the nation's eighth-ranked offense, Barnett allowed just five goals to register a 6.67 goals-against average and a .643 save percentage.
The freshman goalkeeper has a 8.28 GAA and .511 save percentage for the season in 11 games.
Collins played an instrumental role in Boston U.'s win over #19 Stony Brook to capture at least a share of the regular-season title and the top seed for the America East Championship. She finished with five goals, an assist and two ground balls in two games against ranked opponents last week.
Against the Seawolves, Collins assisted on the game-tying goal and scored the game-winning goal unassisted, both in the final 5:00 of the game. She tallied a hat trick earlier in the week against #20 Boston College.
Team Notebooks:
Albany (9-4, 2-2 AE) picked up a crucial conference win over New Hampshire, 9-8, to put the Great Danes a game ahead of Vermont for the fourth and final spot in the conference tournament... Rachel Burek (Rensselaer, N.Y./Columbia) recorded four goals in Albany's win over UNH... Burek has now scored at least one goal in all 13 of Albany's games this season... Anna Berman (Garnerville, N.Y./North Rockland) tallied her eighth victory of the season between the pipes, recording five saves on 13 chances against the Wildcats en route to Albany's ninth victory of the season... Jess Antelmi (Bridgeport, N.Y./Chittenango) added two more points to her team-leading total of 42 points against UNH with two assists... Albany looks to improve on its conference standings, on senior day, against Stony Brook on Saturday, April 21 at John Fallon Field.
Binghamton (3-9, 0-4 AE) dropped its lone contest of the week to visiting Bucknell 16-12... After tying the game at 12 late in the second half on a brilliant goal by Lis Zuern (Cicero, N.Y./Cicero-North Syracuse), who stripped the Bucknell goalie of the ball while attempting a clear and scored on the open net... From there however, Bucknell scored four goals in four minutes to regain control of the game... The Bearcats were unable to penetrate the Bison defense during the final minutes though Binghamton had the advantage in shots 25-23... Junior Katherine Hunsberger (Cortland, N.Y./Cortland) tied a career high with four goals to lead the Bearcats... Zuern and junior Kristen Stone (Clarence Center, Clarence, N.Y.) each netted hat tricks for Binghamton... The Bearcats will play two games this week first visiting Siena on Tue. April 17 at 4 p.m. then return to conference play when they travel to Vermont to take on the Catamounts on Sat. April 21 at Noon.
Boston U. (9-5, 5-0 AE) clinched a share of the regular-season title and will be the top seed in the America East Tournament... The Terriers will host the tournament at Nickerson Field... This is the first regular-season title for the Terriers since 2009... Boston U. can clinch the regular-season title outright with a win over Binghamton on April 28 or a Stony Brook loss... Boston U. defeated its first ranked opponent of the season with the win over No. 19 Stony Brook... The Terriers' seven-game win streak was snapped on Wednesday against No. 20 Boston College... Freshman Mallory Collins (Boston, Mass./Thayer Academy) and junior Danielle Etrasco (Massapequa, N.Y.) have each scored a goal in every game this season ... Junior goalkeeper Kim Elsworth (Ballston Lake, N.Y.) moved to 1-0 in her second appearance this season thanks to a nine-save performance against Stony Brook... The Terriers will celebrate Senior Day this Sunday against Canisius... It will be the final regular-season game for seniors Hannah Frey, Annie Stookesberry, Molly Swain and Catie Tilton.
UMBC (6-7, 3-2 AE) exploded for 12 second half goals and ran past Vermont 19-11 at UMBC Stadium on Saturday... The Retrievers won back-to-back games for the first time this season... Several Retrievers had record-setting offensive performances in the contest... Senior attackman Emily Coady (Westminster, Md./Westminster) set career marks with six goals and nine total points, midfield classmate Alicia Krause (Ellicott City, Md./Mount Hebron) had a pair of goals, but tacked on a career-high five assists and freshman attacker Abby Wilson (Bel Air, Md./Fallston) posted a season-best five goals and six total points... Coady’s nine-point effort is tied for the third-most in school history. She hit the 20-goal mark for the fourth consecutive season needs two more for 100 in her career... Krause posted the 100th goal of her career with 14:23 remaining in the contest... Freshman goalkeeper Anna Barnett (Midland, Texas/Midland) made nine saves and allowed just five goals in the final 45:04 of play against the eighth-ranked offense in the nation. She improved to 3-2 on the season... UMBC outscored Vermont, 16-5 after Barnett entered the game... The 19 goals scored by UMBC is a season high and is the most scored since a 20-6 win over Manhattan on March 13, 2011… UMBC held Vermont, the nation’s eighth-leading scoring squad, 3.5 goals below its season average... The Retrievers will honor their four seniors before the April 17 contest vs. American, UMBC's final regular season home game... UMBC concludes league play at UNH on Saturday.
UNH (3-9, 1-3 AE) overcame a three-goal deficit in the first half to level the score but could not duplicate the feat in the second half as the Wildcats were edged 9-8 at home by Albany on April 14… Kate Keagins (Bay Shore, N.Y./Bay Shore) finished with game highs in both goals (four) and draw controls (five), as well as two caused turnovers and a ground ball, to be selected UNH’s America East Player of the Game… With those numbers, Keagins eclipsed the century mark in both DC (102) and GB (101) for her career… Keagins has scored on 6 of 11 free-position shots (54.5%); the rest of the team is 12-for-41 (29.3%)… Laura Puccia (Fairport, N.Y./Fairport) extended her goal-scoring streak to six games and season total to 22 goals with one tally vs. Albany; she is UNH’s first true freshman to score 20 or more goals since Shaunna Kaplan (23) in 2007; redshirt freshman Susie Piotrowski netted 22 goals in ‘08… In addition to an eight-save effort against UA, goalkeeper Kathleen O’Keefe (Chatham, N.J./Chatham) recorded two ground balls and a draw control… Jenny Simpson (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) is the leading scorer at home with 16 points (11g, 5a) in six games… Puccia and Ilana Cohen (Andover, Mass./Andover) are the leading point scorers on the road with 14 apiece in six games… UNH returns to action April 18 at Columbia and then has Senior Day vs. UMBC on April 21.
Stony Brook (11-4, 3-1 AE) split a pair of games last week, defeating Yale at home and losing at Boston U... The loss to the Terriers snapped a six-game winning streak and was the first conference defeat of the season... The six-game winning streak was the second longest in program history... The win over Yale was the team's eighth non-conference victory of the regular season, matching the 2007 team for the most in program history... Junior Janine Hillier (Farmingdale, N.Y.) scored six goals and assisted on four others for a 10-point week to lead the Seawolves. The team's second-leading goal scorer with 42, Hillier has turned up the offense of late; she has 16 goals and 10 assists in her last four games... Junior Demmianne Cook (Nesconset, N.Y.) scored six goals last week to push her America East-leading total to 57. She leads the league with 3.80 goals per game... Junior Claire Petersen (Wantagh, N.Y.) had three goals and three assists last week. Her last assist was the 250th of her career, including her two seasons at Div. II Adelphi. With 138 career goals and 250 assists, she is approaching 400 career points... Petersen still ranks at the top of the conference in assists per game (3.54) and points per game (6.15)... Freshman Michelle Rubino (East Setauket, N.Y.) posted five goals last week and controlled six draws. She leads the conference in draw controls per game (5.20)... Stony Brook will play at Albany Saturday. A win over the Great Danes will secure the No. 2 seed in the America East Championship.
Vermont (8-7, 1-3 AE) went 0-2 on the week and will look to snap a four-game losing streak when it hosts Binghamton at noon on Saturday (April 21)... UVM dropped a 15-12 decision versus California on Thursday... Sophomore Sydney Mas (Bedford, N.Y./St. George) netted a hat-trick, including her 100th career goal against the Golden Bears... Freshman Jessica Roach (Scituate, Mass./Notre Dame Academy) scored a career-high five goals against Cal... At UMBC, UVM fell 19-11... Senior Samantha Stern (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill East) netted a hat trick, including her 100th career goal. She also added to her single-season school record assist total, which stands at 36 heading into this week... Mas also contributed a hat trick in the loss to the Retrievers... UVM will dedicate its new field, Virtue Field, between games of the lacrosse double header on Saturday... The women host Binghamton at noon and will be followed by the UVM men's team hosting the Bearcats at 3 p.m.