The Stony Brook Seawolves defeated New Hampshire, 15-5, on Saturday to clinch the No. 1 and right to host the 2014 America East Women's Lacrosse Championship May 2 and 4. The Seawolves also clinched at-least a share of the 2014 regular-season title, the second-straight for Stony Brook. Also on Saturday, Albany clinched a trip to the 2014 tournament with a win over UMBC and Vermont defeated Binghamton. Recap the games:
at No. 17/14 Stony Brook (13-2, 4-0 AE) 15, New Hampshire (7-8, 2-2 AE) 5
Box Score | Highlights
- Stony Brook will host the 2014 tournament and clinched at-least a share of the regular-season title after a 15-5 win over New Hampshire on Saturday.
- Freshman accounted for 12 of the 15 goals as Courtney Murphy tallied six times to lead the way.
- The Seawolves scored the first nine goals of the game before UNH struck three times before halftime, making it 9-3 at the break.
- Frankie Caridi made eight saves and allowed only five goals for Stony Brook.
Albany (12-2, 3-1 AE) 12 at UMBC (7-8, 1-3 AE) 8
Box Score
- Albany clinched a trip to the America East tournament with a 12-8 win at UMBC.
- Rachel Bowles, Ariana Parker and Sarah Martin each scored three times to lead the Great Danes.
- Albany jumped out to a 5-1 lead after a goal by Bowles with 11:20 to go in the first half.
- UMBC fought back within one goal three times, the latest coming after a Kris Coppolino goal at the 24:01 mark of the second half that made it, 7-6, Albany.
- Martin extended the lead to 10-7 and UMBC could not get any closer over the final 14 minutes.
at Vermont (11-5, 2-2 AE) 19, Binghamton (6-9, 0-4 AE) 7
Box Score
- The top scoring offense in the America East had the best scoring output in the conference on Saturday, as Vermont took a, 19-7, win over Binghamton.
- Sydney Mas and Jessica Roach each scored five times to pace the Catamount offense.
- After Binghamton scored the first goal, Vermont scored the next four to claim a 4-1 lead.
- The Bearcats cut the deficit to three just before halftime after a Lucy Mower goal.
- Vermont put the game out of reach after scoring four-straight to start the second half.