PHILADELPHIA – La Salle women's lacrosse dropped their fourth-straight game today, this time at the hands of the Massachusetts Minutewomen 20-9. La Salle goes to 2-6 overall this year, 0-3 in conference play.
 
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HOW IT HAPPENED:

• Despite an early 3-0 run to open the game for Massachusetts, La Salle was able to stay with the Minutewomen and make this a really physical contest.
• Maddie Henderson broke open the scoring for the Explorers with 7:01 remaining in the opening quarter, which was followed by a Mackenzie Click goal with 4:04 to go, making it 3-2 UMass.
• Massachusetts got back in rhythm offensively thanks in part to Caroline Whelan, who scored two of the next three goals for UMass.
• Click added her second goal of the frame with 33 seconds remaining, cutting the Massachusetts lead in half.
• The second quarter played heavily in favor of the Minutewomen. Kassidy Morris and Fiona McGowan each contributed in multiple ways for UMass to pile on early in the second.
• Morris added two goals within the first five minutes of the quarter, while McGowan added a goal and two assists in that same stretch.
• The teams went on a scoring drought for a six-minute stretch, before either side scored. UMass added one more, and Claudia Steinmetz scored her first of the day with 3:59 left in the half.
• A late foul on UMass gave Katie Johnson the free-position opportunity, and she converted bringing the score to 11-5 UMass at the half.
• Early in the third, Johnson and Henderson teamed up on a scoring possession for La Salle, Johnson netting the goal and Henderson with the assist.
• The Explorers got within six thanks to a goal from Molly Maloney, her second in as many games.
• Massachusetts would go on to end any chances of a comeback from La Salle, as they went on to outscore the Explorers 7-2 through the end of the third, and the entirety of the fourth.

 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS:

• Six different Explorers netted goals today, three of them having multi-goal efforts in the loss. Johnson, Click, and Steinmetz all scored twice.
• Five different Explorers had multi-point games with Maloney and Henderson having scored one goal and assisting on another.
• The draw control numbers are skewed heavily in favor of the Minutewomen thanks to Jordan Dean corralling 19 draw controls of her own, ten more than all of La Salle.
• The game was physical from start to finish, both teams combining for ten yellow cards in the contest.

 
HOW TO FOLLOW:

• La Salle will travel to Cary Street Field on Saturday, March 23 at 1:00 p.m. for a meeting with the VCU Rams on ESPN+.