Fries Scores Five to Lead Lacrosse in 16-12 Loss to Lasell - Simmons University

Final	1	2	T
Lasell (5-3, 2-0 GNAC)	8	8	16
Simmons (3-6, 1-1 GNAC)	5	7	12

Game Leaders

Simmons

G: Kasey Fries - 5

A: Kate Bowers - 2

Sv: Chyenne Yeager - 8

GB: Kingsley Richards - 4

Lasell

G: 2 Players (#1, #2) - 4

A: Vanessa Pino - 3

Sv: Bridget Delaney - 6

GB: Taylor Falco - 5

Team Stats

Lasell

Simmons

Shots

Ground Balls

Saves

Clears

8-15

9-14

Turnovers

Draw Controls

Free Position Shots

2-2

1-6

full stats

Posted: Apr 03, 2017

BOSTON, Mass. - Junior attacker Kasey Fries (Bridgewater, Mass.) led all scorers with five goals to lead the Simmons College women's lacrosse team in a 16-12 loss to visiting Lasell College in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference contest tonight at Daly Field in Brighton, Mass. The Sharks fall to 3-6 overall and 1-1 in league play, while the Lasers improve to 5-3 and 2-0.

Lasell controlled the draw for most of the night, owning a 20-10 advantage, but committed 22 turnovers to the home team's total of 16.

Fries needed just six shots for her five tallies, while sophomore midfielder Ana Giarrusso (Hingham, Mass.) turned in an all-around effort with two goals, two ground balls, five draw controls and four caused turnovers for Simmons. Sophomore defender Mallory Cottam (Hope, R.I.) netted a pair of goals to go with two draw controls, a pair of ground balls and a caused turnover. Junior goalie Chyenne Yeager (Indiana, Pa.) made eight saves for the home team.

First year attacker Samantha Taylor (Hanover, Mass.) and junior midfielder Taylor Yandow (Moretown, Vt.) each scored four goals and added an assist to lead Lasell. Yandow led all players with seven draw controls to go with three ground balls and a caused turnover for the Lasers, while Taylor caused a pair of turnovers and picked up a ground ball and a draw control. Sophomore attacker Vanessa Pino (Methuen, Mass.) registered five points with two goals and three assists and added six draw controls and three ground balls. First year attacker Amanda Brock (North Haven, Conn.) and sophomore attacker Jillian Vergados (Tyngsboro, Mass.) each tallied a pair of goals and junior defender Taylor Falco (Hazlet, N.J.) led the defense with five ground balls and two caused turnovers. Senior goalie Bridget Delaney (Weymouth, Mass.) picked up the win, stopping six of 13 shots in the first 37:15 of action, before yielding to senior Brooke Bergeron (Swampscott, Mass.), who turned away five of 10 shots she faced in the final 22:45 of action.

Junior attacker Kiera Kirkaldy (Middlebury, Vt.) and Fries sandwiched a goal each around a score from Taylor to give the Sharks a 2-1 edge with 25:49 left in the opening half. Vergados scored to tie the match at 2-2 and spark a five-goal run, including three goals from Yandow, to give the Lasers a 6-2 lead with 16:52 showing in the first period. Simmons scored three of the next four goals, including two from Fries to close to within 7-5 with 2:32 to go in the half, but Pino took a feed from Taylor and found the back of the net for Lasell with just 23 seconds left before halftime for an 8-5 margin.

The Lasers scored three times in a span of 94 seconds to open the second stanza and take an 11-5 cushion following a Vergados marker with 25:48 remaining in the contest. Fries stopped the opening barrage of scoring for the Sharks with her fourth goal of the game just 18 seconds later to cut the margin to 11-6. The teams traded goals with sophomore midfielder Elena Bragg (Belmont, Mass.) scoring at the 22:45 mark for Simmons to slice the deficit to 12-7. Each team traded a pair of goals over the next seven minutes to keep it a five-goal game at 14-9 with 15:09 to play in the game. Brock gave Lasell a 15-9 lead with a score at 9:03, but the Sharks scored three unanswered goals, including a marker from Giarrusso at 3:31 to pull Simmons to within 15-12. It was the home team's final score of the night as the Lasers' defense held the Sharks scoreless the rest of the way.

Simmons returns to action on Saturday, April 8 when it hosts University of Saint Joseph (Conn.) on Daly Field at 11:00 a.m., while Lasell travels to Nashua, N.H. on April 5 to take on Rivier University at 7:30 p.m.