Daytona Beach, Fla.----Despite a career day from Annie Plotts, the 25th-ranked Saint Anselm College Hawks defeated the Wingate University Bulldogs 17-12 in NCAA Division II women's lacrosse action at ERAU Lacrosse Field Thursday afternoon. The Hawks move to 3-0 overall, while the Bulldogs fall to 1-5 on the season.  

KEY STATS

- Saint Anselm out-shot Wingate 36-28
- The Hawks notched 29 shots on goal; the Bulldogs had 22
- WU won 16 draw controls, SAC had 15
- Wingate went three-for-eight on free position shots, while Saint Anselm was two-for-six
- The Hawks picked up 17 ground balls, the Bulldogs collected nine

KEY BULLDOGS

- Plotts registered three goals and two assists, for a team high five points
- Paige Kamer netted two goals in just three shots
- Kendall Wells notched two goals
- Kayleigh Hiles registered one goal and one assist
- Bella Pellet had one goal and one assist
- Megan Biase collected 12 saves, one assist and a team high three ground balls

NOTES


- This was the first meeting between the Bulldogs and the Hawks
- Plotts has her first multi-goal game
- She registered a career-high five points
- Biase leads the conference with 65 saves on the season
- She has registered 10+ saves in five straight games
- Camryn Gallagher netted her first goal of the season

FIRST HALF

- The Bulldogs got on the board first with a Plotts goal at the 28:15 mark
- Saint Anselm got a goal in the next minute of play to tie it at 1-1
- Jenna Balboni scored with 22:09 to go for the Hawks
- Wingate answered with a Wells goal a minute later
- Kamer found the back of the net with 17:47 to give the 'Dogs a 3-2 lead
- The Hawks got a Breda Holland goal with 16:09 to go
- Gallagher gave WU the 4-3 lead with a goal at the 14:45 mark
- Holland netted her second of the game for Saint Anselm to tie the game
- With 13:41 to go Hiles found Casey Roux to put the Bulldogs back on top
- Over the next seven minutes of action the Hawks would find the back of the net four times
- Becca Ruiz scored to pull the Bulldogs within two, making it 8-6 with 3:24 on the clock
- Less than a minute later Wells would pull WU within one
- At the 1:26 mark a Taylor Cobain goal gave SAC the 9-7 lead at half

SECOND HALF

- Wingate got on the board first with a Hiles goal with 27:47 on the clock
- Saint Anselm answered with 4-0 run, starting with a Czarnota player-up goal with 26:37 to go
-At the 21:30 mark Cobain found the back of the net to cap the rally for the Hawks, making it 13-8
- With 19 minutes remaining Pellet scored for the Bulldogs
- Less than a minute late a Balboni goal made it 14-9
- With 11:57 on the clock Biase collected a ground ball and found a cutting Kamer, who found the back of the net
- Balboni netted the next two goals for Saint Anselm at the 9:23 and 3:50 marks
- At the 3:43 mark Leah Knowles won the draw and found the crashing Plotts, who scored to pull Wingate within five
- Wingate would find the back of the net with 1:03 remaining with another Plotts goal
- In the final seconds of the game Quinn O'Rourke gave the Hawks a final margin of 17-12

UP NEXT

- Wingate returns home to open conference play against Lincoln Memorial Sunday at 1 p.m.
- The Bulldogs face Lewis on Tuesday for a 4 p.m. start
- WU then travels to Coker March 18