Box Score

BIDDEFORD, Maine -- Junior Val Feldman (Albany, N.Y.) scored four goals and added three assists to lead the Endicott College women's lacrosse team to a 17-13 The Commonwealth Coast Conference victory over the University of New England on Wednesday afternoon.

With the win, the Gulls remain unbeaten in TCCC play with a 5-0 mark while improving to 8-2 with their sixth straight triumph.  The Nor'easters drop below the .500 mark in conference play (2-3) and now stand at 3-7 overall.

Both teams started out slowly on the attack, with each squad finding the back of the cage just once in the opening 10 minutes.  Endicott took a 2-1 lead at the 19:09 mark on an unassisted goal by sophomore Kellie Cunningham (Derry, N.H.) and would not trail the rest of the afternoon.

After back-to-back goals by sophomore Kate McCarter (Bellingham, Mass.) made the score 5-4 in favor of Endicott, the Gulls rattled off three consecutive goals to double-up the hosts at 8-4.  Junior Kim Bilodeau (Durham, Maine) cut Endicott's momentum with a score at 4:15 to make the score 8-5 heading into intermission.

Feldman tallied three of the first five goals of the second half to help Endicott build a 12-7 cushion, but the Nor'easters answered by scoring three of the next four goals -- two by McCarter -- to close within three at 13-10.

The Nor'easters continued to apply pressure and eventually got within two at 14-12 on a goal by junior Mallory Long (Lewiston, Maine) with 4:09 on the clock.

Senior Alex Pearce (Underhill, Vt.) notched a key score for the Gulls, giving them at 15-12 advantage and some much-needed breathing room.

Endicott would score a pair of goals in the final minute to help put the game away.

Pearce matched Feldman with four goals for the winners.  First-year Morgan DeShaw (Danville, N.H.) came off the bench to convert all three of her shot attempts for a hat-trick.  Cunningham played a strong all-around game for the Gulls with a pair of goals, five ground balls and three draw controls.

UNE's McCarter led all goal scorers with a career-high six.  Long chipped in with three markers to go with four draw controls.  Junior Ginny Lee (York, Maine) was credited with four ground balls and four draw controls.

First-year goalie Leah Neff (South Berwick, Maine) made seven saves for Endicott, while her counterpart -- sophomore Tara Geraghty (Barrington, R.I.) -- recorded eight for the Nor'easters.

The Gulls will place their winning streak on the line Saturday with a 3:00 p.m. home contest versus Nichols College.  UNE heads to Western New England College that same afternoon for a 4:00 p.m. game.