Women’s Lacrosse Sets New Single Season Win Record with Victory over Regis

Framingham, Mass. – The Framingham State University women's lacrosse team received a combined 10 goals from the duo of freshmen Grace Gamache (Dartmouth, Mass.) and Nicole Pacheco (Woburn, Mass.) as the Rams established a new program record for victories with an 17-8triumph over Regis in non-conference action at Maple Street Field.     

With the win, the Rams close the regular season at 11-6 and surpass the old mark of 10 victories which was first set in 2012. The Pride close their regular season at 13-4.

Gamache led all scorers with six goals and an assist, while Pacheco tallied four goals and recorded a helper.  Junior Kimmy Foley (Mansfield, Mass.) added two goals and an assist. Sophomore Shae Riley (Fairhaven, Mass.) and senior Lindsay Nixon (Woburn, Mass.) chipped in with a goal and an assist.

The Rams built a 7-1 lead in the first half.  Gamache scored the first two goals of the game off feeds from Nixon.  Junior Kristen Keenan (Methuen, Mass.) followed with an unassisted tally and Riley made the score 4-0.  Pacheco added an unassisted marker and Gamache found the back of the net for her third of the game.

Freshman Kerri Anselmo (Natick, Mass.) got the pride on the board with 16 minutes remaining in the half with an unassisted goal and Nixon found the back of the net for the 7-1 lead for the Rams.

The Pride closed the half with a 5-1 run to head to the half trailing 8-6.  Arianna Woodley (Norwood, Mass.) tallied a pair of goals on the run.

The Rams opened the second half with three straight goals to extend their lead back to five, 11-6 and extended the lead to as many as nine in the second half.

Sophomore Indigo Fox Tree-McGrath (Bedford, Mass.) recorded the win in net for the Rams and made five saves, while Maresa Malcolm made 10 stops for the Pride.

The Rams are back in action on Tuesday night when they host one quarterfinal of the MASCAC Tournament at Maple Street Field at 7 p.m.