THE BASICS 

Score: Emerson 14, Wellesley 8

Records: Emerson Lions (8-4, 2-3 NEWMAC) ; Wellesley Blue (3-8, 1-4 NEWMAC) 

Location: Wellesley, Mass. (Butler Stadium)

Date: April 13, 2022

The Lead: Sophomore Lauren Longstreet contributed a game high four goals and four assists to help the Emerson women's lacrosse team get back in the win column with a 14-8 NEWMAC victory over Wellesley on Wednesday night. 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

EMERSON 

Longstreet: four goals, four assists 
Callie Krosin: three goals, one assist 
Ainsley Basic: two goals 
Jules Rein: two goals, three caused turnovers 
Hannah Beck: two goals, one assist & seven draw controls 
Maddy Reyes: one goal
Marisa Drogo: six ground balls 

GOALIE: Nina Khosla (W, 8-4) - eight goals allowed on 18 shots faced with 10 stops through 60 minutes

WELLESLEY

Izzy Burdick: three goals, one assist
Eleanor Mallett: two goals, one assist, seven draw controls
Liz Sugg, Zoe Reynolds & Willa McGough: one goal
Lorna Li: nine ground balls
Anna Tutek: three caused turnovers 

GOALIE: Lorna Li (L, 3-8) - 14 goals allowed on 28 shots faced with 14 saves through 60 minutes

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• In the opening eight minutes minutes of the first quarter, Emerson and Wellesley exchanged leads three times before the Lions took the outright edge on a four-goal scoring run that included two of Longstreets' four goals. 
• Basic potted the seventh Emerson goal with 28 seconds to go in the first as the Lions held the four-goal 7-3 advantage through the first 15 minutes.
• Emerson, who went 0-3 in free-position opportunities, were held scoreless in the second behind a strong defensive effort by Wellesley, which allowed the Blue chisel the Lions' lead down to one at 7-6. 
• Burdick tallied two goals to put the game at 7-5 at the seven minute mark before Sugg rounded out the half's scoring a minute later. 
• The Lions got their scoring back on track and found the back of the net twice to begin the third frame. Basic put in a free-position goal at 9:57 before Beck netted an unassisted marker to up Emerson's advantage back to three at 9-6. 
• Goals from McGough and Mallett once again erased a three-plus goal deficit and put the score at 9-8 at the conclusion of the third. 
• The fourth quarter's scoring went Emerson's direction for the visitors tallied all five of the frame's goals. 
• Longstreet assisted both Rein and Krosin on the first pair of tallies in the fourth as Emerson's lead was once again bumped up to three at 11-8 at the 10:54 mark. 
• At 8:38, Reyes put in a free-position goal to give Emerson the four-goal lead at 12-8 before Beck and Rein slipped the game's last pair of goals in within the final five minutes to ice the 14-8 victory. 

UP NEXT

• Emerson heads to Boston on Saturday, April 16th to host Clark at 1:00 p.m. in their final home weekend slate of the regular season.