THE BASICS 

Score: Smith 13, Emerson 10

Records: Emerson Lions (9-6, 3-5 NEWMAC) ; Smith Pioneers (9-7, 4-4 NEWMAC)

Location: Northampton, Mass.

Date: April 23, 2022

The Lead: Senior Hannah Beck paced the Emerson women's lacrosse team with a trio of goals in the Lions' 13-10 setback out at Smith on Saturday afternoon. 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS 

EMERSON 

Beck: three goals 
Ainsley Basic: two goals, one assist & five draw controls
Callie Krosin: two goals & two caused turnovers 
Julia Burns: one goal & one assist 
Lauren Longstreet & Julia Mallon: one goal 
Amelia Toscano: two caused turnovers 

GOALIE: Nina Khosla (L, 9-6) - 13 goals allowed on 22 shots faced with nine saves through 60 minutes 

SMITH

Sadie Tschider: three goals
Reese Gittelman: three goals
Stella Alphas: two goals, one assist & five draw controls
Jennie Arancio: one goal & one assist
Tatum Galuski: five draw controls
Sydney Havlick, Bella DeAngelo & Katarzyna Wisnauckas: one goal
Gia Arancio: one assist
Paige Hume: three caused turnovers 

GOALIE: Alyssa Schams (W, 7-6) - 10 goals allowed on 17 shots with seven saves through 60 minutes 

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• Smith began the game on a four-goal scoring run that included a pair of tallies from Tschider as the Pioneers held the 4-0 lead at the 6:33 mark of the first frame.
• Beck put in Emerson's first goal at 4:40 to break up Smith's scoring to get the Lions' within three at 4-1. 19 seconds after Emerson got on the board, Alphas tallied the fifth Pioneers' goal as the first wrapped with the hosts ahead, 5-1. 
• The second quarter was quiet on the scoring end with three goals being scored between Emerson and Smith. Gittelman upped Smith's lead to five after a free position shot to put the score at 6-1 at the 8:51 mark. 
• Nearly six minutes later, Longstreet recorded the second Emerson marker at 2:55 as the Lions got themselves back within four at 6-2. With 31 seconds left in the half, Tschider registered her second goal to give the Pioneer the 7-2 advantage going into the break.
• Emerson closed the gap to three within the first five minutes of the third behind goals from Beck and Basic as the score now stood at 7-4 at the 10:51 mark of the quarter. 
• Smith rattled off the next trio of goals to extend their lead up to six at 10-4. With two minutes left in the stanza, Basic recorded the last marker at 2:05 to cut Smith's lead in half at 10-5. 
• The first seven minutes of the fourth saw Emerson score four goals and get themselves back within a trio at 11-8. Krosin began the scoring attack with back-to-back markers before Wisnauckas broke up the run at 11:46. 
• Burns sent in a man-up goal past Schams at 8:03 and inched the Lions within three at 11-8 with 8:03 on the clock. After Burns closed the gap to three, Smith went off for the next two tallies as the hosts upped their advantage back up to five at 13-8. 
• Within the final minute and a half of regulation, Emerson got one last push with two more goals from Beck and Mallon as the scored moved to 13-10 with 16 seconds on the clock. 
• Smith won the game's final draw control and Emerson suffered the three-goal 13-10 setback. 

UP NEXT

• Emerson wraps up their 2022 regular season on Wednesday, April 27th at Wheaton (Mass.) at 7:00 p.m.