Senior Julieanne Mascera stepped up with three goals against Boston University in the Fairfield women’s lacrosse game on Saturday, Feb. 20 at Rafferty Stadium, but it wasn’t enough to get the win. The Terriers knocked down the Stags 13-8 in their first matchup in program history.
Overall, it was a rocky game for the Stags where they constantly trailed the Terriers from the very start. Just two minutes into the game, Boston posted the first goal but, Fairfield’s Maeve Quinn ‘16 would net the first goal for the Stags soon after. Tied at 1-1, Boston would increase the score by two with goals from Ally Adams, giving the Terriers a 3-1 lead.
Fairfield continued to fire back shots against the Terriers, with two goals from Colleen Reynolds ‘16 to tie the score at four. However, BU dominated and impressively scored three more goals, putting them up 7-4 at the conclusion of the half.
Although the team struggled to get ahead point wise, they did, however, pick up 12 ground balls. Boston only managed to finish the first half taking eight ground balls.
At the start of the second, the Terriers continued on with their streak, netting another two goals, now up 9-4, widening the gap for the Stags. While trailing behind in the first half, the Stags continued to battle back. “They fought back,” said Head Coach Laura Field. “They do have that mentality that they’re never out of it.” Fairfield could not regain their stride and in the second half, the team lost all momentum.
Mascera finally snapped this streak as she scored two goals back-to-back less than 20 seconds apart closing the gap to just three. Although Alex Fehmel ‘17 and Riley Hellstein ‘17 got on the scoreboard for the Stags, the Terriers scored another two goals after Mascera at the 20-minute mark, now ahead 11-6. Dominating the second half, Boston University outshot Fairfield 19-9 forcing senior goalkeeper Chelsey Sidaras to make seven saves in the second half while the Terriers only had to make four.
With nine minutes remaining, Boston would hold Fairfield scoreless, taking them down 13-8 as the Terriers scored their final goal of the game with one minute remaining. Fairfield struggled as they only controlled one out of 11 draw controls.
Looking toward the future for the Stags, they go on to face Columbia Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 3 p.m. at Rafferty Stadium. “We have a tough schedule coming up and we have one more home game before we hit the road for seven in a row, and you know it’s kind of on to the next game,” said Field. “We have to take lessons from this and not repeat them and really hit Columbia hard.”
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