NEWTON, MA - The St. Joe's women's lacrosse team (1-2, 0-1 GNAC) played Lasell College (3-4, 2-0 GNAC) in the team's GNAC opener on Saturday and lost, 22-11. SO Lauren Hagerman (Scarborough, ME) tallied 4 goals and 2 assists and FY Alyssa Marchant (Wakefield, MA) scored 3 goals in the loss.

Hagerman and SO Jaimee Brett (Otisfield, ME) both scored goals in the first three minutes of the game to provide St. Joe's with an early 2-0 lead. Lasell fired back in the following four minutes with three consecutive goals to gain a 3-2 advantage.

The game was was tied at four apiece after Alyssa Marchant netted two SJC goals, the last with 16:17 to play in the opening half. After the Lasers regained the lead thirty seconds later, SO Vanessa Brooks (Bath, ME) scored to knot the game at five apiece with 15:02 left in the first half.

Lasell rattled off five unanswered goals, four from Caitlyn Murphy, to take a 10-5 lead with 9:00 to go before the break. St. Joe's trailed the Lasers 11-6 going into halftime.

FY Sarah Hale (Berwick, ME) scored at the 18:15 mark to make the score 14-9 Lasell and Hagerman scored her fourth goal of the contest to keep SJC within striking distance, 16-11, with 9:25 left to play. Lasell managed to score six unanswered goals in the final nine minutes of play to earn a 22-11 conference victory.

Sophomore goalkeeper Jackie Zaccardo (Reading, MA) made 18 saves in the game for St. Joe's.

JR Caitlyn Murphy (Katonah, NY) scored 11 goals in the victory for Lasell College.

St. Joe's will host in-state rival Southern Maine on Wednesday, 4/2 at 7:30 PM. The game will be played at Fitzpatrick Stadium in Portland, ME.