EAST BOSTON – Suffolk women's lacrosse closed the book on its inaugural season Wednesday night with a 21-16 Conference of New England setback to Hartford at James A. Sartori Stadium at East Boston Memorial Park.  

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 16 | Hartford 21
RECORDS: Suffolk (7-10, 3-6 CNE) | Hartford (11-5, 7-2 CNE) 

HOW IT HAPPENED
Goals were exchanged in less than a minute span early in the first. Jessie Le put the Rams on the board with help from Zoe Peckham after the Hawks opened the scoring at the 12:45 mark. 

Two quick strikes by Hartford over 25 seconds gave the visitors a 3-1 edge, but Ally Colburn answered for Suffolk 55 seconds later to trim the gap back to one, 3-2.  

 The back-and-forth affair continued as the Hawks regained a two-goal advantage 53 seconds after that.  

Suffolk commanded the final three minutes of the opening stanza as it poured in three answered to jump in front, 5-4. Colburn, Julia Dickinson and Le logged one goal apiece in that go-ahead stretch. Dickinson's marker was a man-up goal.  

Both teams found the back of the net five teams in the second stanza that featured three tied scores and two lead exchanges to send Suffolk into halftime up, 10-9. 

The Rams held onto the lead over the first five minutes, 13-12, before the Hawks flew in front, 16-13, thanks to four consecutive goals.  

Hartford remained in front the rest of the way as it outscored the blue-and-gold 5-3 in the fourth quarter.   

GOALIE LOG

• Charlotte Guziejka had 13 saves in the setback. 
• Mandi Rivard made five stops in the victory. 

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Colburn led Suffolk's offense with six goals and one assist to go along with two draw controls and one ground ball. 
• Dickinson provided five goals and two helpers.
• Le logged two goals, one handout and one ground ball. 
• Woods provided two goals, three ground balls, two caused turnovers and one draw control. 
• Peckham pitched in one strike, two assists, three ground balls and two caused turnovers. 
• Kate Carlson added five draw controls, three caused turnovers and two ground balls. 
• Eliza Bryant secured three ground balls. 
• Guziejka limited Hartford to a 1-for-4 free position conversion rate. 
• The Rams made all three of their free position shots. 
• Suffolk went 13-for-17 on clear attempts, while the Hawks went 10-for-13. 
• The Rams caused 14 of Hartford's 17 turnovers.  

NOTEWORTHY

• Colburn, Dickinson and Peckham produced at least one point in every game for Suffolk this season. 
• Colburn had her 15th hat trick of the season. 
• Dickinson matched a career-high five goals. She had her eighth hat trick of her collegiate career. 
• Le tied a personal-best three points.