Fourth Quarter Lifts Mt. Holyoke Past Women’s Lacrosse, 13-12

SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. – Suffolk women's lacrosse dropped a tightly contested 13-12 decision to Mount Holyoke on the road Wednesday evening, undone by a 4-1 fourth quarter despite a six-goal performance from Carley Ehwa.

THE BASICS
SCORE: Suffolk 12 | Mount Holyoke 13
RECORDS: Suffolk (0-2) | Mount Holyoke (3-0) 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Bridget O'Leary put Suffolk on the board early, weaving through a pair of Lyon defenders and slipping a shot home for a 1-0 lead at the 11:41 mark. Mount Holyoke answered with three straight goals over a 4:04 span to jump in front, 3-1, with 5:34 remaining in the opening quarter. The Rams responded before the break as Julia Dickinson found the back of the net and Lauren Woods added an unassisted, man-up marker with 16 seconds left to knot the game at 3-3 after one.
• Suffolk grabbed its first lead of the night behind strong defensive pressure from Zoe Peckham, who scooped up a ground ball off a wayward pass and buried her chance to make it 4-3 with 13:42 to play in the half. Carley Ehwa stretched the advantage to two with a free-position goal at 11:06, but Mount Holyoke answered with a free-position tally of its own to pull within one, 5-4. Ehwa took over from there, scoring three of the game's next four goals to bring her total to four and send the Rams into halftime with an 8-5 edge.
• Out of the break, Mount Holyoke capitalized on a Suffolk turnover to trim the deficit to 8-6, but the Rams answered with consecutive goals from Dickinson and Ehwa, coupled with back-to-back defensive stops, to build a 10-6 advantage at the 7:59 mark of the third quarter. The Lyons won the ensuing draw and struck just nine seconds later to pull within three again. Charlotte Goodman then connected with Ehwa, who finished from in close for her sixth goal of the night to reestablish a four-goal cushion, 11-7, with 6:33 remaining in the third. Mount Holyoke held Suffolk off the board for the rest of the quarter and sliced the lead in half to make it 11-9 heading into the final frame.
• The Lyons pulled even with a pair of goals in the opening minutes of the fourth and then capitalized on a man-up opportunity to grab their first lead of the half, 12-11, with 8:52 remaining. Dickinson answered for Suffolk, finishing off a feed from Peckham to knot the game at 12-12 with 6:10 to play. Mount Holyoke then netted the go-ahead goal with 3:10 on the clock, as Juliana Spaulding connected from long range, and the Lyons held the Rams scoreless the rest of the way to secure a 13-12 decision.

GOALIE GLANCE

• Charlotte Guziejka made nine saves in the outing.
• Valeria Bolanos stopped eight shots in net for the Lyons.

STATISTICALLY SPEAKING

• Ehwa led the Rams with six goals and added one ground ball.
• Dickinson tallied three goals and one ground ball.
• Peckham, O'Leary, and Woods each chipped in one goal, with Peckham contributing a pair of assists as well.
• Goodman dished out one assist in the contest.
• Gracelyn Laperle led the defensive effort with five caused turnovers and three ground balls.
• The Lyons held a narrow 29-28 edge in shots. 

NOTEWORTHY

• Ehwa became just the second player in program history to score six goals in a single game, first since Ally Colburn, who achieved the feat five times last season with the last coming on April 25, 2025 against Hartford. 
• Dickinson recorded the ninth hat trick of her career and first of the season, brining her season total to four goals.
• O'Leary, Peckham, and Woods each tallied their second goals of the season.
• Goodman registered her first assist of the campaign.
• Laperle forced a career-high five caused turnovers.
• Penelope Lawlor collected a collegiate-best six draw controls.
• Suffolk met Mt. Holyoke for the first time.  

WHAT'S NEXT?
Suffolk returns to action on Saturday, March 7, hosting crosstown rival UMass Boston at Sweeny Field in Boston at 12:00 p.m.