NE10 Women's Lacrosse Report: Week 10

Posted: Apr 30, 2023

Week 10 - May 1, 2023

NE10 Player of the Week

Emma Rafferty, Pace
Graduate Student | Midfield | Bay Shore, N.Y.

Rafferty tallied 14 points in two games as the Setters went 2-0 on the week. She started with seven goals and one assist in Pace's 22-5 victory over #21 Assumption, while also picking up three ground balls. She then had four goals and two assists in the Setters' 21-7 win against Saint Michael's in the team's final regular season game, while adding seven ground balls, one draw control and four caused turnovers.

NE10 Defensive Player of the Week

Angelina Porcello, Pace
Junior | Midfield | Eastchester, N.Y.

Porcello helped the Setters to two wins this week, starting with a 22-5 victory at #21 Assumption on April 26. She had five ground balls, seven draw controls and six caused turnovers in the game, while also scoring three goals. On April 29 against Saint Michael's, she had two more ground balls, three draw controls and caused one turnover while adding one more goal.

NE10 Goalkeeper of the Week

Paige Crandall, Le Moyne
Senior | Goalkeeper | Adams, N.Y.

Crandall registered a 7.43 goals against average, 20 saves and a .606 save percentage in sixth-ranked Le Moyne's 2-0 week. She made seven saves (against five goals) over 45:00 in a 20-9 win over Southern Connecticut State on Wednesday. She tallied a season-high 13 saves in a 15-8 victory over 25th-ranked Southern New Hampshire on Saturday.

NE10 Rookie of the Week

Marielle Colalillo, New Haven
Freshman | Attack | Manhasset, N.Y.

Colalillo tallied 11 points in a 2-0 week for New Haven, with four goals and two assists in a 19-4 win over Saint Michael's and five goals in a 15-11 victory against No. 15 Bentley. She also added six ground balls and four caused turnovers.

NE10 Weekly Honor Roll

Kerrin Heuser, Adelphi (Sr., M - Hicksville, N.Y.)
Heuser posted a team-leading 10 points with a near perfect shot on goal percentage in a 2-0 week for Adelphi. She notched a career-best seven goals in a 20-3 win at AIC, and for the week also grabbed five ground balls, four draw control wins and caused three turnovers.

Kelly-Ann McGrath, Adelphi (Jr., M - Franklin Square, N.Y.)
Adelphi closed out the regular season with two wins in which McGrath accounted for three caused turnovers and six draw control victories, while also collecting three ground balls. On the other side of the ball she contributed four points including a hat trick against Franklin Pierce.

Jenna Joseph, Assumption (Sr., A - Longmeadow, Mass.)
In two games for the Greyhounds, Joseph filled the stat sheet, as she scored four goals, ten assists, 14 points, ten draw controls, and two ground balls. On Wednesday against Pace, the senior recorded two goals and added three assists. In a win-or-go-home game at Southern Connecticut, Joseph took command of the Assumption offense, as she recorded a point in nine of the 12 goals by the Greyhounds. Her seven assists are a career-high, while also tying Emily Spath '20, who did it twice in 2019.

Caroline O'Connell, Assumption (Jr., D - Natick, Mass.)
O'Connell was a defensive force in two games this week for the Greyhounds, as she recorded nine ground balls and eight caused turnovers. Against No. 2 Pace, she scooped up four ground balls and forced four turnovers before racking up five ground balls and four caused turnovers at Southern Connecticut State.

Lilly Locastro, Le Moyne (Jr., D - Marcellus, N.Y.)
Locastro recorded three caused turnovers, five ground balls and three draw controls in sixth-ranked Le Moyne's 2-0 week. She had two caused turnovers and three ground balls in a 20-9 win over Southern Connecticut State on Wednesday. She tallied three draw controls, two ground balls and a caused turnover in a 15-8 victory over 25th-ranked Southern New Hampshire on Saturday.

Jessica Meneilly, Le Moyne (Sr., A - Cicero, N.Y.)
Meneilly recorded 10 points on nine goals and one assist and added four caused turnovers and five ground balls in sixth-ranked Le Moyne's 2-0 week. She scored a season-high six goals and had three caused turnovers and three ground balls in a 20-9 win over Southern Connecticut State on Wednesday. She tallied four points on three goals and one assist to go with two ground balls and a caused turnover in a 15-8 victory over 25th-ranked Southern New Hampshire on Saturday.

Taylor Cobain, Saint Anselm (Sr., A - East Greenwich, R.I.)
Cobain led the Hawks with 10 points, coming from a team-high eight goals and two assists. The senior scored three goals in the loss against Bentley before going for a game-high seven points. Cobain matched a game-high five goals and added two assists in the regular season finale against Saint Rose. Cobain put 12 shots on goal and collected one ground ball and two draw controls in the pair of contests.

Bayleigh Takacs, Southern Connecticut (Gr., A - Sparta, N.J.)
Takacs totaled 12 points in two games this week while breaking the program record for points in a season. Takacs' 12 points for the week brought her to 78 points for the season. She scored three goals and added two assists against Le Moyne. In the Owls season finale, with Southern's first postseason bid in program history on the line, Takacs scored twice and added five assists for seventh points.

NE10 Weekly Winners

2023 NE10 Women's Lacrosse Standings

	Conference				Overall
-	GP	W-L	PCT	GP	W-L	PCT
Pace	12	12-0	1.000	23	21-2	0.913
Le Moyne	12	11-1	0.917	21	18-3	0.857
Adelphi	12	9-3	0.750	20	13-7	0.650
Saint Anselm	12	8-4	0.667	18	13-5	0.722
Bentley	12	8-4	0.667	17	10-7	0.588
New Haven	12	8-4	0.667	19	11-8	0.579
Assumption	12	6-6	0.500	17	9-8	0.529
So. New Hampshire	12	5-7	0.417	17	9-8	0.529
So. Connecticut	12	4-8	0.333	16	8-8	0.500
Saint Rose	12	4-8	0.333	17	8-9	0.471
Franklin Pierce	12	2-10	0.167	16	3-13	0.188
American Int'l	12	1-11	0.083	15	3-12	0.200
Saint Michael's	12	0-12	0.000	15	2-13	0.133