Women's Lacrosse 4/22/2015 9:23:00 PM Written by Gina DiCiancia, Athletic Comm. Asst.

Women’s Lacrosse closes out regular season with big win over Nichols

Box Score BRISTOL, R.I. - The Roger Williams University Women's lacrosse team ended their regular season with a 20-5 win over Nichols College on Wednesday afternoon.

With the win, Roger Williams (11-4, 7-1 CCC) earns a first-round bye into the CCC Tournament as the #2 seed and will host the winner of the Endicott College/Salve Regina University CCC Quarterfinal matchup on Wednesday, April 29. Nichols ends the season at 5-11 overall and 2-6 in the conference.

Nichols opened the game with a quick goal by Alyssa Bufis (Linden, N.J.) less than two minutes into the game. Roger Williams quickly answered back with a goal by Mackenzie Logan (Vernon, N.J.). From there, it would be all Roger Williams, as the Hawks scored 13 unanswered goals over the rest of the half.

Five more quick goals were scored by Kelsey Rahilly (E. Longmeadow, Mass.), Leah Osborne (New Fairfield, Conn.), Deven Machette (Norwalk, Conn.) and two of the five goals by Kaelin Hogan (Bethel, Conn.), all in a matter of a six minutes.

After a Bison timeout Machette, Caitlin Murphy (Londonderry, N.H.), McKenna Everding (Fayetteville, N.Y.), and Osborne each notched goals for the Hawks for a 9-0 lead before closing out the half with four more scores for a 13-1 lead.

In the first five minutes of the second half, Rahilly fed the ball to Carly Martin (Scituate, Mass.) for a goal. The Bison ended the Hawks' run three minutes later with a free position goal by Grace Murphy (Montclair, Va.). Murphy would tally her second goal of the game with 17 minutes left to make it 16-3 in favor of Roger Williams.

Bufis and Erica Antonison (Albertson, N.Y.) notched the last goals of the game for Nichols. Antonison made a strong defensive play, stealing the ball from the keeper, drawing the foul and scoring on a free-position shot.

Rahilly set a new school record with ten assists for the Hawks in the game, shattering her previous record of seven set on four separate occasions. She also tied a career high with 11 points in the game.

Machette matched a career best with eight goals in the game for RWU. Hawk goalie Annie Bartkus earned her first win of the season, making four saves for the Hawks.

Katherine Cotton (Kennebunk, Maine) had 11 saves for the Bison in the loss. Murphy and Bufis each scored twice, while Antonison had the other goal for Nichols.

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