The Keene State women’s lacrosse team took to the road this past Saturday, February 29, to take on the Wheaton Lyons in the Owls’ season opener. 

The Owls were the first to score in the game with first-year midfielder Haile Ratajack sinking one into the back of the goal only 31 seconds into game play. 

However, the Lyons, who entered the game with a win already under their belts from earlier in the week, pulled ahead quickly by scoring the next four goals of the game. Three of those goals were scored by senior attack Lilly Callahan.

Keene State fought back with a score from senior midfielder Tess Masci around the 19-minute mark of the first half, but once again Wheaton took off on another scoring streak.

This time the Lyons saw five more goals before Keene State senior midfielder Erica Chareth made a score. However, the Owls still were not able to get a footing as the Lyons scored seven more points throughout the first half. Keene State finished out the first half with four points after Masci scored her second goal of the game, while the Lyons accumulated 16 points throughout the first half.

The Owls started off the second half strong with a three-goal scoring streak at the hands of sophomore midfielder Brigid Casey, who scored once, and junior attack Ali Daisy, who scored twice.

Callahan scored once more to put a stop to the Owls’ streak, however, Chareth scored for her second time only a few minutes later.

The Lyons went on to score four more times, while the Owls saw one more score from Ratajack in the second half.

Final score of the game was Owls 9, Lyons 21. 

Top scorers for the Owls were Chareth, Masci, Ratajack and Daisy, who all scored twice.

The women’s lacrosse team will have their home opener against Colby-Sawyer on Tuesday, March 10, at 4 p.m.

Claire Boughton can be contacted at

cboughton@kscequinox.com

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Claire Boughton

Hello! My name is Claire Boughton. I have worked with the Equinox for a little over two years and have held the position of the Senior Sports Reporter and now the Sports Editor. I am from West Simsbury, Connecticut, and live with my mom and dad. I have an older brother named Grant who is currently living in Albany, New York, but plans to move to New York City in a few months (because a global pandemic didn’t seem to scare him away from city-life). I have two cats named Stella and Luna, a dog named Sage and a fish named Shrimp. My cats are both 16 years old, making them both 108 human years old. That means that they would have survived through the Great Depression, both World Wars, the Cold War, women earning the right to vote and so much more. That’s a lot of wisdom. My dog is 12 years old, making her 74 human years old. We adopted her when she was four years old from Arkansas. I’m not sure how old Shrimp is but he is a baby betta I bought at PETCO about three weeks ago. I am an avid plant owner and love to help my friends and family keep their plants alive. I also wrote an article on kscequinox.com about what plants are good for what dorm rooms. I paint and draw in whatever free time I have and sometimes ride my bike that I got in middle school. My favorite part of the Sports Editor position is creating the weekly layout for the sports section. I have always loved design and making things nice to look at which I get to do every week with this job! If you are interested in writing for the sports section or have any questions you can contact me at cboughton@kscequinox.com.