Posted: Apr 22, 2013

Another Season High Goals for Bay Path College lead by O'Melia

Bay Path

(1-4, 0-4 NECC)

Wheelock

(3-9, 2-2 NECC)

Final

Bay Path (1-4, 0-4 NECC)

Wheelock (3-9, 2-2 NECC)

Game Leaders

Bay Path

G: JIllian O'Melia - 4

A: Nicole Mitchell - 2

Sv: Kelly Wilbur - 19

GB: 2 Players (#21, #25) - 4

Wheelock

G: Katie Gavin - 9

A: Katie Gavin - 2

Sv: Monica Bettle - 4

GB: Kaitlyn Donnelly - 7

Team Stats

Bay Path

Wheelock

Shots

Ground Balls

Saves

Clears

13-22

Turnovers

Draw Controls

Free Position Shots

1-4

2-3

Full stats

BOSTON, MA – Junior midfielder Katie Gavin (Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA) tallied 11 points, including nine goals to lead the Wheelock College women's lacrosse team to a 22-8 victory over Bay Path College this afternoon in a New England Collegiate Conference match at Winsor Field in Boston, MA.

Wheelock netted the first four goals of the afternoon in the opening five-plus minutes of the match, including a pair from Gavin and one each from junior middie Christina Cubera (Baltimore, MD) and freshman attacker Anna Shuqom (Brookline, MA). Bay PAth Sophomore attacker Nicole Mitchell (Hopkinton, MA) broke the Wheelock string and put Bay Path on the board at the 24:04 mark of the first half, before Gavin tallied two more for Wheelock to give them a 6-1 cushion with 20:38 to go in the half. Junior midfielder Jillian O'Melia (East Longmeadow, MA) scored three minutes later for Bay Path to cut the deficit to 6-2, but Wheelock scored three straight goals on markers from sophomore midfielder Molly Centore (Kennebunk, ME), Gavin and sophomore midfielder Jessica Hersom (Sanford, ME) to take a 9-2 lead with 14:12 remaining in the period. Bay Path's Megan Squadrito (Ellington, CT) and O'Melia sandwiched goals around a Gavin score to make it 10-4, before Wheelock strung together four straight goals to take a 14-4 lead with 4:45 showing on the scoreboard. Cubera scored a pair to go with a goal each from Gavin and Centore during the string. Squadrito and Gavin traded goals to end the half as Wheelock took a 15-5 advantage into the intermission.

Shuqom scored the first goal of the second stanza just 96 seconds into the period to increase the home team's lead to 16-5. Senior attacker Shelby Regan (Longmeadow, MA) and O'Melia each found the back of the net for Bay Path to bookend a tally by Wheelock freshman midfielder Kaitlyn Donnelly (Atkinson, NH) to set the score at 17-7 with 21:52 left in the contest. Gavin scored at 20:08, before senior attacker Kailah Simon (Norwalk, CT) followed with her first collegiate goal for Wheelock at the 18:36 mark. Sophomore attacker Liz Randall (Westford, MA) also scored for Wheelock to give them a 20-7 lead with just over 10 minutes to go. Bay Path capitalized on a two-player advantage with a pair of Wheelock players in the penalty box and saw O'Melia convert a feed from Mitchell for her team-leading ninth goal of the season to pull the visitors to within 20-8 with 6:58 to play in the game. Hersom and Cubera scored the final goals of the day for Wheelock to make it 22-8.

O'Melia led Bay Path with four goals, five draw controls, four ground balls and a caused turnover, while Mitchell ended with three points, including a pair of assists to go with three draw controls and a ground ball. Squadrito tallied a pair of goals, picked up three ground balls and caused a turnover.

Junior goaltender Monica Bettle (Pembroke, MA) stopped four shots to earn her first collegiate victory for Wheelock, while junior Kelley Wilbur (West Hartford, CT) made 19 saves for Bay Path.

Bay Path hosts Daniel Webster College in its season finale on April 27 at 1:00 p.m. While Wheelock will be in action again on Monday, April 22 when it hosts Bridgewater State University at 7:00 p.m.