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LOWELL, Mass. – Career performances by sophomores Rebecca Idson (East Atlantic Beach, N.Y.) and Kendyl Finelli (Southborough, Mass.), along with an eight-goal second half propelled the UMass Lowell women's lacrosse team (1-2) to an 11-6 victory against Iona (2-3) for its first win of the year.
 
Finelli matched program records in both assists (4) and points (5) in a single game, in addition to marking a career-high five points (1g, 4a), while Idson's career-best four goals tied a program record as well. The five goal differential marked the River Hawks largest margin of victory in program history.
 
"We are happy to come away with that win," said Head Coach Carissa Medeiros, "We did a lot of good things offensively that we have been trying to work on. Both teams made a lot of mistakes and it came down to who was able to capitalize on those mistake and we able to capitalize off Iona's. We were able to get a cushion in the second half but in tight games we can't make the same mistakes moving forward."
 
Defense controlled the first half as Iona carried a slight, 4-3, lead at halftime. Sophomores Kristina Keith (East Kingston, N.H.), Finelli and Idson all notched goals for the River Hawks who held a 13-11 edge in shots after 30 minutes of play.
 
Iona drew blood first with an early goal at 28:19, before Keith tallied the equalizer nearly six minutes later making it 1-1 game. The Gaels later answered with back-to-back goals, producing their biggest lead of the game, 3-1. With under 10 minutes remaining, the two teams traded goals once again, before Idson rounded out the scoring with 43 seconds remaining to make it a 4-3 contest.
 
Junior Kaylan DiModugno (Deer Park, N.Y.) scored her first goal of the game to tie the game at 4-4 at 27:10 in the second, before Idson's second mark of the game gave the home team a 5-4 advantage and a lead they would fail to relinquish.
 
The River Hawks' offensive continued to grind, as the team strung together seven consecutive tallies to jump out to a 10-4 lead. Idson tallied three of her four goals during UMass Lowell's 7-0 run before Iona's Jenna Tolzmann got the Gaels on the board for the first time in the final half.
 
Iona outscored the River Hawks, 2-1, in the final five minutes of regulation but it was too late as UMass Lowell's five goal cushion secured the 11-6 win.
 
Junior Austin Trasatti (Doylestown, Pa.) and sophomore Jane Dudley (Duxbury, Mass.) played a part the second half comeback, netting one and two goals, respectively. Overall, UMass Lowell was aided by seven different points scorers, including four multi-pointer scorers.
 
Junior goalkeeper Courtney Barrett (South Burlington, Vt.) denied seven saves in the outing, while her counterpart recorded eight saves herself. Three River Hawks led the team with two caused turnovers.
 
UMass Lowell is back in action on Wednesday, March 8 when they hit the road for a 3:00 p.m. quarrel at Army.