Box Score WATERVILLE, Maine--Senior Hazel Stoddard had a game-high seven points, and freshman Caitlyn Lamb added a career-high five, to lead the Maine Maritime Academy women's lacrosse squad to a resounding 14-2 victory Wednesday over Thomas College in the North Atlantic Conference opener at Smith Field. Maine Maritime raises its overall record to 5-1 while riding a five-game winning streak. Thomas, meanwhile, falls to 1-4 on the season.

Maine Maritime Highlights

• Junior goalie Ella Bowes was credited with four saves in the win, playing the first 41 minutes and 40 seconds.
• Sophomore Lillian Diversi chipped in three goals.
• Stoddard finished with two goals and a game-best five assists, while Lamb posted a hat trick and two helpers.
• Senior Kirra Magana and junior Rebecca Caron both had two goals and an assist. Magana also recorded a game-high nine draw controls.
• Freshman Hadley Stoddard, who is the reigning NAC Player and Rookie of the Week, also enjoyed a multi-point game with a pair of goals.

Thomas Highlights

• Isabella Pelletier and Emily Wallingford scored for the Terriers.
• Bristol Sine made 10 stops in goal, earned two ground balls and had a game-high-tying two caused turnovers.

How it Happened

• Maine Maritime raced out to a 7-0 first-quarter advantage and was never threatened after that.
• Diversi, Magana and Caron scored 2:44 apart by the 9:29 mark of the opening stanza to provide all the offense the Mariners would need.
• Maine Maritime led 10-0 at the halftime break.
• Wallingford put Thomas on the scoreboard with 10:15 remaining left in the third quarter.
• Maine Maritime also had statistical advantages in shots (31-10), draw controls (15-3), clears (8-8 to 10-15) and turnovers (9-13).

Inside the Boxscore

• Maine Maritime leads the all-time series 11-2, including a 6-1 ledger at Thomas.
• The two goals are the fewest MMA has ever yielded to the Terriers, who won the first two meetings in 2015 and '16.
• The Mariners are off to their best six-game start in program history.
• Maine Maritime had a season-low nine turnovers for the fewest in a game since April 29, 2023, at SUNY-Poly when MMA committed eight.

Next Up

• Maine Maritime will have its NAC home opener on Saturday (3 p.m.) against UMaine-Farmington at Ritchie Field.