PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The Sacred Heart women's lacrosse team fell on the road to Brown, 17-2, in the Pioneers' final non-conference contest of the 2019 season. The loss drops the Pioneers to 1-8 on the season while the Bears even their record at 5-5 in 2019.

SCORE
Brown 17 / Sacred Heart 2

RECORDS
Sacred Heart (1-8) / Brown (5-5)

LOCATION
Stevenson-Pincince Field / Providence, R.I.

First Half (12-1 BROWN)

• Brown dominated from the start of play, building a 6-0 lead less than seven minutes in before the Pioneers answered with their first goal of the day as Lydia Werlau found the back of the net with 22:31 left in the half
• Following the Werlau strike, the Bears netted six unanswered goals to hold a 12-1 lead heading into halftime
• The Bears owned dominating leads in shots (22-5), draw controls (11-3) and won the turnover battle 11-7

Second Half (17-2 BROWN)

• After Brown tacked on two more at the start of the second half, Cassie Cesario broke up the string of eight consecutive Brown goals with her 12^th of the season to make it 14-2
• With the game already in-hand, Brown tacked on three more before the final horn sounded on the 17-2 victory for the Bears
• Amy Cadle came on in relief of Shana Hecht in net across the final 7:47 of play as Hecht tallied nine saves in her 52+ minutes of action

NOTES

• Cesario upped her goal scoring streak to six in-a-row as she now has tallied 18 of her team-high 19 points over the last six games alone
• Werlau scored for the fourth straight game while increasing her goal total to 13 on the season which ranks second on the team (behind Hanna Wise's 18)
• Taylor Sweeney and Claire McElhenny led the defensive effort for SHU as the pairing each tallied two caused turnovers in the loss
• Hecht (nine saves, two ground balls) saw her double digit save streak come to an end as four straight games
• Anna Finn set a new season-high while Casey Hannon matched her season-high as the duo each tallied two ground balls
• Anna Mesham grabbed three of the seven draw controls on the day for SHU

NEXT GAME
SHU heads into the start of NEC play with a pair of home games this upcoming week. The Pioneers begin their conference slate with a Friday afternoon showdown with Bryant (3 PM) before playing host to CCSU on Sunday (1 PM).