Bridgewater State and Westfield State have advanced to the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Women's Lacrosse Title Game on Saturday after winning their respective semifinals contests Thursday night.

#1 Westfield State 15, #4 Worcester State 12 Box Score

WESTFIELD, Mass.  – Seven Westfield State University players scored at least two goals as the top-seeded Owls used a balanced team attack to defeat fourth-seeded Worcester State, 15-12 in the semifinals of the MASCAC women's lacrosse tournament at Alumni Field on Thursday evening.
 
Westfield improves to 13-4 on the season with the win and extended its school record winning streak to 13 games.  The Owls will host the conference championship game on Sunday, squaring off with third-seeded Bridgewater State, a 19-11 winner over second seed Fitchburg tonight.
 
Worcester State falls to 13-6 with the loss.
 
Tonight's game was a see-saw battle.  Westfield ran out to a 4-0 lead in the first six and a half minutes, with senior attack Stephanie Lenhardt (Duxbury/Duxbury, Mass.) tallying both of her goals in that span.
 
The Lancers responded with a run of their own. Trailing 5-1, Worcester scored six unanswered goals, grabbing the lead at 6-5 when Molly Kilday (Westford Acadmey/Westford, Mass.) picked up the draw and went straight to goal to put the Lancers in front for the first time with 9:58 left in the first half.  Mackenzie Little (Marlboro/Marlboro, Mass.) tallied just over a minute later to give the Lancers a 7-5 lead, after getting a feed from Kaila Chase (Northbridge/Northbridge, Mass.) at the top of the fan.
 
Westfield punched back with league rookie of the year Brooke Williams(Minnechaug/Wilbraham, Mass.) scoring off a sharp move at the top of the fan that made her defender fall, then dodged another would be defender in going to goal to cut the lead to 7-6 with 6:13 left in the half.
 
42 second later Williams fed Roni Orcutt (Westfield/Granville, Mass.) in transition to tie the game at 7-7.  The two teams traded goals before Westfield's Caroline Smart buried a free position shot with 28 seconds left in the half to give the Owls a 9-8 lead at the intermission.
 
The battle continued through the early stages of the second half.  Blair Smith(Milford/Milford, Mass.) scored on a feed from Lenhardt 2:32 into the half to give Westfield a two goal lead. But Worcester's Jackie Connors (Ashland/Ashland, Mass.) answered with a goal off a loose ball in front of the net with 26:34 to play to cut the lead back to one, 10-9.
 
Westfield appeared to take the two-goal lead back when Stephanie Godek  (West Springfield/West Springfield, Mass.) took the draw and went to goal, but the goal was disallowed after a stick check to keep the lead at one.
 
Westfield scored three goals in a three minute span, capped by Samantha Lungarini's (Agawam/Agawam, Mass.) marker off of another Lenhardt feed. Orcutt got the draw control and surprised the defense with a long pass from midfield to Lenhardt to set up the goal, which gave Westfield a 15-10 lead with 10:57 to play. 
 
Connors would add two more goals for the Lancers, but Westfield controlled the ball and the clock for much of the last 10 minutes to earn the win.
 
Westfield junior goalkeeper Mimi Khampaeng  (Minnechaug/Wilbraham, Mass.)came up with 13 saves in the win, making several clutch saves on free position attempts by the Lancers, and several more on shots from point blank range.
 
Blair Smith finished with three goals and an assist for the Owls.  Lenhardt and Williams each added two goals and four assists.
 
Connors led the way for Worcester State with six goals. Alaina Martin (E. Longmeadow/E. Longmeadow, Mass.) added two goals and two assists.

#3 Bridgewater State 19, #2 Fitchburg State 11 Box Score

FITCHBURG, Mass. -- Third-seeded Bridgewater State University posted a 19-11 win over #2 Fitchburg State University in a Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) Women's Lacrosse Tournament semifinal round contest on Thursday night at Elliot Field.

The Bears (11-8) ended the contest on a 6-0 run to advance to their eighth consecutive tournament championship game, as they will travel to top-seeded Westfield State University on Saturday. Game time is slated for 1:00 PM.

Marissa Yowell paced Bridgewater State with a season-high seven goals and eight points, while Lauren Geary filled the stat sheet with three goals, an assist, five ground balls, nine draw controls and two caused turnover.

Melissa Renauld added four goals for the Bears and Riley Cachelin chipped in with a goal and five assists. Alex King checked in with three goals and a helper. 

In a closely contested first half, Bridgewater State broke the five-minute scoreless tie with a goal by King off an assist by Yowell. The Falcons responded with a pair of goals by Jaimee Lutz and Ali Laferriere to take an early 2-1 advantage.

Midway though the opening stanza the scoring came in bunches with both teams netting a pair of goals each.

With 8:39 on the clock the Bears went on a 3-0 run to regain the lead, including a pair of goals by Renauld with Cachelin assisting on both tallies. 

Kayla Panek would find the back of the net with just over three minutes remaining in the first half to cut the Falcons deficit to 11-9 heading into halftime.

In a back and forth battle in the beginning of the second half, both teams exchanged two goals apiece to bring the score up to 13-11 before Bridgewater State would pull away with a six goal barrage.

Yowell found the back of the net at the 13:12 mark to start the 6-0 streak, as she went on to add two more to add to the Bears lead.

Fitchburg State was held scoreless over the last 15 minutes of play. BSU netminder Allie Forman stopped all seven shots she faced (including three on the free position) over the final 15 minutes.

Forman equaled her season-high with 19 saves in the win, while her counterpart Elizabeth Darrigo stopped 15 shots in the losing effort.

Laferriere led the Falcons with five goals and one assist, while Comeau had a pair of tallies and one helper.

Bridgewater State held a 38-33 edge in shots, while the hosts held the advantage in draw-controls, 17-15. The Bears converted 7 of 9 free position attempts, while the Falcons went just 1-for-8.

With the loss the Green & Gold end their season with 14-4 record, which is a program high in victories.

Bridgewater State is in search of its eighth consecutive conference championship dating back to when the teams played in the New England Women's Lacrosse Association (NEWLA) until 2013.

Courtesy of Fitchburg and Westfield State Sports Information