Taylor Yandow and Ashlee Pechulis scored three goals apiece, and fourth-seeded Lasell College outlasted top-seeded St. Joseph’s for a 6-5 victory in a Great Northeast Athletic Conference women’s lacrosse semifinal Thursday at Deering High’s Memorial Field.

Kat Gadbois and Elizabeth Elcock each had two goals for the Monks (16-3), and Elyse Caiazzo also scored.

Gadbois started the scoring 2:40 into the game before the Lasers (12-6) came back with five unanswered goals.

Yandow scored three straight before halftime to give Lasell a 3-1 lead at the break.

Pechulis then converted a pair of free-position goals in the first five minutes of the second half.

Elcock scored on a feed from Reagan Emerson for the Monks with 20:59 remaining. Pechulis countered with her third of the game 4:54 later.

St. Joseph’s scored the final three goals, getting within one on Elcock’s second goal with 5:32 to play.

The Lasers will face second-seeded Johnson & Wales, a 9-8 winner over Emmanual on Thursday, in Saturday’s final.

KEENE STATE 15, USM 8: Five players had multiple-goal games for Keene State as the second-seeded Owls (10-7) defeated the sixth-seeded Huskies (6-10) in a Little East Conference semifinal at Keene, New Hampshire.

The Owls scored four unanswered goals in the first 10 minutes and led 6-1 midway through the first half. They outshot the Huskies 35-21 for the game.

Keene State’s offense was led by Samantha Ballard and Kaitlin Nolan, who each scored three goals.

Sarah Pelligrinelli led the Huskies with five goals. Hannah LaSalle, Aubrey Pennell and Lauren Lessard also scored.

Keene State will face Plymouth State in the final on Saturday. The fourth-seeded Panthers upset No. 1 Eastern Connecticut, 13-12.

FOOTBALL

TEXAS A&M: Assistant coach Aaron Moorehead apologized Thursday for a series of tweets about loyalty and accountability he posted soon after a highly touted quarterback recruit announced he was breaking a verbal commitment to the Aggies.

A few minutes after Tate Martell from Bishop Gorman High in Las Vegas tweeted Wednesday night he was reopening his recruitment, Moorehead posted “I feel sorry for ppl who never understand loyalty.”

Moorehead followed with more critical tweets, never naming Martell. Soon after, another Aggies recruit, receiver Mannie Netherly, posted on Twitter that he was also reversing his commitment.

On Thursday, Moorehead posted an apology to “all the young men in high school who work so hard to achieve their dreams of playing college football …”

He also apologized to Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin.

Sumlin said on the Southeastern Conference teleconference with reporters that he discussed the situation with Moorehead.

“He’s taken responsibility for his actions, and we’ll move on from there,” Sumlin said.

Sumlin declined to say if there would be any punishment for Moorehead.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

HALL OF FAME TOURNAMENT: Duke and Cincinnati, 2016 NCAA tournament teams, highlight the eight-team field for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Tournament on Nov. 19 and 20 in Uncasville, Connecticut.

Also in the field are Rhode Island, Penn State, Grand Canyon, Albany, Marist and Brown.

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