Bombers Power to Sixth Straight Win, Defeat Elmira, 18-1
Elmira, N.Y. – The Ithaca College women’s lacrosse team (9-3, 5-0 Empire 8) defeated host Elmira (7-6, 1-4 Empire 8), 18-1, on Saturday afternoon to win its sixth straight contest.
Ithaca got off to a strong 7-0 lead and never looked back. The Soaring Eagles scored its lone goal at 20:38 of the first before the Bombers put away three more to lead, 10-1, at the break. Ithaca, who had 11 score during the contest, tallied eight unanswered in the latter frame.
Senior Nicole Borisenok led the way with a game-best five goals and a pair of assists, while senior Racquel Lividini, sophomore Becky Guzzo and freshman Molly Fischer each found the back of the net twice.
Junior Nikki Dahl, who scored once, had a game-high three assists with
Lividini adding two.
Senior Tracy Rivas and junior Kaitlyn Hoffay, who each had one goal and one assist, collected a game-high five ground balls, as did
Borisenok and freshman Niki Standera.
Junior Kim Armbruster won a career-high nine draw controls and
Fischer won six.
Junior Jess Worthman made five saves for the win in 44:14 of action. Sophomore Brittany Romano made one stop in 15:46.
The Bombers outshot Elmira, 29-10, had 43 ground balls to the Soaring Eagles’ 30 and won 15 of 21 draw controls.
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