Elmira Tops Kings; Fisher Downs Buffalo State
Elmira 10, Kings 6
The Elmira College women's lacrosse team (2-1) used four answered goals over the final 13:27 of regulation to pull away from visiting King's College (0-3) for a 10-6 victory.
Moorea Spoljaric '16,
Jessica Blinkinsop '15, and
Natalie Robinson '15 each had three goals in today's contest.
King's College, playing with no substitutes, instilled a slow-paced game-plan from the opening draw. The Monarchs executed their methodical approach to near perfection in the early goings as Amanda Harney put two goals on the board to take a 2-0 lead with 25:09 to play in the first half.
The Soaring Eagles regrouped after falling behind early and started to pick up the pace offensively. The results were in EC's favor as Elmira scored five straight goals within a nine minute stretch to take a 5-2 lead. Of the five goals, Blinkinsop and Robinson each had two. The Purple and Gold, however, would go quiet for the final 14:37 of the first half as Monarch goalie, Courtney Stefanik, made a handful of impressive saves to keep EC's total at five. King's would tack on two goals before the break, making it a 5-4 game at halftime.
Robinson scored the first goal of the second half, her third of the day, with 23:47 left in regulation, but King's would not go away. The Monarchs scored back-to-back goals, just 50 seconds apart from one another, to tie the game at six and force EC Head Coach
Katie Augustine-Moore to call a timeout.
Following the timeout, the Soaring Eagles upped their level of play on both ends of the field. EC's defensive intensity limited the attempts that King's had while Elmira's ball movement on the offensive end began to tire the Monarchs out. Spoljaric netted a free position goal with 13:27 to play, kick-starting the final run.
EC continued to put their foot on the gas as newcomer
Kylie Connell '17 registered her first goal of the game. Connell, who had an assist earlier in the contest, had her initial shot saved by the stick of Stefanik, but the rebound came right back to her and she was able to fire it home. Connell's goal gave Elmira an 8-6 lead with just over 10 minutes left in the second half. Blinkinsop and Spoljaric each scored their third goals of the afternoon late in the second half to seal EC's 10-6 victory.
St. John Fisher 16, Buffalo State 5
The nationally-ranked St. John Fisher College women's lacrosse team picked up its second win in as many days dropping Buffalo State College 16-5 Saturday at Growney Stadium.
With the win the 13
th-ranked Cardinals improve to 5-0 on the season while Buffalo State falls to 2-1.
Just as it did a day ago in an 11-6 win over SUNY Oneonta, Fisher jumped out to a 3-0 lead to start out the contest.
Emily Bryerton scored the first and third goals of the game. Bryerton's first goal was assisted by
Jordan Johnson and the second assist was credited to
Chrissy Cook at the 16 minute mark of the first half.
After Buffalo State notched its first goal of the game with just 11 minutes remaining in the half Fisher responded with two goals in an :11 second span to open up a 5-1 advantage.
Erin Ward had the first goal for the Cardinals following it up with an assist to
Taylor Hughes.
Samantha Barton scored her second of the game for the final goal of the half as Fisher led 6-1.
In the second half
Sierra Badger helped get things rolling with a free position goal. Badger picked up an assist shortly after finding Hughes for a one-handed catch and shoot for an 8-1 lead.
Buffalo State managed to net the games next two goals but Fisher closed out the game on a 8-2 run to seal the victory.
Hughes led the way for Fisher with four goals and one assist. Barton and Badger each finished with four points apiece.
New Paltz 14, Hartwick 13
A 5-1 run for visiting New Paltz over a 12-minute span in the second half was too much to overcome as the visitors came away with a 14-13 victory over Hartwick's women's lacrosse team on Saturday at Wright Stadium. 'Wick trailed by three, 14-11, with 11:21 left in the contest to pull to within one following tallies from
Lauren Rosenberg (Smithtown, NY/Commack) and
Lisa Littleton (Yorktown, NY/Yorktown), but New Paltz won possession and held the ball over the final two and a half minutes to secure the win.
Senior midfielder
Ali Sisco (Kendall Park, NJ/South Brunswick) and Littleton combined for seven of Hartwick's goals. Sisco registered four tallies with Littleton netting three.
Junior
Emily Jweid (Marcy, NY/Whitesboro) scored two goals and dished out a game-high three assists. Rosenberg closed out the game with two goals and one helper.
Hartwick would draw first blood 4:13 into the game on a Jweid goal. New Paltz came back with a pair of tallies, but Sisco and Littleton found the net 46 seconds apart to regain the lead for 'Wick, 3-2.
New Paltz evened the score on the man-advantage, but
Ally Naja (Glens Falls, NY/South Glens Falls) came right back 17 ticks later to keep Hartwick in front. Rosenberg's first tally of the day gave the Hawks an insurance goal at 11:11.
Carissa Citro trimmed the Hartwick advantage to one at 8:24 and the game remained a one-goal affair for nearly five minutes. Jweid then scored on a free-position shot at 3:32 and Sisco scored 26 seconds later to give the hosts their biggest lead of the day, 7-4.
Citro and Talia Tesler came back with goals with under two minutes left for New Paltz only to have sophomore
Kia Ference (Schenectady, NY/Schenectady) beat the halftime buzzer to increase the 'Wick margin to two, 8-6, at the break.
New Paltz would out-shoot Hartwick 17-12 in the opening 30 minutes. The visitors would also hold a 19-13 edge in ground balls. 'Wick had a decisive edge in draws in the period, 10-4.
New Paltz came out firing in the second half, as it scored three times inside of three minutes to take its first lead since early in the first half. Sisco tied the match just 35 seconds later and Littleton would put her team ahead just a short time later.
Lianne Valdivia scored consecutive goals at 23:19 and 20:53 to put New Paltz in front to stay. Citro gave her team a two-goal cushion, 12-10, at 20:26 but Sisco trimmed the deficit to one at 16:18 with her fourth goal of the game.
Both teams had opportunities to score over the next four and a half minutes but Mariam Ismail would finally break through for New Paltz at 11:57. Valdivia added another goal after 36 seconds to put New Paltz ahead 14-11 with 11:21 to play.
One minute later Rosenberg finished off a Jweid feed and the game stayed at 14-12 for the next seven minutes. New Paltz would out-shoot Hartwick 4-2 over the span with both Citro and Rosenberg hitting the post for their respective teams. Finally, Rosenberg would set up Littleton for Hartwick's thirteenth goal with 3:23 showing on the clock.
'Wick secured the ensuing draw but a turnover gave possession back to New Paltz. The visitors would play keep-away for the final 2:19, not allowing Hartwick to get a shot at tying the game.
New Paltz (2-0) had advantages in shots (36-22) and ground balls (33-22) to end the game. Hartwick had 18 draws to New Paltz's 10.
Valdivia scored four goals and added one assist for the victors. Citro added three goals and two assists and Tesler registered three scores.
Jweid and
Meagan Wright (Mahopac, NY/Mahopac) each hauled in eight draws in the game. Jweid and goalkeeper
Steph Luce (Saratoga Springs, NY/Saratoga Springs) each had four ground balls. Luce finished with a season-high 14 saves in the 'Wick cage.
Citro had a game-high of five ground balls and a team-best five draws for New Paltz. Goalkeeper Jackie Ulanoff made five saves to earn the win in goal.