Cardinals and Ducks Claim Wins
STEVENS 13, FDU-Florham 9
Senior attack
Caitlyn Hughes scored six goals and junior midfielder
Erika Wilcox had five as the Stevens Institute of Technology women's lacrosse team improved to 2-1 on the young 2015 season with a 13-9 win at FDU-Florham Friday.
After taking a 7-6 margin into the intermission, Stevens allowed the Devils (2-2) to take an 8-7 edge 4:16 into the second half. The hosts' lead would be short lived as the Ducks answered, ripping off four-straight goals to take an 11-8 advantage.
Wilcox pulled Stevens even with 24:13 left, and sophomore midfielder
Kathleen Kalbian gave the Ducks a lead they would never relinquish 2:02 later. Hughes made it a 10-8 game thanks to an assist from freshman midfielder
Julianna Ricci, and freshman attack
Cami Santor tallied unassisted with 15:37 remaining to close the spurt.
FDU fought back within two at the 9:17 mark, but two Hughes goals closed the scoring and sealed Stevens' first road win of the season.
The Ducks went on top 3-0 early thanks to a pair of Wilcox tallies and one from Hughes. FDU fought back within one, but Wilcox from sophomore
Caroline DeLuca and Hughes from Kalbian put the guests back on top 5-2. The see-saw first continued with FDU outscoring Stevens 4-2 over the final 11:34 of the period to get within one at halftime. Wilcox scored another thanks to an assist from senior attack
Andrea Dragoni, and Dragoni fed Hughes for her third goal of the first.
Kalbian had six draw controls with Wilcox adding four, and senior defender
Amanda Ingersoll tallied a game-best five caused turnovers. Sophomore defender
Betsy Crossland had a pair of caused turnovers, with Kalbian, DeLuca, Wilcox and Santor all scooping up two ground balls each.
Junior
Catie Shelton and freshman
Stephanie Schnelzer combined to make five saves in goal with Shelton earning the win. Schnelzer - who came on in the second half - and the Stevens defense allowed just three second-half goals.
The Ducks ended with a 29-15 margin in shots, putting 23 on target, and committed only 11 turnovers. Stevens held a 12-9 edge in draw controls with the Ducks earning a slight 11-7 advantage in ground balls.
Sophomore Brienna Reasoner led the Devils with four goals and senior Grace Warburton made 10 saves.
ST. JOHN FISHER 11, Oneonta 10 (OT)
Jordan Johnson scored the lone goal in overtime to propel the nationally-ranked women's lacrosse team to an 11-10 victory Friday over visiting Oneonta State.
With the win, No. 17 Fisher improves to 3-1 overall while the Red Dragons fall to 0-3.
Sierra Badger tallied an unassisted goal with 1:48 remaining in regulation to put the Cardinals ahead 10-8, however the visitors were able to notch two late goals to send the game to overtime.
Johnson scored the final of her team-high three goals with 1:13 remaining in the first overtime to fuel Fisher's victory.
After being knotted up at 5s at halftime, Fisher pushed ahead 8-5 scoring the first three goals of the half.
Kennedy Frinkstarted the run for Fisher just two minutes in and Lindsay Shoales capped the run at 23:11 on a man-up goal from Frink.
The Red Dragons pulled to within one at 8-7 before
Samantha Barton gave Fisher a 9-7 edge with just over 10 minutes remaining.
Molly Maguire came in relief at goal to earn her first-career win. The freshman tallied four saves in 46:35 of play.
Barton, Badger, and Erin ward each chipped in a pair of goals for Fisher.