Women's Lacrosse | 3/25/2024 7:28:00 PM
UTICA, NY - The Utica University women's lacrosse team (6-2) defeated SUNY Morrisville 20-10 on Monday afternoon to increase its winning streak to six. Samantha DeCondo became just the second player in program history to eclipse 200 career points after today's game.
DeCondo recorded a hat-trick on four shots goal, giving her 201 career points on 144 goals and 57 assists in 58 career games.
Grace Stuhlman led the team with six points, scoring four goals and two assists. Alyssa Drell scored four goals with Jordan Kowalski scoring one and racking up a trio of assists for four total points. Alyssa Pisano, Maria Stuhlman, Daniela Muscari, Bella Kolb, Kerry Carr, Alexis Alteri, Belicia Biette and Jessica Marciano had at least one point.
Grace Stuhlman had a great day at the draw circle, winning nine. Maria Stuhlman and Aana Blaszka collected five ground balls and two caused turnovers.
Makayla Purdy won her sixth game, recording 10 saves. She collected five in each half.
Grace Stuhlman collected three goals and two assists in the first quarter. She scored her first goal at the 10:58 mark with an assist from Kolb giving Utica a 1-0 lead. About two minutes later, Morrisville struck back evening the game at one. Utica would score five unanswered goals in just under four minutes as the team would lead 6-1 with 2:26 remaining. Morrisville would score with 37 seconds left and with 14 seconds, DeCondo notched a goal, sending Utica into the second quarter up 7-2.
Four different players would register one goal in the second quarter for Utica as the team went into halftime with an 11-4 advantage. Utica outshot Morrisville 19 to nine in the first half. The Pioneers went five for five, clearing the ball while limiting their turnovers to just three in the second. The team won 10 draw controls and made five saves.
Utica saw five different goal scorers in the third quarter, taking a 16-6 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
Morrisville and Utica each scored four goals in the fourth quarter. Utica would close out the game on a two-goal run, earning them their sixth consecutive win for a 20-10 victory.
Utica will host SUNY Canton on Wednesday, March 27 at 4 p.m.