Women's Lacrosse | 5/12/2024 3:52:00 PM
MIDDLEBURY, VT – The St. John Fisher University women's lacrosse team competed in the second round of the 2024 NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Tournament on Sunday, taking on no. 1 ranked Middlebury College. The Cardinals fell behind in the first quarter and despite settling in for the remainder of the game, the team fell, 18-5, to the panthers.
Fisher was down 11-0 after one quarter of play. In the second frame, Ellie Leisen and Sydney Carpenter both scored to get on the board and made the score 14-2 at halftime. The Cardinals held the Panthers scoreless in the third quarter, while Emma Biel and Cara Landry scored to cut the deficit to 10 goals. Landry added another goal in the fourth, but the team was outscored 4-1 in the frame and Fisher fell by a final score of 18-5.
Middlebury improved to 19-0 on the season, out-scoring opponents, 307-114 this season. The Panthers have now won 47 straight games, including the last two NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championships. Hope Shue led the Panthers with eight points on six goals and two assists.
Both Landry and Biel finished with two points, with Landry scoring twice and Biel tallying a goal and assist. Carpenter and Leisen were the other goal scorers for the team. The Cardinals finish the season with a 12-8 record, 6-0 in conference play and Empire 8 Conference Champions for the 12th consecutive season.
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