Newburgh, N.Y. – Senior
Victoria Ward (Oceanside, N.Y.) scored five goals and
Karlie Ferrucci (Wappingers Falls, N.Y.) matched her career-high with nine draw controls on Saturday, but the Mount Saint Mary College Women's Lacrosse team was edged on Senior Day 14-11 by St. Joseph's-L.I. Prior to the game, the Knights honored
Carolyn Del Debbio (Southington, Conn.),
Britany Dones (Middletown, N.Y.),
Alyssa Alvarez (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.), Ward,
Sinead Henry (Pearl River, N.Y.) and
Michelle Licata (Plainview, N.Y.).
Saturday's loss drops Mount Saint Mary to 4-8 overall on the season and 1-3 in league play, while the Golden Eagles improve to 4-5 overall and 3-2 against conference rivals.
How It Happened
- A low scoring first half saw the two teams head into the intermission deadlocked at 5-5.
- After the visitors grabbed an early 1-0 lead, the Mount got consecutive goals from Ella Garner (Wappingers Falls, N.Y.) and Erica Schmidgall (North Massapequa, N.Y.) to take their only lead of the game with 6:02 left in the first period.
- St. Joseph's evened the score on a Kayleigh Mimnaugh tally with 3:16 left in the first before Melissa Newman scored a player-up goal in the closing seconds of the quarter to give the Golden Eagles a 3-2 lead through 15 minutes.
- After St. Joseph's spread its lead to 5-2 with the first two goals of the second stanza, Ward scored three straight goals over the final 3:15 of the first half to get the Knights even at the break.
- Ward finished off a feed from Del Debbio to start the run before scoring her 30th and 31st goals of the season just 40 apart to tie the score at 5-5.
- Coming out of halftime, the visitors scored three straight goals over the first 5:35 of the third period to regain an 8-5 lead following back-to-back Emily O'Mara markers.
- Ferrucci potted two straight goals late in the third frame to get the Mount to with 8-7, but the Knights would not be able to pull even again in the game.
- Ward's fifth goal of the game with 4:45 left in regulation brought the Mount to within a single shot again, but the Golden Eagles scored two goals in the final 1:45 of the contest to close out the three-goal victory.
For The Knights
- Ward scored five times, pushing her season goal total to 33 and point total to 48. Ward rounded out a strong game with six draw controls.
- Ferrucci collected nine draw controls for the second straight contest and supported the offense with two goals and two assists.
- Shannon McGowan (Farmingdale, N.Y.) tallied twice and collected three groundballs.
- Del Debbio secured two groundballs and recorded an assist.
- Kate Crooker (Boonton, N.J.) finished a strong all-around game with an assist, four groundballs, three caused turnovers and three draws.
- Liz Petrellese (Levittown, N.Y.) played well in goal, turning aside 10 shots and matching the team-high with four groundballs.
For The Golden Eagles
- O'Mara scored four times and assisted on two goals while adding three groundballs and a pair of draws.
- Jamie Trowbridge finished with a hat trick, five groundballs, four caused turnovers and three draw controls.
- Amanda Gennardo and Mimnaugh each scored twice with Gennardo contributing four groundballs, two caused turnovers and a draw control.
- Maggie Harding picked up the win in goal with nine stops.
Game Statistics
- St. Joseph's held a slim 31-29 advantage in shots, including a 24-20 edge in shots on goal.
- Groundballs went to the Golden Eagles, 25-16.
- Mount Saint Mary finished with an 18-10 advantage in draw controls.
- Mount Saint Mary went 16-for-18 in clears.
- St. Joseph's was successful on 20 of its 23 clearing attempts.
What's Next
- Mount Saint Mary plays host to Purchase Tuesday night.
- St. Joseph's travels to the College of Mount Saint Vincent Tuesday afternoon.
