Newburgh, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary Women's Lacrosse team clinched a berth in the Skyline Conference Championship Saturday afternoon after defeating Old Westbury 11-2 in their regular season finale. The Knights had a balanced offensive attack, with four different players scoring multiple goals on the day.
Erica Schmidgall (Farmingdale, N.Y) led the way offensively totaling a game high five points and
Karlie Ferrucci (Wappingers Falls, N.Y.) tallied three goals and one assist.
Saturday's victory pushes the Knights to 6-10 overall and 3-5 in conference play while Old Westbury finishes their season at 2-9 overall and 1-7 in Skyline competition.
How It Happened
- The first quarter was all Mount Saint Mary, outscoring Old Westbury 4-0 in the frame.
- The Knights got the scoring started quickly at the 14:39 mark with Antonia Licardi's (Pine Bush, N.Y.) 14th goal of the season on an assist from Ferrucci.
- Mount Saint Mary went on to score three more goals in the quarter, pushing the score to 4-0 going into the second period.
- In the second quarter, the Panthers got on the board at the 10:33 mark on a Natalie Garcia tally.
- The Knights scored the final four goals in the frame, started off by a Schmidgall tally and Licardi's second goal of the game.
- Victoria Ward (Oceanside, N.Y.) tallied her 39th goal of the season at the 3:43 mark in the second quarter on a feed from Schmidgall.
- Maia Dienos (Saugerties, N.Y.) finished off the half with her third goal of the season, marking the score at 8-1 going into intermission.
- The second half only saw four total tallies, with three of them coming from Mount Saint Mary.
- The Knights outscored the Panthers 3-0 in the third frame, with two Ferrucci scores off feeds from Ward and Shannon McGowan (Farmingdale, N.Y.) connecting for her 12th goal of the season.
- The final period only saw one score from Old Westbury, marking the final score at 11-2 in Mount Saint Mary's favor.
For The Knights
- Six Knights tallied goals on the day.
- Ferrucci scored three goals and assisted on another. She also picked up two groundballs, caused two turnovers and won five draw controls.
- Shmidgall totaled a game-high five points, while also securing three groundballs.
- Ward tallied two scores, two assists and secured four draw controls.
- Licardi added two goals and picked up two groundballs.
- McGowan and Dienos added a goal apiece.
- Kate Crooker (Boonton, N.J.) secured two groundballs, caused two miscues and won a draw control.
- Liz Petrellese (Levittown, N.Y.) earned the win in goal, turning aside seven shots.
For The Panthers
- Garcia scored two goals, secured one groundball and caused one turnover.
- Isabella Recine scooped up four groundballs and caused three miscues.
- Nicole Abalco caused three turnovers and had one groundball.
- Jessica Pedroza picked up three groundballs and caused one turnover.
- Kathlen Mackey picked up the loss in goal, pushing aside seven shots and causing four turnovers.
Game Statistics
- Mount Saint Mary finished the contest with a 24-12 advantage in shots.
- The Knights held a 24-16 advantage in groundballs.
- Mount Saint Mary dominated the draw control battle, 13-1.
- The Knights went an efficient 11-12 in clears while Old Westbury went 10-26 in clearing opportunities.
What's Next
- Mount Saint Mary clinched a berth in the Skyline Conference Championship and will travel to Farmingdale State for a First Round game on Tuesday.
- Old Westbury's 2022-2023 season came to an end Saturday afternoon.
