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| Recap, photo courtesy of William Smith |
First-years Anna Murphy and Sadie Mapstone each logged two goals. Senior Melissa Moore, senior Kelsi Carr, and sophomore Nicki Santora contributed a goal and an assist. Carr added three ground balls and three draws. First-year Mekyala Montgomery logged a game-high five caused turnovers, won a game-high six draws and shared a game-high with five ground balls. Montomgery's five caused turnovers rank third on the Heron single game list. First-year Jules Kennedy made three saves and improved to 2-1 in goal.
Cailin Pandolfi led the Dutchwomen with a goal and an assist. Celia Condrick shared a game-high with five ground balls. Emma Lowrey won a team-high two draws. Ellen Taney made eight saves for Union. She added two caused turnovers and three ground balls.
Mapstone opened the scoring for William Smith 8:24 into the game. A shot by Moore went high, and Mapstone was there to snag the ground ball and run around the left side of the goal before scoring from the left post. The Dutchwomen answered with a goal from Ramsey Walsh with 12:08 left in the first to tie the game at 1-1. Walsh's goal came off a feed from across the fan from Pandolfi. The Herons closed out the first half with a four-goal run to take a 5-1 lead into the break. Murphy started the run, scoring after a quick pass through traffic by Carr with 11:39 on the clock. A little under a minute later, first-year Kelsey Williams bounced home her eighth goal of the year after a feed from Santora to make it 3-1. With 9:31 on the clock, Carr scored a hard angle shot from the right side for her first goal this year. With 3:07 left in the first, Mapstone tallied her second of the day and ninth of the season on a free position.
Lowrey opened the second half with a goal for the Dutchwomen to get Union within three. Her second goal this year came off a feed from Kellie Cronin. Just under three minutes later, Moore answered with a free position goal, her team-leading 15th goal this spring, for William Smith, but Pandolfi responded with a free position for Union to make it 6-3 with 16:39 remaining. The Herons then logged four straight goals to take a 10-3 lead. With 10:33 remaining, Murphy chipped in her second of the day and sixth of the season with a transition goal after a feed from Moore on the left side of the field. Burns had a breakaway for a one-on-one with the Union keeper where she scored her 12th goal this season with 8:23 on the clock. Senior Sarah Benyo and Santora followed with free position goals two minutes apart. It was Benyo's 10th goal this spring and Santora's fourth. With 38 seconds remaining, Lindsay Gerrato found the back of the net for Union after a pass from behind the cage from Corey Golden.
The Herons held a 30-16 advantage in shots and an 18-14 edge in ground balls. William Smith also had the upper hand at the draw circle with a 10-6 lead. The Herons were successful on 16-of-21 clear attempts. The Dutchwomen finished 15-of-19 clear attempts.
The Herons are back in action on Wednesday, March 28, when they host RIT for another Liberty League contest at 4 p.m.
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