No. 24 Women's Lacrosse Cruises Past Utica In Empire 8 Action

Recap, photo courtesy of St. John Fisher College

UTICA, N.Y. – The No. 24 St. John Fisher College women's lacrosse team took down Utica College on Tuesday afternoon 14-5 in the team's third Empire 8 Conference matchup of the 2018 season. With the win, the Cardinals improve to 6-2 overall and 2-1 in the conference, while the Pioneers fall to 6-4 overall and 2-1 in the Empire 8.

Fisher started the scoring quickly in the first half, as the Cardinals were able to put a whopping 11 goals up on the scoreboard in the first 30 minutes for the second time this season.
Sophomore Mallory Eymer found the back of the net first for the Cardinals just over four minutes after the opening whistle. The next two Fisher goals came just 11 and 38 seconds after Eymer's tally as Claire Bollin and Logan Chase each notched their first goals of the game. Next to add her name to the score sheet was Kelsie Schindler with her 12th of the season to give Fisher the early five goal advantage.

Utica notched its first goal of the game at the 22:48 to cut the Cardinal lead to 5-1. The next Fisher goal came just after the 19 minute mark off of the stick of Bollin with Schindler picking up the assist. The Cardinals rattled off the next six goals over the last 16 minutes of the first half.

Morgan Young started the second Cardinal goal scoring spree with her 10th of the season. Followed by goals from Olivia Marziale and Jenna Lippert with Bollin and Maria Hristodoulou picking up the assists.

Hristodoulou then added to her assist with a goal of her own off of a feed from Schindler just 39 seconds after the Lippert tally. The last two Fisher first half goals were not until after the four minute mark as Lippert scored her second of the game this time from Hristodoulou. Schindler posted her fourth point of the first half as she took a Mary Grace Doyle pass and put Fisher ahead 11-1 with only two seconds remaining before the halftime horn sounded.

Senor Mackenzie LeVan scored her 12th of the season just 57 seconds after the second half began. The Pioneers added their second goal of the game at the 23:07 mark cutting the Fisher lead.
Alyssa Sabotka scored her second goal of the season, while Bollin notched her hat-trick goal as the Cardinals regained the 14-2 lead with 14 minutes remaining in the second half.

The Pioneers held the Cardinals scoreless for the remainder of the second half and scored the next three goals as Fisher was able to take bounce back and take home their second Empire 8 victory of the season.

All three Cardinal goalkeepers saw time in net, as Morgan Hayes started, made one save and was credited with her first win of the season, while Molly Maguire and Claudia Mocciaro both played in the second half with Maguire making two saves.

The Cardinals return home and are back in action on Thursday (today) when they welcome Buffalo State to Growney Stadium for a non-conference matchup at 5 p.m.