Women’s Lacrosse Falters in Road Game at Mount St. Mary

Recap, photo courtesy of SUNY Maritime College

NEWBURGH, N.Y. – Maritime women's lacrosse fell 19-11 on Wednesday night to the Mount St. Mary Knights in Skyline Conference play.  
 
Maritime was led by freshman Sara Wright (East Islip, N.Y./East Islip), and juniors Krista Deleva (Sound Beach, N.Y./Miller Place) and Catherine Pfundstein (Deer Park, N.Y./Deer Park). Wright led the Privateers in goals and points, scoring four goals and giving out three assists, making that seven points for the game. Deleva netted three goals while assisting on two more and Pfundstein scored three goals also.
 
Pfundstein and Wright took turns taking the draw controls on the night with Pfundstein winning five and Wright winning three. On the defensive side five different Privateers caused a turnover on the night.
 
Wright led Maritime in ground balls picking up six for the game. Junior Ciara Murphy (Pearl River, N.Y./Pearl River) added four, while junior Courtney Salatto (West Islip, N.Y./West Islip) had two. In the cage, sophomore Esmeralda Hernandez (Huntington, N.Y./Huntington) made 11 saves while also picking up two ground balls.
 
Maritime scored first on the night as Deleva netted her first goal at the 27:23 mark off the assist from Wright. A little over three minutes later, the Privateers went up 2-0 thanks to a goal from Pfundstein thanks to an assist from Deleva. Mount St. Mary answered with the next four goals to take the lead 4-2.
 
At the 10:00 mark, Wright scored her first goal of the night off a free-position shot to make the score 4-3. After a goal from Mount St. Mary to put the Knights up 5-3, Deleva netted her second goal of the game to cut the lead to one.
 
Maritime trailed 6-4 with 4:34 left in the first half when Pfundstein connected on a shot to score her second of the night and then Wright scored at the 3:53 mark to tie the game at six. Mount St. Mary scored the next four goals as the Privateers trailed 10-6 at the break.
 
To begin the second half, both teams had opportunities to score with Maritime getting two shots on goal as well as Mount St. Mary. At the 24:23 mark Mount St. Mary scored making the score 11-6. After goals from both teams, the score was now 12-7 with just under 22 minutes remaining. Maritime made a small run scoring the next two goals, one from Pfundstein, the other from Murphy, to cut the lead to three.
 
The small rally was not enough to get back in the game as Mount St. Mary went on to win, 19-11.