SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts The American International College women's lacrosse team handled its home opener with ease, downing The College of Saint Rose 18-6 in Northeast-10 Conference competition on Wednesday, March 4.
FAST FACTS:
SCORE:AIC 18, Saint Rose 6
RECORDS:AIC improves to 1-1 overall and in the NE10, while Saint Rose drops to 1-2 and 0-1 in the NE10.
LOCATION:Ronald J. Abdow Field, Springfield, Massachusetts
STATS:
Saint Rose:
Alexis Farr: Three goals
Ashley Burns: One goal, one assist
Nicole Taveras: Four caused turnovers, three ground balls
Deanna Ciliento: One goal, five draw controls
Madeline Yeung: Loss (1-2), 13 saves
AIC:
Devin Coulter: Five goals, one assist, five ground balls, five caused turnovers, three draw controls
Liz Day: Four goals, two assists, two ground balls, two caused turnovers, two draw controls
Molly Leavitt: Three goals, one assist, three caused turnovers
Emilee Giacondino: Two goals, two caused turnovers
Brianna O'Brien: One goal, eight ground balls, seven draw controls
Chelsea Davis: Win (1-1), six saves, three ground balls, three caused turnovers
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The Golden Knights opened the scoring, as Deanna Ciliento took advantage of a turnover to finish, but AIC countered with a ten-goal run keyed by three goals in thirty seconds by junior Molly Leavitt, senior Devin Coulter, and freshman Liz Day early in the run. Coulter notched three of the 10 goals in the stretch.
- Saint Rose broke the streak, but AIC quickly countered as Day notched another goal, and AIC finished the half strong, as Coulter scored on a play started by senior Chelsea Davis in AIC's net; the keeper passed over the middle of the field to sophomore Madi Bis, who in turn found Coulter open for a breakaway. Sophomore Sam Giordano ended the half with a goal to give AIC a 13-2 lead at the break.
- Juniors Emilee Giacondino and Brianna O'Brien each scored in the first five minutes of the second half, and Leavitt made it three hat tricks for AIC by the 40-minute mark. The Golden Knights scraped a few goals of their own together, but Coulter and Day finished off the offense and AIC earned its first conference win, taking the game 18-6.
YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST:
- For head coach Riley Brennan '16/'17, today marked her first home game as the head coach of the program that she played four seasons for and coached two more as lead assistant.
- The win was the first head coaching win of her collegiate coaching career.
- The milestone win comes 2,195 days after her first victory with the Yellow Jackets as a player, a 10-9 win against the University of Bridgeport on March 1, 2014 where she scored the deciding tally, and 792 days after her first win as a member of the team's coaching staff, a 19-4 blowout of Post University on March 3, 2018.
- All three of her first victories came at home.
NEXT UP:
- The women will open a lacrosse doubleheader on Saturday, March 7 as they host Post at 1 p.m.
- Following that game, the men host Adelphi University in a conference matchup.
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