SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts - A second-half rally came up short as No. 10 Le Moyne College defeated the American International College women's lacrosse team 19-9 in a Northeast-10 Conference game on Tuesday, April 5.
FAST FACTS:
Final Score: No. 10 Le Moyne 19, AIC 9
Records: Le Moyne rises to 7-3 with a 4-2 NE10 record; AIC falls to 2-7 with an 0-6 NE10 mark
Location: Ronald J. Abdow Field, Springfield, Massachusetts
KEY STATS:
No. 10 Le Moyne:
Jessica Meneilly: Four goals, one assist
Erin McMullen: Three goals
Gemma Addonizio: One goal, two assists, four ground balls
Katelyn Karleski: Two goals, one assist
Paige Crandall: Win (7-3), four saves on six shots in 30:00
AIC:
Liz Day: Two goals, one assist
Antonella Mikolyuk: Two goals, six draw controls
Kathryn Moody: Two goals
Sam Giordano: Two goals
Jessica Stone: Loss (2-7), eight saves on 21 shots in 30:00
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The Dolphins swam out to an early lead with three goals by Jessica Meneilly as part of a five-goal run in the opening 3:36 before Kathryn Moody broke the tie with a free position strike. After one, Le Moyne led 8-1.
- Le Moyne continued to control the game in the second quarter, despite a brilliant goal set up by Liz Day, who made a move to get free of a defender and fed Sam Giordano in front for a tally at 7:35. At the break, the score was 13-2.
- The Dolphins scored the first goal of the third, but AIC began to fight back. Molly Leavitt found Moody free in front at 5:41, and after a Haley Emmick goal for the Dolphins brought the lead to 15-3, Day and Giordano each hit the net, and Antonella Mikolyuk scored with nine seconds left in the period to cut the deficit to 15-6.
- The run continued into the fourth, with Day adding a second tally at 1:37.
- The teams traded goals the rest of the way, with Anevay Rice scoring a man-up marker and Mikolyuk closing the scoring by winning a draw and driving straight to the cage as the Dolphins held for a 19-9 win.
FIRST TO TWENTY:
- With her two goals, Moody became the first Yellow Jacket this season to hit the 20-goal mark, nine games into the season.
- Last season, Krista Iwanicki led the team with 27 goals in 13 games. In the last full regular season, 2019, Mary Bates and Mikayla Demanche tied for the team high with 33 goals in 17 games.
NEXT UP:
- The Yellow Jackets will play under the lights of Abdow Field against No. 21 New Haven on Saturday, April 9 at 7:00 p.m.
