Marist Spoils Binghamton Senior Day
from press release
VESTAL, N.Y. -- Senior Kate Noftsker scored
four goals and picked up an assist to lead Marist over the
Binghamton women's lacrosse team (3-12, 0-5 AE) 16-13 on a sunny
Tuesday afternoon at the Bearcat Sports Complex. Binghamton honored
both seniors on the roster, Kara Slowik and Kelsey Pieper before
the game.
The Red Foxes scored three goals before the Bearcats would stem the
run with a goal from Freshman Emily Thon at the 16:18 mark. Marist
would go on another three goal run before sophomore Beth Moore
scored off a feed from Freshman Meg Brown with 10:04 left in the
first to cut the lead to 6-2.
Freshman Samantha Prag would score, and after a Marist goal, would
feed Brown for two goals in near identical plays within a minute to
bring the Bearcats within two, 7-5. Brown would add another goal
within the period, but the Red Foxes would score twice to carry a
9-6 lead into the half.
Marist opened the second half just like the first, scoring three
quick goals. However, this time Binghamton answered with three
goals of their own from junior Lizzie Wright and sophomores Ali
Castiglie and Moore.
The Bearcats would cut the lead to 14-12 off a goal from Moore with
11:52 in the second half, but Marist would score twice more to
finish out the game.
Brown scored four goals and set up a teammate and Moore scored
three goals while Wright added two.
Binghamton enjoyed a 37 to 22 shot advantage, but converted on only
5 for 14 free position attempts.
"We got a great game from our seniors and the rest of the team. We
just came up short," said head coach Tony Zostant. "I thought our
freshmen; especially Meg Brown had an outstanding game. We'll just
have to go back to the drawing board for the final game against New
Hampshire."
The Bearcats celebrated the collegiate careers of two seniors, Kara
Slowik and Kelsey Pieper before the game. Both have been an
integral part of the Binghamton University Women’s Lacrosse
program.
Slowik, a defender from Warners, N.Y. was a captain her sophomore,
junior and senior years, and has already led a young Binghamton
program to the best two-year win total in it’s eight year
history. Over her career Kara anchored the Binghamton defense
collecting 118 ground balls, forcing 42 turnovers and grabbing 31
draw controls. She holds the Bearcat season record for caused
turnovers in a season with 17, and appears on the top-five all-time
Bearcat leaders for ground balls, ground balls per game, caused
turnovers and caused turnovers per game.
Today Kelsey Pieper, a defender from Rensselaer, N.Y. moves into
third place in games played in a Bearcat uniform with 59. Over her
career Kelsey filled up the stat sheet with 121 ground balls, 132
draw controls and 41 caused turnovers. She holds the Bearcat season
records for draw controls in a season with 44, and draw controls
per game with 2.93. Kelsey also appears on the top-five all-time
Bearcat leaders for ground balls, draw controls, draw controls per
game, caused turnovers, and caused turnovers per game.
Binghamton hosts New Hampshire in the final game of the season this
Saturday April 25, at 1 p.m.
