Canisius Shows Poise, Tops Binghamton 13-11
from press release
The Canisius College women's lacrosse team won its
second-straight game, defeating Binghamton on Wednesday afternoon,
13-11. With the win, the Griffs improve to 3-2 on the season.
"I thought we showed good poise down the stretch today," said
Canisius head coach Scott Teeter. "We responded well from a bad
first 20 minutes to earn this victory. It is nice to see your team
get 43 shots off but we need to work on quality and not quantity. I
thought their goalie played really well today and did a good job of
keeping them in the game. We are slowly moving in the right
direction."
Junior Ashley Curtis led the Griffs with five goals on the
afternoon, while Carly Quinn added four points on three goals and
an assist. Sophomore Megan Oosting netted two goals, while senior
Brett Poissant and sophomores Rachel Brand and Theresa Walton
rounded out the scoring with a goal each.
Junior Allison Daley stopped eight shots in goal. Senior Marissa
Brown posted a game-high three caused turnovers with classmate
Alison Rusak collecting a team-best five ground balls in addition
to two caused turnovers.
The Griffs started the contest strong, netting the first two goals
of the game and keeping the Bearcats off the scoreboard for more
than 16 minutes. Poissant opened the scoring off a feed from
sophomore Kristy Wilensky 2:27 into the game and Curtis tallied an
unassisted goal four minutes later.
Binghamton (0-3) answered back and used a 4-2 run to knot the game.
Curtis once again gave the Griffs the advantage, scoring her third
goal of the half with 1:34 remaining. However, Binghamton sent the
game tied into intermission when Lis Zuern tallied a free-position
goal with 38 ticks left in the period.
The teams traded two goals to start the second stanza to keep the
game deadlocked. With 15:10 remaining in regulation, Brand scored a
free-position goal to give the Griffs the lead for good. Quinn and
Curtis then netted goals 45 seconds apart and after Binghamton
scored once, Quinn added two more goals to stretch the Canisius
lead to a game-high four tallies, 12-8.
Binghamton attempted a rally and scored three goals in a 2:55 span
to pull within one, 12-11, with 1:28 remaining in the contest.
However, Poissant won the ensuing draw control and the Griffs held
position until Oosting sealed the victory with her second goal of
the game with two seconds remaining.
The Griffs held a convincing advantage in shots, 43-22, but
Binghamton's Lauren Scott stopped 21 shots in goal. Canisius also
had a 16-10 edge in draw controls, including a 12-3 advantage
during the second half.
Beth Moore led the Bearcats with five goals on the afternoon.
Canisius returns to action on Sunday with a road game at Albany.
First draw is scheduled for 1 p.m.
Game Notes: Canisius holds a 6-1 advantage over Binghamton in the
all-time series and has won five-straight games ... The home team
has won six of the seven contests in the series ... Curtis, who
netted a school-record eight goals on Saturday, has scored 13 goals
in her last two games ... Before Saturday, she hadn't scored more
than four goals in a single-game during her career ... Curtis
scored only one goal in the first three games of the season ...
Oosting and Walton both set career highs in draw controls,
collecting five and four, respectively ... Quinn now has eight
goals through five games this season, already surpassing her
freshman season total of seven in 18 games.
