Monmouth Wins Third Straight over Binghamton
from press release
WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. -- The Monmouth
University women's lacrosse team (3-5) won its third straight
contest on Sunday afternoon after defeating Binghamton (0-4) 12-10
at Kessler Field.
Monmouth, which found itself down 5-4 at halftime, tallied eight
second half goals while fighting back a Bearcat comeback attempt to
solidify the win. Senior captain Megan Brennan (King of
Prussia, Pa. /Archbishop Carroll) tallied a season-high five goals
in the game.
"I think it took everybody for us to win today," said head coach
Denise Wescott. "Kirby had a great day in goal and Megan
[Brennan] and a number of the seniors stepped it up. Megan's quick
stick goals were beautiful. Our experience really came out today,
our upper classmen know where each other are on the field.
They [Binghamton] were very aggressive today, we had to fight and
work hard for the win."
The Hawks got on the board first when senior Perry DeWitt
(Malvern, Pa. /Great Valley) took a feed from junior Rachel
Feirstein (St. James, N.Y. /Smithtown East) and scored with 26:29
left in the first half. The two squads then alternated goals,
leaving MU with a 2-1 lead, until Binghamton reeled off four
unanswered tallies to take a three-goal lead with 12:48
showing.
MU closed the half by scoring two straight goals, the first from
Brennan and the second from freshman Kirstyn Urbas (Sewall, N.J.
/Washington Township), to cut the Bearcats' lead to 5-4 at the
half.
After MU knotted the contest at 7-7, the senior duo of Shawn Evans
(Moorestown, N.J. /Moorestown) and Brennan hooked up to put the
Hawks up one, with the latter supplying the goal, with 17:37 left
in the game. The momentum shifted back to Binghamton as the
Bearcats scored a pair of goals in a 37 second span to retake the
lead. Three consecutive goals from Hawk seniors, two from
Brennan and one from Ali Pollock (Watervliet, N.Y./Shaker), put
Monmouth ahead 11-9. Binghamton scored with 5:05 to play to
close to within one but junior Carissa Franzi (Fairfield, N.J./West
Essex) put the game out of reach with her free position goal at
the
Brennan led all scorers with five goals, also scooping up two
ground balls and four draw controls on the day. Evans
finished with a goal and two assists for three points while
Pollock's two goals and assist netted the senior with three
points. Freshmen Gianna D'Urso (Fairfield, N.J./West Essex)
had two caused turnovers off the bench while fellow rookie Kirstyn
Urbas (Sewell, N.J./Washington Twp.) finished with a goal and an
assist.
MU got another solid effort out of junior Kirby Mundorf
(Catonsville, Md./Seton Keogh), who had 14 saves in the game.
The Bearcats pressured the MU defense to the tune of 39 shots,
compared to 25 for the Hawks. MU was 3-4 on free
position attempts while Binghamton was 2-9.
Monmouth returns to action on Friday when it hosts Robert Morris
at 3:00 pm at Kessler Field.
