Senior-Led Hofstra Handles Old Dominion
from press release
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- Senior attack Ashley Jones
had four goals and one assist, while senior attack Liz Falco and
senior midfielder K'Leigh Vanaman each added two goals and four
assists to lead #16 Hofstra to a 16-8 victory over Old Dominion in
Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) women's lacrosse action on
Sunday afternoon at James M. Shuart Stadium.
Junior defense Katie Hertsch had an outstanding game defensively
for the Pride as she contributed game-highs of five caused
turnovers and four ground balls. The five caused turnovers
established a new career-high for Hertsch.
Hofstra improves to 8-3 overall and 2-0 in CAA play with the win,
while the Lady Monarchs fall to 2-8 and 0-2 in conference
action.
With its eighth win of the season, Hofstra has now won at least
eight games in 10 of the last 11 seasons.
Hofstra celebrated "Senior Day" prior to the contest and honored
its eight seniors, who have just one home game (April 23 versus
Delaware) remaining during the regular season. The Pride will
close the regular season with four of their final five games taking
place away from Shuart Stadium.
Hofstra got off to a scorching start in the contest as the Pride
notched three goals in the first 1:19 of the contest to lead 3-0
following a goal from Vanaman.
A goal from Nicole McMahon would get the Lady Monarchs on the board
at the 26:12 mark before goals from Ashley Jones and junior attack
Stephanie Rice pushed Hofstra's lead to 5-2 with 17:24 to play
before intermission.
Hofstra's top two scorers this season entering the game, senior
midfielder Corrine Gandolfi and Falco, would team up later in the
half to start a 3-0 scoring run for the Pride that culminated with
a free-position goal from freshman attack Jackie Ardolino with
10:25 left in the opening stanza.
Old Dominion cut the Hofstra advantage to 8-4 with a pair of goals
late in the half, but Ashley Jones closed the scoring in the first
half as she tallied a hat trick in the first half with a goal with
eight seconds remaining.
The Lady Monarchs would make a game of it early in the second
stanza as back-to-back goals from Lisa Bernardini and Ashley
Kellogg in the first seven minutes of the half cut Hofstra's lead
to 9-6.
Gandolfi would end any hopes of an ODU rally as she started a 4-0
scoring spurt that allowed Hofstra to open a 13-6 advantage at the
8:07 mark following a goal from Falco.
That would prove to be enough breathing room for the Pride as Old
Dominion would get no closer than six the rest of the way as
Hofstra pulled away for the eight-goal victory.
Gandolfi added two goals and one assist for the Pride to extend her
scoring streak to 40 games, which ranks tenth nationally. The
returning All-American also had a game-high six draw controls in
helping Hofstra hold a stellar 20-6 advantage in the draw control
category.
Ashley Kellogg had four goals for ODU, while Bernardini added two
goals and a team-high three assists. Sarah Wright had four
draw controls for the Lady Monarchs.
Hofstra is back in action next weekend when they travel to Virginia
for a pair of games. The Pride will face George Mason on
Friday at 4 p.m. before taking on James Madison on Sunday at 1 p.m.
