Lafayette Starts Quick, Routs Liberty 15-3
from press release
EASTON, Pa. - Lafayette scored the first eight
goals of the afternoon and never looked back on its way to a
season-opening 15-3 victory over Liberty on Saturday afternoon at
Rappolt Field.
Junior Addie Godfrey paced the Leopards with five goals and
freshman goalkeeper Mimi Connell made four saves in her first
collegiate start.
"We were incredibly impressed with the effort and the energy that
all the kids brought today," head coach Alison Fisher said. "We are
excited to get off to such a strong start with so many people
making positive contributions."
The past two Patriot League Rookie of the Year winners connected to
start the Leopard scoring just over a minute into the contest when
Godfrey received a pass from sophomore Ana White and cut through
the center of the Liberty defense to score the game's opening goal
1:01 into the game.
Two minutes later, Laura Kleiber notched her first of goal of her
sophomore season, an unassisted tally at 26:58 to jump Lafayette to
a 2-0 advantage.
Back-to-back goals from Godfrey and White, just 20 seconds apart,
stretched the Leopard lead to 4-0, followed by junior Jessica
Rothstein finding the back of the net on an unassisted goal at
24:42 to make it 5-0 just over five minutes into the game.
Lafayette continued to control the game, using a pair of man-down
goals from Godfrey and junior Victoria Maxon (Rothstein assist) to
increase the Lafayette advantage to 7-0 with 13:44 remaining.
Godfrey's fourth goal of the half came at even-strength with 11:41
left before halftime as the Leopards cruised into intermission with
an 8-1 lead.
Liberty opened the second half scoring, but the goal was quickly
answered by an unassisted goal from White at 20:15.
Three consecutive tallies from sophomore Courtney Landolfe, senior
Erin Steel and Godfrey gave Lafayette its largest cushion of the
afternoon at 12-2 with 14:24 remaining.
The Leopards capped off the afternoon with back-to-back goals from
Kleiber and a final tally from Maxon to complete the 15-3 rout.
Lafayette outshot the Flames 25-9, including 12-3 in the decisive
first half. The Leopards also corralled 22 ground balls to
Liberty's 18.
Lafayette returns to action Wednesday afternoon for its first road
contest of the 2012 campaign, traveling to Staten Island, N.Y. to
battle Wagner at 4 p.m.
