Cortland, Taylor Pick Up First Win
from staff reports
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - The nationally 13th-ranked
Cortland women's lacrosse team broke open a close game with
seven consecutive goals and handed first-year head coach Kathy
Taylor a victory in her first career collegiate game by
defeating host Christopher Newport, 16-7, Tuesday
afternoon.
Senior Danielle Torre (Massapequa) led the Red Dragons (1-0)
with five goals to match her career high. Junior Jess Fritz
(Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) contributed three goals and two assists,
freshmen Lindsay Abbott (South Onondaga/Onondaga Central) and
Olivia Lynch (North Rockland) recorded two goals each and
freshman Erin Kollar (East Islip) added a goal and an
assist.
Senior Meghan Gallagher (Long Beach) dished out two assists,
and senior Lindsay Bakker (Sloatsburg/Suffern) registered a
game-high five ground balls. Freshman goalie Amanda Caloia
(Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) made 10 saves in the
game, including eight in the second half.
Kaitlin Quigley paced the Captains with two goals and two
assists, while Meghan Harkey had a goal and an assist and four
other players each chipped in with one goal. Gayle Robinson
stopped 11 shots for Christopher Newport (2-2).
Quigley sandwiched her two goals around Torre's first score of
the day for a brief 2-1 lead at the 23 minute, 12 second mark
of the opening half. The Red Dragons then netted five straight
goals from five different players for a 6-2 lead with 11:15 on
the clock. The Captains answered with a score from Kelsie Dodd
at 4:49 and a free-position goal from Luz Klemons at 1:50 to make
it a 6-4 game. Torre closed the half with her third of the
game off an assist from Fritz with just one tick left on the
clock for a 7-4 lead.
Cortland put the game away with a six-goal binge to start the
second half. Sophomore Megan Clare (Shirley/William Floyd)
started the run with a free-position goal 24 seconds into the
half. Torre and Fritz added two each and Abbott netted her
second of the game and Cortland led 12-4 with 11:25 remaining.
The captains scored three of the next four goals but still
trailed, 14-7, with a little more than five minutes left in
the game. Lynch then finished off the scoring with a pair of
goals in the last 30 seconds of the contest.
The Red Dragons outshot the Captains, 31-21, and held a
20-13 advantage in ground balls and a 16-9 edge in draw
controls. Cortland next travels to Division I Davidson on
Thursday.
