Red Dragons Hand William Smith First Loss
from press releases
CORTLAND, N.Y. - The nationally 17th-ranked
Cortland women's lacrosse team closed the first half with seven
consecutive goals and went on to hand 16th-ranked William Smith its
first loss of the season, 12-9, Wednesday afternoon in
non-conference action. The Red Dragons improved to 4-4 overall,
while the Herons fell to 5-1.
Freshman Lindsay Abbott (South Onondaga/Onondaga Central) led the
Red Dragons with four goals and an assist. Senior Danielle Torre
(Massapequa) tallied three goals, freshman Jordan Miller
(Liverpool) scored twice and sophomore Megan Clare (Shirley/William
Floyd) added a goal and an assist. Sophomore Mallory Palmieri
(Bellmore/John F. Kennedy) scored what proved to be the winning
goal, sophomore Brianna Shost (Mahopac) colelcted a goal and senior
Meghan Gallagher (Long Beach) chipped in with three assists, all in
the opening half. Freshman goalie Amanda Caloia (Baldwinsville/C.W.
Baker) made eight saves.
Junior Sarah Goodkind (Greenwich, CT/Millbrook School) paced the
William Smith offiense with four goals. Senior Michaela Parnell
(Guilford, CT) scored a pair of goals and juniors Brittany
Callaghan (Armonk/St. Luke's School) and Molly Fitzgerald (Sudbury,
MA/Gould Academy) and sophomore Cassie Findlay (Riverside,
CT/Episcopal) each scored a goal. Freshman Lucy Johnson (Short
Hills, NJ/Millburn) contributed two assists. Senior goalie Rebecca
Josefiak (West Seneca/West Seneca East) registered seven saves.
The Herons struck quickly for a 2-0 lead on scores from Goodkind at
29 minutes, one second and Findlay at 28:37. Abbott put Cortland on
the scoreboard at 19:29, and the Red Dragons followed with six more
goals, including two each from Abbott and Miller, for a 7-2 lead at
the intermission.
William Smith opened the second half with two of the first three
goals to pull to within 8-4 with 23:48 remaining. After Torre made
it a 9-4 game with her second of the contest at 19:24, Parnell and
Goodkind scored free-position goals less than two minutes apart to
make the score 9-6.
Cortland responded with three of the next four goals, one each from
Palmieri, Torre and Shost, to up its lead to 12-7 with 9:25 on the
clock. The Red Dragons then controlled the ball to eat up clock
before the Herons netted two late scores, at 1:51 and 1:38, for the
final of 12-9.
