No. 16 William Smith Rolls Nazareth
from press release
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Visiting William Smith went on a 10-3 scoring
spree in the second half Wednesday to break open a close game as
the 16th-ranked Herons defeated Nazareth in a non-conference
women's lacrosse game, 17-6, at Golden Flyer Stadium.
The Herons improved to 8-2 overall by getting three goals and one
assist apiece from junior Sarah Goodkind and sophomore Cassie
Findlay and two goals and three assists from junior Molly
Fitzgerald added two goals and three assists. Freshman Lucy Johnson
also had three goals. Junior Nora Davis netted four goals for the
Golden Flyers, who dropped to 7-5 overall.
The game was scoreless for the first nine minutes, before William
Smith scored twice in a 21-second span and never trailed
thereafter. Junior Brittany Callaghan got the Herons on the board
with an unassisted score and Johnson followed with an unassisted
score of her own. Senior Shanon Lattimore scored a free-position
goal to get Nazareth on the board with 16:04 left.
The Herons went on to take a 7-1 lead when Johnson scored her
second goal with 5:13 left in the half. Nazareth scored the last
two goals of the first half -- Davis and sophomore Michelle Cook --
and the first goal of the second half -- Davis from Cook -- to
close to within 7-4.
The Herons then erased any Nazareth comeback hopes by rattling off
five straight goals in a 10-minute stretch that yielded a 12-4 lead
with less than 18 minutes left. Findlay and Fitzgerald each scored
twice in that stretch.
William Smith had advantages in shots (39-24) and ground balls
(26-14). Herons' goalie Becky Josefiak made 13 saves, while
Nazareth goalies Maria Fusco and Ann Sessler combined for 15
stops.
Nazareth returns to its Empire 8 Conference schedule this weekend
with road games at Hartwick Saturday and at Stevens Sunday.
