Box Score ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. (Apr. 16, 2016) - Sophomore attacker
Jessica Markowitz (Baldwin, N.Y.) and freshman midfielder
Brianna Wilson (Levittown, N.Y.) each scored a hat trick and senior
Katie O'Brien (Oyster Bay, N.Y.) added two goals as the Molloy College women's lacrosse team downed Queens College (N.Y.) on Saturday (Apr. 16) by a final score of 12-7 at John A. Darcy Field. With the win, the maroon and white took their ninth victory---equaling the team's win total from last spring---while bolstering the squad's ECC Tournament resume with a 4-1 record in conference competition. Meanwhile, the Knights fell to 5-7 overall and 0-5 in ECC play.
The Lions led 2-0 after five minutes as Markowitz and Wilson tallied goals just 51 seconds apart in the opening half of action. Queens got a goal back from Courtney Canavan (Baldwinsville, N.Y.) but Molloy tallied the next three markers as Wilson,
Meghan Orlando (Hicksville, N.Y.) and
Cooper Sesselman (Lindenhurst, N.Y.) each scored in the run to get the Lions' lead up to four goals midway through the stanza. Molloy held a 6-3 edge going into the halftime break before opening up the second half with four unanswered goals in a span of 12-plus minutes of play. Wilson and Markowitz both got their hat tricks in the final frame of competition while O'Brien went back-to-back to put Molloy up 10-3 with 18:45 remaining in the game. Senior
Kim Pepe (Levittown, N.Y.) and freshman
Casie Caiazza (Melville, N.Y.) each tallied a goal to close the Lions' scoring account as the team cruised to victory in the second half.
Wilson had the best day on the scoresheet with three goals, two assists, five draw controls, two caused turnovers and three ground ball pickups. O'Brien and
Lindsey Rzempoluch (Farmingdale, N.Y.) each caused two miscues by the Knights while Orlando and
Chelsea Bauer (Hicksville, N.Y.) each won three draws in the win. Senior defender
Kelsey Dougherty (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y.) had three ground ball pickups in the winning effort on defense. Red-shirt junior goalie
Caroline Winters (Baldwin, N.Y.) made eight saves to pick up her ninth victory; freshman goalie
Alyssa Chetti (West Babylon, N.Y.) pulled double duty by not only singing a flawless and powerful rendition of "The Star-Spangled Banner" pregame but also making four saves in net in the second half.
The Lions will look to continue a current two-game winning streak on Saturday (Apr. 23) when the team heads up to Dobbs Ferry to face Mercy College at 1 p.m.
