Rockville Centre N.Y. – The Molloy women's lacrosse team defeated the STAC Spartans, 22-11, Saturday afternoon at John A. Darcy Field. The Lions improve to 9-7 overall and 4-2 in ECC play, while the Spartans fell to 4-8 overall and 2-3 in league play. With the win the Lions clinched the number three seed in the East Coast Conference Championship.
 
How it Happened

• Junior Amanda Weber and sophomore Hailey Dazzo started the home team with a goal apiece to take a, 2-0, lead 2:23 into the first quarter.
• STAC netted a goal to cut the lead in half, 2-1 with 11:53 to go in the first quarter.
• Over the next eight minutes of action, the Lions put together a 5-0 scoring run, with a pair of goals coming from senior Abbie Bellport, and goals from junior Joana Mauceri, Dazzo, and Weber to take a commanding, 7-1, lead.
• With 3:44 to go in the first, the Spartans found the back of the net to cut the deficit to five, 7-2.
• Bellport and junior Haille Ross scored goals 34 seconds apart to increase the lead back to seven, 9-2.
• Danielle Cajou scored her first goal of the game to stop the scoring run, Molloy led, 9-3, with 2:04 remaining in the first.
• Freshman Alexa Amorison capped the opening stanza with a pair of goals to push the Lions ahead, 11-3, heading into the second quarter.
• The maroon and white continued its offensive attack in the second, scoring the first four goals of the quarter. Weber netted a pair of goals, Mauceri, and Dazzo scored the other two to put Molloy ahead 15-3.
• After STAC scored to make it, 15-4, Amorison netted her third of the contest, to propel Molloy ahead, 16-4, going into halftime.
• Senior Kara Rosenberg scored 35 seconds into the third quarter to increase the Molloy lead to 17-4.
• Later in the third, senior Megan Schiaffo and Bellport scored a goal apiece to keep Molloy ahead, 19-5.
• Sophomore Erin Murphy brought the third quarter to a close with a pair of goals. Molloy took a, 21-6, lead into the final quarter.
• The Spartans scored five goals in the fourth quarter, but Molloy secured the victory, 22-11. 

Top Performances

• Schiaffo (one goal and five assists) and Weber (four goals and two assists) tallied six points apiece.
• Bellport netted five goals.
• Amorison totaled five points (three goals and two assists).
• Dazzo added four points (three goals and one assist).
• In goal, sophomore Mary-Kate Sweeney made one save.
• The team recognized the members of its senior class: Kara Rosenberg, Megan Schiaffo, Abbie Bellport, Camryn Sesselman, Serena Turco, Brianne DiFede, Emily Valensky, and Lucy Emptage in a pre-game Senior Day Ceremony.

Up Next
Molloy clinched the number three seed in the East Coast Conference tournament, opponent, date, and time are to be determined.