Rockville Centre, N.Y. – The Molloy women's lacrosse team fell to the Roberts Wesleyan Redhawks, 13-11, Saturday afternoon at the RVC Sports Complex. The Lions moved to 7-6 overall and 2-1 in East Coast Conference play, while the Redhawks improved to 7-3 overall and 3-0 in league play.
 
How it Happened

• Roberts Wesleyan began the contest netting five consecutive goals with 7:05 left in the first quarter.
• Senior Abbie Bellport put a stop to the scoring run, bringing Molloy within four, 5-1, at the end of the first quarter.
• Molloy opened the second quarter with back-to-back goals from junior Amanda Weber. Her first came on a man-up opportunity, and the second came while the Lions were a man-down. The Lions trailed, 5-3, with under 11 minutes to go in the first half.
• Over the next 10 minutes of game time, sophomore Mary-Kate Sweeney made three point-blank saves to keep the score, 5-3, with under a minutes remaining in the second quarter.
• In the final 40 seconds of the stanza, Redhawks' attacker Madison Bell netted four goals to propel Roberts Wesleyan ahead, 9-3, heading into halftime.
• Bellport opened the third quarter with her second goal of the game to cut the deficit to five, 9-4, with 8:17 remaining.
• The road team answered quickly to reestablish its six-goal lead, 10-4, with under seven minutes to go.
• The Lions ended the third on a three-goal rally, with contributions coming from freshman Megan Rugolo, sophomore Hailey Dazzo, and Weber to come within three, 10-7, heading into the fourth.
• 1:27 into the final stanza, Roberts Wesleyan snapped the Molloy scoring run with a goal, extending the lead to four, 11-7.
• 27 seconds later, senior Megan Schiaffo tallied her first goal of the contest, to bring the game back within three, 11-8.
• The road team notched back-to-back goals to take a, 13-8, lead with 10:31 remaining.
• The maroon and white mounted its comeback, with Bellport netting two more goals, to bring the game within three, 13-10.
• Weber found the back of the next with five seconds to play to cut the deficit to two, 13-11.

Top Performances

• Weber (four goals and one assist) totaled a team-high five points.
• Bellport tallied four goals, while controlling six draws.
• Senior Emiliy Valensky caused three turnovers.
• In goal, Sweeney made seven saves. 

Up Next
Molloy returns home Wednesday, April 13 to host Mercy. Face-off is set for 7:00 p.m.