Rockville Centre, N.Y. – The Molloy women's lacrosse team fell to the No. 13 ranked Setters of Pace University, 19-5, Wednesday evening at John A. Darcy Field. The Lions move to 0-1 overall, while the Setters improve to 1-0.
 
How it Happened

• The road team began on the contest scoring six consecutive goals.
• Sophomore Megan Rugolo stopped the rally netting her first goal of the campaign to bring the contest to 6-1.
• Molloy trailed, 7-1, after the first quarter.
• Junior Hailey Dazzo bagan the scoring for Molloy in the second stanza, cutting the deficit to five, 7-2, 1:43 into the second quarter.
• The cardinal and white converted a man-up opportunity when junior Kelly Bergersen netted her first goal of her Molloy career. The Lions trailed, 9-3, with 4:25 remaining in the first half.
• Rugolo would add her second goal of the evening with 1:12 to play in the first half.
• Molloy trailed, 11-4, at halftime.
• Following a Pace goal coming out of halftime, senior Alyssa Licata found the back of the net to bring the Lions within seven, 12-5, with under 12 minutes to play in the third quarter.
• Pace would conclude the game on a 7-0 scoring run and hold the Lions off the scoreboard en route to the victory, 19-5. 

Top Performances

• Rugolo paced the team with four points (two goals and two assists) while picking up two ground balls.
• Sophomore Sofia Quitoni caused a team-high two turnovers and added two ground balls.
• Bergersen tallied a goal and an assist.
• In goal, junior Mary-Kate Sweeney made five saves.

Up Next
The Lions will head on the road to Connecticut to play Southern Connecticut state Saturday, February 25. Face-off with the Owls is set for 1:00 p.m.