Boca Raton, Fla. - The women's lacrosse program kicked off the spring break trip to Florida with a loss to No. 20 Lynn University, 18-12. In the loss, the team's first of the season, Molloy falls to 4-1. Lynn improves to 4-1 on the season in the victory.

How it Happened

• Molloy took advantage of an early extra-woman opportunity as junior Brenna Signorelli save the Lions a 1-0 lead less than three minutes in.
• From there, the Fighting Knights would score six-straight goals before junior Megan Rugolo added one for the Lions to make it 6-2 after 15 minutes of play.
• Rugolo netted her second of the contest less than one minute into the second frame, but Kristyn Johnson scored back-to-back goals for Lynn to regain a five goal lead.
• Signorelli brought the cardinal and white within four off a feed from Rugolo before Johnson added her third of the quarter.
• Junior Alexa Amorison found the back of the net to close out Molloy's first half scoring, but the home team ended the half with a 10-5 advantage.
• Lynn started the third quarter with a woman-up goal before goals from freshman Brooke Grossjung and Rugolo brought Molloy within four, 12-8, midway through the frame.
• The Fighting Nights would net the next three-straight to close the quarter with a 15-8 lead.
• Rugolo and senior Erin Murphy would both score within the first five minutes of the fourth quarter to come back within five.
• Junior Sofia Quitoni rounded out Molloy's scoring with back-to-back goals within 90 seconds of each other to make it a 16-12 contest, but that would be as close as Molloy would get. 

Top Performances

• Rugolo led with a game-high seven points on five goals and two assists. The attacker also led with eight draw controls.
• Quitoni added an assist to her two goals for a three-point afternoon, also controlling three draws. 
• Signorelli had two points on two goals while Amorison and Grossjung each tallied a goal and an assist. 
• Murphy had one goal.
• Senior Joanna Mauceri topped the Lions with four caused turnovers and added three ground balls and three draw controls.
• Junior Samantha King forced two turnovers to go with two ground balls.
• Senior Jessica Kofod and junior Carly Howell each picked up three ground balls.
• Senior Mary-Kate Sweeney made three saves in net to go with two ground balls while freshman Nicole Schaumloffel made two stops in relief.

Up Next
Molloy remains in Florida and will head to Saint Leo for a contest with the Lions on Tuesday (Mar. 12) at 7:00 p.m.