Rockville Centre, N.Y. – The women's lacrosse team dropped a 12-6 decision to Southern Connecticut State University in a contest that began as a back-and-forth battle this afternoon at RVC Sports Complex. With the loss, the Lions fall to 3-5 on the season, while the Owls improve to 7-1.

How it Happened

• The Lions broke the seven-minute stalemate with freshman Sam Cossaro scoring the first goal of the contest.
• Macy Vail tied the game less than a minute later off a free position shot before Allie Welder quickly scored on a two-man advantage.
• Cossaro scored her second of the contest to even the score at 2-2 at the end of the first quarter.
• The Owls regained the lead early in the second frame, capitalizing on a turnover, before Sofia Boucher extended the advantage three minutes later.
• The Lions pulled back within one after Cossaro converted on a free position opportunity for her hat trick.
• Sophomore Cameron Thompson scored with a free position goal of her own, tying the game at four.
• Southern Connecticut's Abigail Nolan came out of the corner and finished in front to put Southern Connecticut ahead. Breya Montague followed with a man-up goal to give the Owls a 6-4 lead heading into halftime.
• The Owls opened the third with a quick goal, pushing its lead to three.
• Junior Brooke Grossjung responded, finishing off a pass from Thompson.
• Southern Connecticut added its eighth goal on a free position attempt, then extended the lead to four after Anna Meserve scooped up a ground ball and finished her shot top left corner.
• Junior goaltender Samantha Heuer came up big defensively, stopping back-to-back free position shots with five minutes remaining in the third.
• Sophomore Ryleigh Zamora converted on a man-up free position chance early in the fourth quarter to bring the cardinal and white back within three.
• The Owls answered as Nolan came from the left corner of the field to the front of the cage for the visitors' 10th goal of the contest.
• Southern Connecticut took a five-goal lead with four minutes remaining, then added one more in the final 40 seconds to secure a 12-6 victory.

Top Performances

• Cossaro led the Lions with three goals on the afternoon.
• Thompson recorded a goal and an assist.
• Heuer made a career-high 13 saves in net.
• Grossjung and Zamora each contributed a goal. Grossjung also picked up three ground balls and caused two turnovers.
• Sophomore Ava Benasutti and Zamora each controlled three draws, with Benasutti causing two turnovers.

 
Up Next
The Lions hit the road on Wednesday (Mar. 25) to open East Coast Conference play in an ECC Finals rematch against the Mavericks of Mercy University. Game time it set for 4:00 p.m.