Buffalo, N.Y.- The women's lacrosse team fell 14-10 to D'Youville this afternoon at Dobson Field. With the loss the Lions drop to 5-9 overall (2-3 ECC), while the Saints improve its record to 6-8 (3-2 ECC).

How it Happened

• Senior Emma Brazier opened the scoring for the Lions just 57 seconds into the contest.
• Lauren Parker tied the game on a free position shot, followed by a man-down goal from Danielle Gephart to give the Saints a 2-1 lead.
• Freshman Sam Cossaro responded with a man-up goal late in the first frame before Brazier added her second on another extra-man opportunity for the Lions.
• Junior goalkeeper Samantha Heuer denied Gephart on a free position attempt to preserve the Lions' 3-2 lead heading into the second quarter.
• Sophonore Cameron Thompson connected with Brazier to complete her hat trick early in the second quarter.
• D'Youville trimmed the deficit to one with a goal from Madison McGinn
• Sophomore Ava Benasutti tallied her first of the game to extend Molloy's lead to 5-3.
• The Saints responded with back-to-back goals to even the score at five. The home team continued its run with goals from Ireland Costigan, Madison Buck, and Lauren Parker to go ahead 8-5.
• Benasutti halted the run with a free position goal, sending the Lions into halftime trailing 8-6.
• Both teams traded goals to open the second half, making it 9-7 Saints.
• McGinn and Gephart scored three minutes apart before Brazier capitalized on a man-up opportunity to cut the Lions' deficit to three.
• Thompson closed out the third quarter with a goal in the final 20 seconds, making it 11-9 going into the final quarter.
• Brazier netted her fifth goal of the game, bringing the cardinal and white within one.
• D'Youville took control for the rest of the contest, scoring three unanswered goals to secure a 14-10 victory.

Top Performances

• Brazier led the way with five goals for five points on the afternoon.
• Thompson recorded two goals and two assists.
• Benasutti (2 goals) and Cossaro (1 goal, 1 assist) each finished with two points.
• Freshman Jenna Italiano added an assist, collected three ground balls, and caused three turnovers.
• Sophonore Ryleigh Zamora controlled seven draws.
• Heuer made 11 saves in net.

Up Next
The Lions take on Pace University in a non-conference match up on Wednesday (Apr. 22) at 6:00 p.m. at the RVC Sports Complex.