April 19, 2009
WLAX: DOLPHINS FALL JUST SHORT AGAINST CINCINNATI,
12-10
Brooklandville, Md. – Sophomore midfielder Mia
Valletta (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna) tied a season-high
with three goals but the Le Moyne College women’s lacrosse
team fell short against Cincinnati, 12-10, in non-conference action
at St. Paul’s School for Girls Sunday afternoon. Laura
Simanski and Ali Mattingly each scored five goals, accounting for
10 of Cincinnati’s 12 goals.
Le Moyne outshot Cincinnati, 32-28, but was unable to convert on
its free-position shot opportunities. The team was 1-of-9 on its
free-position attempts while Cincinnati converted on 5-of-9 of its
opportunities. The Dolphins never led in the game but tied the
score twice in the first half. After falling behind 2-0 on a pair
of goals from Mattingly, Le Moyne junior Jackie Lundblad
(Marietta, N.Y./Marcellus) put the Dolphins on the board
with her twelfth goal of the season. Two more goals from Mattingly
gave the Bearcats a 4-1 lead. But Le Moyne netted the game’s
next three goals to tie the game. Sophomore midfielder
Katlin Walker (Penn Yan, N.Y./Penn Yan) scored on
a free-position shot before Valletta sent in back-to-back goals for
the Dolphins.
After Cincinnati pushed ahead by a goal, Le Moyne evened the score
for a final time when sophomore Lauren Crary (Rochester,
N.Y./Irondequoit) took a pass from classmate
Nerissa Barzee (Baldwinsville, N.Y./Baldwinsville)
and deposited it in the net. The goal was Crary’s second of
the season and the assist was Barzee’s third of the game. The
Bearcats tacked on a pair of goals over the final four minutes of
the first half to take a 7-5 lead into halftime.
Le Moyne pulled within one just 42 seconds into the second half
when senior midfielder McKenzie Gray (Baldwinsville,
N.Y./Baldwinsville), the team’s assists leader on
the season with 25, sent in an unassisted tally. The Bearcats
responded with a pair of goals over the next two minutes before the
Dolphins made a final push. Sophomore Michelle Phillips
(Johnson City, N.Y./Maine Endwell) scored her third goal
of the weekend before Walker tallied her second goal of the game to
force a one-goal deficit, at 9-8, with 25:18 to play. It was the
closest the Dolphins would make it the rest of the way.
Simanski added a pair of goals for Cincinnati to make it 11-8
before Valletta capped her three-goal afternoon at the 15:21 mark.
Simanski poured in her fourth goal of the half to restore a
three-goal Bearcats lead, at 12-9, with 12:30 to play. Le Moyne
freshman Stephanie Dussing (Syracuse, N.Y./Bishop
Ludden) provided the game’s 12-10 final score on an
assist from senior Maura Kenville (Syracuse, N.Y./Christian
Brothers Academy) at the 4:42 mark. It was the freshman
attacker’s second goal in as many games.
Le Moyne’s freshman goalkeeper Kelly Fucillo
(Camillus, N.Y./West Genesee) recorded double-digit saves
for the twelfth time this season, stopping ten shots between the
pipes for the Dolphins.
The Dolphins (5-11) will look to snap a four-game slide when they
host UAlbany at 1 p.m. Saturday. Le Moyne’s two-member senior
class of Gray and Kenville will be honored before the team’s
final game of the season.
-agate-
Cincinnati 12, Le Moyne
10
Cincinnati (6-10) 7 5
- 12
Le Moyne (5-11) 5
5 - 10
Cincinnati (6-10): SCORING: Laura Simanski 5-1, Ali Mattingly 5-1,
Lynsey Burton 1-2, Lindsey Marshall 1-0, Natalie Starvaggi 0-1.
GOALKEEPING: Katherine Russo (60:00, W, 10 GA, 15 saves).
Le Moyne (5-11): Mia Valletta 3-0, Katlin Walker 2-0, Michelle
Phillips 1-0, McKenzie Gray 1-0, Jackie Lundblad 1-0, Stephanie
Dussing 1-0, Lauren Crary 1-0, Nerissa Barzee 0-3, Maura Kenville
0-1. GOALKEEPING: Kelly Fucillo (60:00, L, 12 GA, 10 saves).



















