Brookhaven, NY - Freshmen midfielder Cassandra Cronin (Islip Terrace, NY) had 5 goals and was named the games most outstanding player as Dowling defeated Molloy 18-8 in the Championship game of the ECAC Tournament. With the win, the Golden Lions end their innagural season 10-5 as Molloy falls to 10-7.

The Golden Lions jumped out to an early 4-0 as four different Golden Lions found the back of the net. Molloy would get on the board at the 17:29 mark on a goal by Hayley Lacey but Cronin and the Dowling offense would be too much for Molloy. Cronin would net her second off the game off a dish from Samantha Messineo (Shirley, NY) and her third to close out the half and give Dowling a 8-2 advantage.

Dowling would come out sharp in the second half and pushed their lead to 12-2 with a 4-0 run, the last coming from Stephanie Cotter (Ridge, NY) on a free position opportunity. Molloy would claw back and cut the Dowling lad to 9 twice but back-to-back goals from Vanessa Moreira (Selden, NY) and Cotter put the game out of reach.

Dowling out shot the Lions 34-22 and won the battle of hustle stats, owning the advantge in draw controls 16-10 and ground balls 33-19.

For Dowling, Cotter finished with 5 goals and an assist on the day for a game high 6 points. Moreira had an excellent all around day, scoring 3 goals to go along with her 9 ground balls, 6 draw controls and 5 caused turnovers. Kelly Cefalu (East Islip, NY) had a hat trick and ended her season with a team high 48 goals.

For Molloy, Kristina Wargo, Kristie Sosnowski and Lacey had two goals each in the loss, with Wargo also dishing out two assists.

Score by Period       1  2  Tot
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Molloy College......  2  6 -  8
Dowling College.....  8 10 - 18
 
Attendance: 125
 
Molloy College SCORING:
GOALS: Wargo, Kristina 2; Sosnowski, Kristie 2; Lacey; Hayley 2;
       LaFlare, Rebecca 1; Varricchio, Maria 1.
ASSISTS: Wargo, Kristina 2; Ahern, Mary Beth 1; Brady, Erin 1.
 
Dowling College SCORING:
GOALS: Cotter,Stephanie 5; Cronin,Cassandra 5; Moreira,Vanessa 3;
       Cefalu,Kelly 3; Burgos,Melanie 1; Marra,Lauren 1.
ASSISTS: Burgos,Melanie 3; Messineo,Samantha 2; Cotter,Stephanie 1.
 
SHOTS BY PERIOD       1  2  Tot
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Molloy College......  4 18 - 22
Dowling College..... 19 15 - 34
 
GROUND BALLS BY PRD   1  2  Tot
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Molloy College...... 11  8 - 19
Dowling College..... 19 14 - 33
 
DRAW CONTROLS BY PRD  1  2  Tot
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Molloy College......  4  6 - 10
Dowling College.....  7  9 - 16
 
CLEARS BY PERIOD       1     2     Total
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Molloy College......  4-11  2-7  -  6-18
Dowling College.....  7-7   3-5  - 10-12
 
FREE-POSITION SHOTS    1     2     Total
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Molloy College......  1-1   0-4  -  1-5
Dowling College.....  3-6   3-4  -  6-10
 
SAVES BY PERIOD       1  2  Tot
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Molloy College......  3  2 -  5
Dowling College.....  1  8 -  9
 
FOULS BY PERIOD       1  2  Tot
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Molloy College...... 14  8 - 22
Dowling College.....  5  7 - 12
 
TURNOVERS BY PRD      1  2  Tot
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Molloy College...... 13  8 - 21
Dowling College.....  8  6 - 14

2008-05-10