CORTLAND, N.Y. – Junior Kaillie Briscoe (Orangeville, ON/Orangeville District School) scored five goals to lead the nationally sixth- ranked Hamilton women's lacrosse team to a 15-7 win versus 18th-ranked Cortland Wednesday afternoon at the SUNY Cortland Stadium Complex. The Red Dragons fell to 3-4 with the loss, their fourth this season against a ranked team, while the Continentals improved to 4-1.

Junior Daniel Torre (Massapequa) led the Red Dragons with two goals and two assists, while sophomore Jessie Fritz (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) had three goals. Senior Rachel Cornwell (Fairport) scored a goal, and freshman Bri Shost (Mahopac) tallied her first career goal. Sophomore Deanne Abell (Fulton/G. Ray Bodley) tied her career high with 17 saves.

Seniors Jen McGowan (Jericho, VT/Mount Mansfield Union) and Nicole Tetreault (Guilderland) each contributed two goals and three assists for Hamilton. Junior Kate Marek (Alexandria, VA/The Gunnery (CT)) and sophomore Hilary Saverin (New Canaan, CT/Taft School) scored two goals apiece. Sophomore goalie Kate Fowler (Branford, CT/Wilton) stopped five shots.

The Continentals opened up a 3-0 lead 10 minutes, 40 seconds into the game before Shost netted a free-position goal two minutes later to make it 3-1. Hamilton stretched its lead to 7-1 in the first half, but Cortland closed the opening 30 minutes with goals from Fritz and Torre to pull the Red Dragons to within 7-3. Cortland made it an 8-5 game early in the second half, but the Continentals outscored Cortland, 7-2, the rest of the way to earn the 15-7 victory.

Team (Record)   1 - 2  Final
Hamilton (4-1)  7 - 8   15
Cortland (3-4)  3 - 4    7

Scoring (Goals-Assists):

Hamilton: Kaillie Briscoe 5-0, Jen McGowan 2-3, Nicole Tetreault 2-3, Kate Marek 2-0, Hilary Saverin 2-0, Sarah Bray 1-1, Audrey Nebergall 1-0
Cortland: Danielle Torre 3-0, Jessie Fritz 2-2, Rachel Cornwell 1-0, Bri Shost 1-0

Goalkeepers:
Hamilton: Kate Fowler, 5 saves (7 GA in 60:00)
Cortland: Deanne Abell, 17 saves (15 GA in 60:00)

Shots: Hamilton 40, Cortland 17
Ground Balls: Hamilton 21, Cortland 17
Draw Controls: Cortland 13, Hamilton 10
Caused Turnovers: Hamilton 13, Cortland 7
Turnovers: Cortland 25, Hamilton 17
Fouls: Cortland 20, Hamilton 11

2008-03-26