The women’s lacrosse team fell 11-10 to the Nazareth College Golden Flyers this past Friday in non-conference action. Led by juniors Nora Davis and Jennifer Young—who tallied four and three goals, respectively—the Golden Flyers improved to 3-2 on the season, while the Red Hawks dropped their second consecutive game, falling to 3-2 on the year.
All of Young’s goals came within the opening 16 minutes of play to give the Golden Flyers the early 4-2 lead.
Just 2:25 into the game, Young notched her first of the night, just to have RPI respond with goals by sophomore Stephanie Caouette and senior Emily Donowick over a 34-second span to take the 2-1 lead. Davis tied the game at 23:04 of the first half, and Young added two more for the 4-2 lead.
Davis netted her second of the night with 12 minutes remaining in the first half to pull Nazareth ahead, 5-2. RPI senior Kerri Clark added one more to the scoreboard in the closing minutes of play, but was quickly countered by Nazareth sophomore Michelle Cook to maintain the three-goal deficit with 29 seconds remaining in the half.
Starting the second half as the first, Golden Flyer senior Shannon Lattimore and sophomore Alyssa Mulheron each scored in the opening five minutes of the half to take a five-goal lead.
Just over a minute after Mulheron’s mark, Rensselaer netted four consecutive goals spanning a 8:22 period to pull within one point. Junior Whitney Kukol and Caouette each had two goals, as well as Clark and Donowick. Freshman Emma Albert added a single goal for RPI.
Still trailing by a goal, 11-10, the Red Hawks placed strong pressure in the offensive zone in the final minutes of play, but could but could not solve Nazareth junior goaltender Ann Sessler, who made four saves in the final 21:27 of the match. Junior goalkeeper Ariana Hood stopped seven shots for RPI.
Both teams recorded 27 shots, though the Golden Flyers edged the Red Hawks in ground balls by 12-6.
RPI opens up Liberty League play on the road this weekend, with games against William Smith College this Friday at 4 pm and Hamilton College on Saturday at 2 pm.
