Division I Women

Stony Brook Rolls to Win over Denver

from press release

The Stony Brook women's lacrosse team scored four goals in the
game's first seven minutes and went on to defeat the Denver
Pioneers 11-7 Sunday afternoon at LaValle Stadium. Senior Melissa
Cook (Bay Shore, N.Y.) led the Seawolves with three goals, and
freshman Alyssa Cardillo (Farmingdale, N.Y.) led all scorers with
four points (one goal, three assists).

The Seawolves improve to 2-1 on the season and notch a win against
a team that had begun the 2011 season nationally ranked (No. 20 in
the Inside Lacrosse preseason poll). The Pioneers drop to 0-4 on
the year.

Less than 30 seconds into the match, Stony Brook's Victoria Cable
(Oakton, Va.) took a pass from Cardillo and put the ball past
Denver goalie Ashley Harman. That sparked a five-goal outburst in
the match's first 11:31. Samantha Djaha (East Islip, N.Y.), Trish
Molfetta (Carmel, N.Y.), Abby Ford (Baltimore, Md.) and Kaila
Gottlick (Madison, Conn.) all followed with goals to put the
Seawolves on top 5-1 and force Denver to switch goalkeepers.

Denver got the deficit down to three, 7-4, by halftime, but the
Seawolves came out with three more goals in the second half's first
10 minutes. Cook, Djaha and Tara Gerstacker (Manorville, N.Y.) all
tallied goals to put Stony Brook up 10-4.

Denver made it 10-6 with a pair of goals, but Stony Brook
received a great effort from keeper Mickey Cahill, who made 10
saves on the day, including three towards the end of the match and
one on a free position attempt. Cahill saw a lot of action today as
Denver attempted 27 shots, outshooting the Seawolves 27-16.
However, Stony Brook had a better percentage of on-goal shots; 14
out of 16 Seawolves shots were on target.

Stony Brook will return to the field Saturday, March 5, as it
hosts Johns Hopkins at LaValle Stadium at 1 p.m.