BROCKPORT, N.Y. – Junior
Ashley Gentile (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) scored a career-high nine goals, the most by a Cortland player in 14 years, to lead the nationally fourth-ranked Red Dragons to a 19-10 win at The College at Brockport in SUNYAC women's lacrosse action Tuesday night. Cortland improved to 13-1 overall and 6-0 in the conference, while the Golden Eagles fell to 7-4 and 3-2.
Freshman
Hannah Elmer (Syracuse/West Genesee) also had a career day for the Red Dragons with a personal-best five points on two goals and three assists. Senior
Emma Hayes-Hurley (Huntington) and junior
Tara Monaghan (Stony Point/North Rockland) each netted three goals. Sophomore
Kristen Ohberg (Brewster) tallied one goal and two assists, junior
Nicole Bello (Camillus/West Genesee) recorded one goal and one assist, senior
Marilyn Farrell (Fayetteville/Fayetteville-Manlius) chipped in with two assists and junior
Elise Bennett (Webster/Webster Thomas) added one assist.
Sophomore goalie
Jaclyn Beshlian (Wantagh) registered a career-high 11 saves for the Red Dragons. Hayes-Hurley won seven draw controls, and Gentile secured six draws.
Kelly Wall led Brockport with three goals and one assist. Makensie Schuber and Nina Tassone each scored three goals, and Keeley Rice added a goal. Goalie Remle Harr turned aside nine shots. Courtney Szczesniak recorded three caused turnovers and three ground balls, and Colleen Hathaway also forced three turnovers.
Gentile started the game quickly, giving Cortland a 3-0 lead 5:24 into the game. The advantage grew to 10-2 at the 3:43 mark of the opening half as Gentile notched three more goals. The Golden Eagles pulled to within 10-4 at intermission with late scores from Tassone and Wall.
The Red Dragons opened the second half with a four-goal run to open a commanding 14-4 lead. Brockport netted the next two goals to pull to within 14-6, but the eight-goal deficit would be the closest the Golden Eagles could get the remainder of the game. Gentile and Monaghan pushed the Cortland advantage back to 10 at 16-6 before the teams traded the next four goals for an 18-8 Red Dragon lead with 6:37 remaining. Tassone and Rice tallied back-to-back goals for Brockport inside the five-minute mark, and Gentile completed the scoring with her ninth goal of the game at 2:10 off Farrell's assist for the 19-10 final.
Cortland 19, The College at Brockport 10
GAME SUMMARY:
Team 1-2 Final
Cortland 10-9 19
Brockport 4-6 10
Scoring (Goals-Assists):
Cortland:
Ashley Gentile 9-0,
Emma Hayes-Hurley 3-0,
Tara Monaghan 3-0,
Hannah Elmer 2-3,
Kristen Ohberg 1-2,
Nicole Bello 1-1,
Marilyn Farrell 0-2,
Elise Bennett 0-1
Brockport: Kelly Wall 3-1, Makensie Schuber 3-0, Nina Tassone 3-0, Keeley Rice 1-0
Goalkeepers:
Cortland:
Jaclyn Beshlian, 11 saves (10 GA in 60:00)
Brockport: Remle Harr, 9 saves (19 GA in 60:00)
Shots: Cortland 37, Brockport 26
Ground Balls: Brockport 8, Cortland 5
Clears: Cortland 12-of-13, Brockport 13-of-17
Draw Controls: Cortland 17, Brockport 14
Caused Turnovers: Brockport 7, Cortland 4
Turnovers: Brockport 10, Cortland 9
Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 13-1, 6-0 SUNYAC (ranked 4th nationally in Div. III); Brockport (Golden Eagles) 7-4, 3-2 SUNYAC
