Senior Kristen Ohberg scored four times and became the third player in program history to reach 300 career points
Box Score CORTLAND, N.Y. – Eight different players scored goals, and senior
Kristen Ohberg (Brewster) became the third Cortland player to reach 300 career points as the nationally second-ranked Red Dragons women's lacrosse team defeated Clarkson, 17-5, Sunday afternoon at the Stadium Complex.
Ohberg led Cortland with four goals to join Lindsay Abbott and Maria Di Fato as the only three Cortland players to pass the 300-point mark; she currently has 177 goals and 125 assists for 302 career points. Junior
Megan Gonzalez (Miller Place) and freshman
Lexie Meager (Syracuse/West Genesee) each recorded three goals and junior
Hannah Elmer (Syracuse/West Genesee) scored twice and added two assists. Senior
Nicolette Tortorici (Deer Park) netted two goals, junior
Katie Wolfe (East Amherst/Williamsville North) added a score and two assists and sophomore
Carly Stone (Syracuse/Jamesville-DeWitt) tallied a goal and an assist. Freshman
Molly Newton (Skaneateles) recorded a goal, classmate
Brie Yonge (Penn Yan/Penn Yan Academy) tallied two assists and junior
Carli Clementi (Huntington/Harborfields) dished out one helper.
Senior goalie
Jaclyn Beshlian (Wantagh) turned aside four shots in 55:22 before giving way to junior
Kristyn Drake (Tully), who did not see a shot on goal over the final 4:38 for the Red Dragons. Meager recorded five draw controls and caused two turnovers. Junior
Sydney Oshinsky (Oceanside) caused two turnovers and collected four ground balls.
Senior Kate Dillon (St. Albans, VT/Bellows Free Academy) and sophomore Jaid Baytos (Watertown/Immaculate Heart) led the Golden Knights with two goals each. Freshman Emma Andrews (Mexico/Mexico Academy) added a score.
Sophomore Samantha Gladd (Rensselaer/Columbia) made four saves in goal for Clarkson. Baytos won five draws and juniors Taylor Collins (Syracuse/West Genesee) and Abby Gruneisen (Potsdam) scooped up two ground balls each.
Ohberg and Gonzalez scored the game's first two goals for Cortland, both off of Elmer assists. Dillon made the score 2-1 for Clarkson, but the Red Dragons closed out the half on goals from Elmer, Stone, Meager and Ohberg.
Cortland continued to roll, opening up the second half with two more goals from Ohberg and scores from Meager, Gonzalez and Tortorici to extend its lead to 11-1. Four of the next six goals went to the Golden Knights; Baytos scored twice and Dillon and Andrews netted goals. Elmer and Gonzalez recorded the two Red Dragon goals during the stretch. Cortland closed out the game with four straight goals from Meager, Tortorici, Newton and Wolfe.
Cortland 17, Clarkson 5
GAME SUMMARY:
Team 1-2 Final
Clarkson 1-4 5
Cortland 6-11 17
Scoring (Goals-Assists):
Clarkson: Kate Dillon 2-0, Jaid Baytos 2-0, Emma Andrews 1-0
Cortland:
Kristen Ohberg 4-0,
Megan Gonzalez 3-0,
Lexie Meager 3-0,
Hannah Elmer 2-2,
Nicolette Tortorici 2-0,
Katie Wolfe 1-2,
Carly Stone 1-1,
Molly Newton 1-0,
Brie Yonge 0-2,
Carli Clementi 0-1
Goalkeepers:
Clarkson: Samantha Gladd, 4 saves (17 GA in 60:00)
Cortland:
Jaclyn Beshlian, 4 saves (5 GA in 55:22),
Kristyn Drake, 0 saves (0 GA in 4:38)
Shots: Cortland 26, Clarkson 14
Ground Balls: Cortland 17, Clarkson 10
Clears: Cortland 16-of-17, Clarkson 10-of-13
Draw Controls: Cortland 12, Clarkson 12
Caused Turnovers: Cortland 9, Clarkson 4
Turnovers: Clarkson 16, Cortland 12
Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 1-0 (ranked 2
nd nationally in Div. III); Clarkson (Golden Knights) 1-1