CORTLAND, N.Y. – The nationally 15th-ranked Cortland women's lacrosse team raced out to a 7-0 lead just before the midway point of the first half en route to an 18-10 victory versus Oswego Saturday afternoon in SUNYAC action at the Stadium Complex. The Red Dragons improved to 5-3 overall and 3-0 in the conference. The Lakers fell to 4-3 and 1-2.

Senior Carly Stone (Syracuse/Jamesville-DeWitt) led nine Cortland goal scorers with a game-high five. Junior Lexie Meager (Syracuse/West Genesee) netted four goals, sophomore Cecilia Procopio (Syracuse/West Genesee) tallied a career-high six points on two goals and four assists and junior Molly Newton (Skaneateles) recorded two goals and two assists.

Juniors Brie Yonge (Penn Yan/Penn Yan Academy) and Baylee Ojeda (Canandaigua/Canandaigua Academy) each contributed one goal and one assist, and sophomores Paige Hommel (East Islip/St. John the Baptist) and Hannah Lorenzen (Stony Brook/Ward Melville) and freshman Amy Hoeffner (Bay Shore) each chipped in with a goal for Cortland.

Sophomore Annie Casey (Bay Shore) started in goal for the Red Dragons, making six saves in 51:30 before giving way to sophomore Paige Potter (Cortland), who stopped one shot over the final 8:30. Hoeffner registered four caused turnovers and four ground balls, and freshman Amanda Squillini (Stony Point/North Rockland) also caused four turnovers. Junior Jordynn Aiello (Centereach/Newfield) recorded an assist and four ground balls, Lorenzen won six draw controls and Meager secured four draws.

Senior Brigid Regin (Syracuse/West Genesee) led Oswego with three goals. Senior Toni Laneve (Syracuse/Bishop Grimes) tallied two goals and one assist, junior Molly Beck (Mexico) scored twice, senior Teresa Shattuck (Syracuse/Bishop Grimes) had one goal and one assist and junior Kassidy Myers (Mexico) and freshman Mckenna Chesbro (Fulton/G. Ray Bodley) each scored a goal.

Junior goalie Elianna Sanchez (Queens/John Adams) registered 10 saves for the Lakers. Senior Danielle Walker (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) collected five ground balls and caused three turnovers, and Shattuck won a game-high eight draws.

Stone and Meager each scored twice and Yonge, Lorenzen and Hommel notched one goal apiece as Cortland built a 7-0 lead at the 16:42 mark of the opening half. The Lakers answered with four of the game's next six goals, two from Regin, to cut their deficit to 9-4 six minutes before the half. Newton made it a 10-4 score at the break with her goal at 4:29.

The Red Dragons continued to build on their lead in the second half. After Hoeffner and Myers traded early scores, Cortland netted six of the next seven goals to take a commanding 17-6 lead at the midway point of the half. Chesbro and Procopio each netted goals, and Cortland held an 18-7 advantage with 9:32 to play before the Lakers closed out the game with a three-goal run for the 18-10 final. 
 
Cortland 18, Oswego 10

GAME SUMMARY:

Team                       1-2       Final
Oswego                   4-6           10
Cortland                  10-8          18

Scoring (Goals-Assists):
Cortland: Carly Stone 5-0, Lexie Meager 4-0, Cecilia Procopio 2-4, Molly Newton 2-2, Brie Yonge 1-1, Baylee Ojeda 1-1, Amy Hoeffner 1-0, Paige Hommel 1-0, Hannah Lorenzen 1-0, Jordynn Aiello 0-1
Oswego: Brigid Regin 3-0, Toni Laneve 2-1, Molly Beck 2-0, Teresa Shattuck 1-1, Kassidy Myers 1-0, Mckenna Chesbro 1-0  

Goalkeepers:
Cortland: Annie Casey, 6 saves (7 GA in 51:30), Paige Potter, 1 save (3 GA in 8:30)
Oswego: Elianna Sanchez, 10 saves (18 GA in 60:00)

Shots: Cortland 37, Oswego 25
Ground Balls: Cortland 20, Oswego 15
Clears: Cortland 15-of-16, Oswego 15-of-23
Draw Controls: Cortland 18, Oswego 12
Caused Turnovers: Cortland 14, Oswego 7
Turnovers: Oswego 18, Cortland 13

Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 5-3, 3-0 SUNYAC (ranked 15th nationally in Div. III); Oswego (Lakers) 4-3, 1-2 SUNYAC