PITTSFORD, N.Y. – Goalie Claudia Mocciaro made a career-high 12 saves as the nationally 12th-ranked St. John Fisher women's lacrosse team defeated 23rd-ranked Cortland, 9-5, in non-conference action Wednesday afternoon. The Red Dragon dropped to 1-2 with the loss. The Cardinals improved to 3-0.

Senior Lexie Meager (Syracuse/West Genesee) led Cortland with a pair of goals. Junior Hannah Lorenzen (Stony Brook/Ward Melville) tallied one goal and one assist, senior Brie Yonge (Penn Yan/Penn Yan Academy) and freshman Kiki Meager (Syracuse/West Genesee) each netted a goal and senior Baylee Ojeda (Canandaigua/Canandaigua Academy) added an assist.

Junior goalie Annie Casey (Bay Shore) registered 11 saves for the Red Dragons. Freshman Madelyn Czyz (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) won three draw controls and caused two turnovers, Ojeda caused two turnovers, Meager secured three draws and Yonge, junior Kayla Sweeney (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) and sophomore Hannah Keech (Penn Yan/Penn Yan Academy) each scooped up three ground balls.

Alyssa Sabotka and Sydney DeGirolamo paced the Cardinals' offense with two goals and one assist each. Mallory Eymer contributed one goal and two assists. Brittany Halpin, Mackenzie Alexander, Allison Rupp and Courtney O'Dea scored one goal apiece.

DeGirolamo won nine draws. Erin Mills collected four ground balls and caused three turnovers, Halpin and Logan Chase and Hannah King each secured three ground balls.

St. John Fisher jumped out to a 3-0 lead less than eight minutes into the game, but the Red Dragons answered with three straight goals, one each from Lexie Meager, Kiki Meager and Yonge, to even the score at 3-3 at the 16:10 mark. DeGirolamo and Lorenzen traded goals before the Cardinals ended the first half with three consecutive goals for a 7-4 lead.

The Cardinals made it an 8-4 score early in the second half. Lexie Meager's second goal at 22:59 ended St. John Fisher's four-goal run, but the Cardinals added a player-up goal at 11:35 to complete the score for the 9-5 final.

St. John Fisher 9, Cortland 5

GAME SUMMARY:

Team                      1-2       Final
Cortland                 4-1          5
St. John Fisher       7-2          9

Scoring (Goals-Assists):
Cortland: Lexie Meager 2-0, Hannah Lorenzen 1-1, Brie Yonge 1-0, Kiki Meager 1-0, Baylee Ojeda 0-1
St. John Fisher: Alyssa Sabotka 2-1, Sydney DeGirolamo 2-1, Mallory Eymer 1-2, Brittany Halpin 1-0, Mackenzie Alexander 1-0, Allison Rupp 1-0, Courtney O'Dea 1-0

Goalkeepers:
Cortland: Annie Casey, 11 saves (9 GA in 60:00)
St. John Fisher: Claudia Mocciaro, 12 saves (5 GA in 60:00)

Shots: St. John Fisher 31, Cortland 20
Ground Balls: St. John Fisher 20, Cortland 17
Clears: Cortland 19-of-26, St. John Fisher 17-of-20
Draw Controls: St. John Fisher 10, Cortland 6
Caused Turnovers: St. John Fisher 10, Cortland 8
Turnovers: Cortland 19, St. John Fisher 17

Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 1-2 (ranked 23rd in Div. III); St. John Fisher (Cardinals) 3-0 (ranked 12th in Div. III)