NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – Senior Hannah Lorenzen (Stony Brook/Ward Melville) tallied a game-high eight points on five goals and three assists to lead the nationally 17th-ranked Cortland women's lacrosse team to a 16-9 win at New Paltz in SUNYAC East action Saturday afternoon. With her eight points, Lorenzen became with 48th player in program history to reach 100 career points and now has 103 on 78 goals and 25 assists.
 
The Red Dragons improved to 9-1 overall and 7-0 in their division, and, as the top seed, will host second-seeded Geneseo out of the SUNYAC West in a conference semifinal game at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Apr. 29. The Hawks dropped to 5-3 overall and in the conference and finished third in the SUNYAC East based on tiebreaker criteria with Oneonta, which earned the second seed.
 
Junior Shelby Meduski (East Quogue/Westhampton Beach) recorded two goals and one assist for Cortland, while senior Hannah Tiso (Somers), junior Hannah Keech (Penn Yan/Penn Yan Academy) and sophomore Kiki Meager (Syracuse/West Genesee) each scored two goals.
 
Senior Cecilia Procopio (Syracuse/West Genesee) totaled four points on one goal and three assists. Junior Katie Goodrich (Jordan/Jordan-Elbridge) contributed one goal and one assist, senior Paige Hommel (East Islip/St. John the Baptist) scored a goal and senior Catie Fleming (Massapequa/Farmingdale) and junior Amy Hoeffner (Bay Shore) each chipped in with an assist.
 
Senior goalie Paige Potter (Cortland) made eight saves for the Red Dragons. Meager added seven draw controls, and Meduski secured four draws. Senior Kayla Petre (Hauppauge) recorded four ground balls and two caused turnovers, and Fleming and freshman Holly Wright (Huntington) each finished with two ground balls and two caused turnovers.
 
Tara Bovich led New Paltz with five goals. Katie Zito scored twice, Maddie Gillis and Ella Malanga each netted a goal and Keydy Espinoza and Kaitlyn Shaw collected one assist apiece.
 
Goalie Hailey Aber stopped nine shots in 56:36. Goalie Haley Timarky turned aside one shot in 3:24. Shannon Brosnan secured five draws, Shaw caused four turnovers and won three draws and Espinoza finished with three draws.

Cortland 16, New Paltz 9

GAME SUMMARY:

Team                      1-2       Final
Cortland                5-11          16
New Paltz              3-6           9

Scoring (Goals-Assists):
Cortland: Hannah Lorenzen 5-3, Shelby Meduski 2-1, Kiki Meager 2-0, Hannah Tiso 2-0, Hannah Keech 2-0, Cecilia Procopio 1-3, Katie Goodrich 1-1, Paige Hommel 1-0, Catie Fleming 0-1, Amy Hoeffner 0-1
New Paltz: Tara Bovich 5-0, Katie Zito 2-0, Maddie Gillis 1-0, Ella Malanga 1-0, Keydy Espinoza 0-1, Kaitlyn Shaw 0-1

Goalkeepers:
Cortland: Paige Potter, 8 saves (9 GA in 60:00)
New Paltz: Hailey Aber, 9 saves (15 GA in 56:36), Haley Timarky, 1 save (1 GA in 3:24)

Shots: Cortland 31, New Paltz 20
Ground Balls: Cortland 16, New Paltz 13
Clears: Cortland 14-of-14, New Paltz 13-of-14
Draw Controls: Cortland 14, New Paltz 13
Caused Turnovers: New Paltz 12, Cortland 11
Turnovers: New Paltz 20, Cortland 15

Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 9-1, 7-0 SUNYAC East (ranked 17th in Div. III); New Paltz (Hawks) 5-3, 5-3 SUNYAC East