CORTLAND, N.Y. – The nationally 23rd-ranked Cortland women's lacrosse team jumped out to a 12-2 lead at the half and earned a 17-4 victory versus New Paltz Wednesday afternoon in SUNYAC action at the Stadium Complex. The Red Dragons won their seventh consecutive game, improving to 8-4 overall and 5-0 in the conference. The Hawks fell to 3-7 and 1-3.
Sophomore
Toni Cashman (East Moriches/Westhampton Beach) paced the Cortland offense with four goals. Senior
Lauren Hopsicker (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) tallied a game-high five points on three goals and two assists, and graduate student
Hannah Lorenzen (Stony Brook/Ward Melville) netted three goals.
Senior
Hannah Keech (Penn Yan/Penn Yan Academy) recorded two goals and one assist, while graduate student
Emily Goebel (Penfield) scored twice for the Red Dragons. Senior
Katie Goodrich (Jordan/Jordan-Elbridge) contributed one goal and two assists, junior
Matisyn Schaut (Syracuse/West Genesee) netted a goal, junior
Sydney Stamboly (Rome/Rome Free Academy) scored her first goal of the season, and senior
Amy Hoeffner (Bay Shore) and junior
Rachel Janis (Laurel/Mattituck) each picked up an assist.
Graduate student
Paige Potter (Cortland) turned aside five shots and collected two ground balls for Cortland. Graduate student
Kayla Sweeney (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) scooped up four ground balls, and senior
Amanda Squillini (Stony Point/North Rockland) secured three ground balls.
Sophomore Kaitlyn Shaw (Rye Brook/Blind Brook) led New Paltz with two goals. Senior Katie Zito (Glenmont/Bethlehem) registered a goal and an assist, and freshman Alyssa Indelicato (Selden/Newfield) added a goal.
Sophomore Hailey Aber (Denville, NJ/Morris Knolls) made four saves for the Hawks. Junior Cayci Hill (Cortlandt Manor/Walter Panas) caused two turnovers, junior Shannon Brosnan (Valhalla) won eight draw controls and Shaw contributed three ground balls and three draws.
Cortland opened a 6-1 lead after the first quarter as five different players scored. The lead grew to 12-2 at intermission as Lorenzen and Hopsicker each netted two goals in the second quarter. Cashman scored the lone goal of the third quarter as the entire second half was played with a running clock. The Red Dragons pushed their advantage to 16-2 just past the midway point of the fourth quarter with goals from Lorenzen, Goebel and Stamboly. Shaw netted back-to-back goals just over two minutes apart inside the five-minute mark before Schaut completed the scoring with 20 seconds on the clock for the 17-4 final.
Cortland 17, New Paltz 4
Team 1-2-3-4 Final
New Paltz 1-1-0-2 4
Cortland 6-6-1-4 17
Scoring (Goals-Assists):
New Paltz: Kaitlyn Shaw 2-0, Katie Zito 1-1, Alyssa Indelicato 1-0
Cortland:
Toni Cashman 4-0,
Lauren Hopsicker 3-2,
Hannah Lorenzen 3-0,
Hannah Keech 2-1,
Emily Goebel 2-0,
Katie Goodrich 1-2,
Sydney Stamboly 1-0,
Matisyn Schaut 1-0,
Amy Hoeffner 0-1,
Rachel Janis 0-1
Goalkeepers:
New Paltz: Hailey Aber, 4 saves (17 GA in 60:00)
Cortland:
Paige Potter, 5 saves (4 GA in 60:00)
Shots: Cortland 23, New Paltz 17
Ground Balls: Cortland 21, New Paltz 14
Clears: Cortland 18-of-21, New Paltz 9-of-13
Draw Controls: New Paltz 16, Cortland 8
Caused Turnovers: Cortland 7, New Paltz 6
Turnovers: New Paltz 21, Cortland 12
Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 8-4, 5-0 SUNYAC (ranked 23d nationally in Div. III); New Paltz (Hawks) 3-7, 1-3 SUNYAC
