Fairfield defeats women’s lacrosse

Fairfield defeats women’s lacrosse

By: Taylor Massey QBSN Staff Writer

In its last non-conference game of the season, the Quinnipiac women’s lacrosse team let the Fairfield Stags run away with a win. The Bobcats nailed the first goal of the game early on, but soon after Fairfield took the lead and never looked back. The Stags held onto at least a one-goal lead throughout the game before pulling away with a six-goal difference. The afternoon came to an end with the Bobcats falling 11-5 to the Stags.

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Lianne Toomey (Hicksville, N.Y.) was the first player on the board and the only Bobcat with a multiple-goal game. Marissa Caroleo (North Babylon, N.Y.) was the only other Bobcat to have a multiple-point game, recording a goal and an assist. The two other Quinnipiac goals came from Kearney Sneath (Branford, Conn.) and Kyra Ochwat (Farmingdale, N.Y.).

Fairfield stole the game with a five-goal streak in each of the two halves. After the first streak, Quinnipiac answered back with three straight goals to close the gap. However after the second streak, the Bobcats were unable to make a come back.

Melanie Raso lead the Stags in goals, beating Bobcat goalie Samantha Tilts (Port Washington, N.Y.) three times. Jamie Leone also had a multiple-point game for the Stags, adding a goal and an assist.

Despite the loss, freshman goalie Tilts made a total of six saves for the Bobcats. Assistant coach Brittany Hauser commented on the talent of Tilts and fellow freshman Ochwat as they have progressed throughout the season.

 “We thought we’d give her the opportunity today and she did very well for us,” Hauser said about Tilts. “She’s very positive and she talks her defense very well.”

Ochwat has also proved to be a key player. She sits in fourth place on the team in points with a total of 34 this season off of 28 goals and six assists.

“She’s really working hard and stepping up her game and adjusting to what the other teams are doing and she’s doing what we want her to do,” said Hauser.

As the Bobcats enter into their final two conference games of the season against Central Connecticut State and Bryant University, they will be relying on these players to keep up their hard work.

Quinnipiac drops to 7-6 overall while Fairfield improves to 10-3. The Bobcats return to action on their home turf next Friday against Central Connecticut.