No. 1 seed slips away from women's lacrosse

No. 1 seed slips away from women’s lacrosse

By: Taylor Massey QBSN Staff Writer

           

As the rain moved in, the Quinnipiac women’s lacrosse team was washed out by the Bryant Bulldogs. In their final game of the regular season the Bobcats lost to the Bulldogs by a mere two points, falling 8-6.

The Bulldogs burst onto the field scoring five unanswered goals in the first nine minutes of the game. The Bobcats defense appeared weak allowing several Bulldog players to break through to the goal. Senior goaltender Noelle Martello (Westbury, N.Y.) started the game, but was switched with Samantha Tilts (Port Washington, N.Y.) after the fifth goal.

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Kyra Ochwat (Farmingdale, N.Y.) finally got the Bobcats in the game with the first goal. The freshman has proved to be a key player for the Bobcats. Ochwat is second on the team in goals with 31 goal points. Devon Gibney (Hopkinton, Mass.) recorded an assist on the goal.

After another Bryant goal, Quinnipiac kicked it into gear with a three goal streak started off by the team of Marissa Caroleo (North Babylon, N.Y.) and Sarah Allen (Glastonbury, Conn.). They cut Bryant’s 6-1 lead in half with back-to-back goals by Caroleo and the assists going to Allen. Caroleo is three points away from breaking the all-time points record while Allen is three assists away from the all-time assist record.

Lauren Sheridan led the Bulldogs to a win, earning a hat trick in the first half of the game. Katherine Keckeisen also contributed two goals to their eight-goal total. All but one of Bryant’s goals was made unassisted.

The scoring slowed down in the second half with each goalie making vital saves. Tilts made seven saves in her time in the net, only allowing one goal in the second half. Even with defense stepping up later in the game, it wasn’t enough to take over the Bulldogs.

Post-season begins next weekend, and the Bobcats will need to work on few aspects of their game. Quinnipiac will need to come out on the field with a lot more intensity in order to succeed in the playoffs.

“If we can’t play 60 minutes, we’ve got no business winning a game,” said head coach Danie Caro. “That’s something we’ve got to work on for next weekend.”

Quinnipiac drops to 7-2 in the NEC and 8-7 overall while Bryant improves to 5-4 in conference and 6-10 overall. As the No. 2-seed in the NEC, the Bobcats will head to Fairfield, Conn. next weekend to take on the No. 3-seed Monmouth.