Sacred Heart women's lacrosse had a two game weekend, facing Marist University and New York University on the road for a round robin. On Sunday the Pioneers looked to sweep the season series against the red foxes and wildcats in New York. Junior
Amanda Beberman got the scoring started getting the Pioneers an even score of 1-1 at the end of the first quarter. The second quarter the pioneers were able to keep the tie with freshmen
Molly Grandell scoring and
Amanda Beberman scoring her second of the game. The third quarter remained scoreless for the pioneers as they were down 5-3. In the fourth senior
Margaret Mossop and sophomore
Jolie Dalton each scored within a couple minutes of each other putting the Pioneers 7-5, just short of the pioneers taking home the win.
The Pioneers played back to back games their next opponent being the Wildcats of NYU. The wildcats came out hot scoring straight off the draw but the pioneers were quick to answer back with freshmen
Molly Grandell scoring. The game went back and forth in the first two quarters with scores being answered by both the Wildcats and the Pioneers. At the half the score was 3-3. Leading the scoring was freshmen
Molly Grandell with her second of the game and Senior
Samantha Faeth with her first goal of the series. After the half the Pioneers came out hot adding another two goals to their score. This charge lead by Freshmen
Molly Grandell once again. The pioneers were able to finish the game strong with a final, score of 11-7. The following players also scored against the wildcats. Sophomores
Shannon Tuttle and
Jolie Dalton and Senior
Margaret Mossop. Junior goalie
Kristina Riesco was in goal for the pioneers blocking shots and holding off the wildcats to help in winning the game.
The Pioneers will play their last game of their fall ball season this Saturday November 18th against the University of New Haven.