STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook women's lacrosse team notched its first home win of the season in dominant fashion, taking down UMass Lowell by a score of 20-3 at LaValle Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
 
A total of 12 different players got on the scoreboard including three who earned their first-career scores as a Seawolf. Stony Brook now improves to 2-0 in America East play.

QUOTING HEAD COACH Joe Spallina
"I like the direction of our team. I see growth every day in practice. The fact that we had 12 different goal scorers is a testament to us getting better…When you look at the staple of our team it's back to being a great defense and an opportunistic offense so I think that we're on our way there. We have some kids that are really starting to get comfortable in (Siobhan) Rafferty and Sara Moeller. I think it's just starting to string together some good weeks of practice so we see some growth there."
 
HIGHLIGHTS

• It was all Stony Brook from the get-go as the Seawolves scored the first 16 goals of the game and never looked back.
• Siobhan Rafferty (Long Beach, N.Y.) paced the squad with four goals and Sara Moeller (Phoenix, Md.) also had a four-point performance from one goal and three assists.
• Ally Kennedy (North Babylon, N.Y.) had a hat trick and secured five draw controls for Stony Brook.
• Rayna Sabella (Mount Sinai, N.Y.) and Bridget Considine (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) both had career outings with Sabella garnering three points on the day (2G, 1A) and Considine recording four points (2G, 2A).
• Jesse Arline (Wading River, N.Y.) had a multi-point day with a pair of goals.
• Kelsi LoNigro (Blue Point, N.Y.), Mikayla Dwyer (Shoreham, N.Y.) and Gabby Abbadessa (Phoenix, Ariz.) each recorded their first-career goals in a Stony Brook uniform.
• Along with Considine, Kasey Mitchell (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y.), Sarah Pulis (Baldwin, N.Y.) and Nicole Bifulco (Huntington, N.Y.) each earned their first goals of the season.
• UMass Lowell finally got on the board with 1:44 left in the first half and also laid claim to two of the second half's first three goals.

NOTES

• Kennedy has scored in all nine games so far while Rafferty has notched at least one point in each contest.
• Mackenzie Burns (West Sayville, N.Y.) led the way with a season-high three caused turnovers while Rafferty and Sabrina Tabasso (Lower Merion, Pa.) each picked up a trio of ground balls.
• Stony Brook dominated UMass Lowell in shots (33-15) and also had a 17-10 advantage in ground balls.
• Draw controls were split 12-12 evenly between the two squads and the Seawolves were a perfect 17-17 on clears.
• Goalkeepers Anna Tesoriero (Huntington, N.Y.) and Gabrielle Cacciola (Wading River, N.Y.) split time in the net, with Tesoriero recording two saves while Cacciola made five.
• Stony Brook is now a perfect 5-0 against UMass Lowell.

NEXT UP
The team closes out its three-game home stretch next Wednesday, hosting Hartford at LaValle Stadium at 6 p.m.