STONY BROOK, N.Y. – The Stony Brook women's lacrosse team kept things rolling on Saturday afternoon, topping Vermont by a score of 17-2 to notch its third-straight win and to jump out to a perfect 4-0 record in America East play.

QUOTING HEAD COACH Joe Spallina
"I'm proud of our team for coming out today and taking care of business from the start. We have a ton of respect for Vermont but it is all about us and being the best version of ourselves. Our kids stepped up early and often on both ends of the field and did that. We have a huge non-conference game on Tuesday playing a top-ranked Hopkins team on the road and what a great test that will be for our team. The bottom line for us is growth and we are growing as a team as is our confidence and experience."
 
HIGHLIGHTS

• Stony Brook scored the first nine goals of the day en route to a 13-1 lead at the half to keep things out of reach for Vermont.
• Siobhan Rafferty (Long Beach, N.Y.) led the Seawolves with four goals to tally 27 on the year.
• She has notched at least one point in every contest this season and has scored in 10 of the team's 11 games.
• Sara Moeller (Phoenix, Md.) had a big outing against the Catamounts, securing seven points from two goals and five assists.
• All five of her assists came in the first half alone.
• Rayna Sabella (Mount Sinai, N.Y.) and Ally Kennedy (North Babylon, N.Y.) each netted hat tricks for Stony Brook with Kennedy earning all of her goals in the first half.
• Sabella's three tallies is a career high for her while this marks the eighth game this season that Kennedy has scored at least a trio of goals.
• Bridget Considine (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) and Keri McCarthy (Hauppauge, N.Y.) both came away with three points from two goals and one assist.
• Sarah Pulis (Baldwin, N.Y.) kick-started the scoring in the first half with a goal of her own to mark her third of the year.
• She also had one assist to record two points on the day. 
• Goalkeeper Anna Tesoriero (Huntington, N.Y.) made three saves against Vermont.

NOTES

• Stony held the advantage over Vermont in shots (34-9), ground balls (18-10) and draw controls (12-9).
• Kennedy and McCarthy combined for 11 of the Seawolves' draw controls.
• Mackenzie Burns (West Sayville, N.Y.) led the way in ground balls with four while Tesoriero and Haley Dillon (Mount Sinai, N.Y.) each picked up three.
• The team converted on five tries from the free position with Rafferty going a perfect 2-2.
• Stony Brook is 12-6 all-time against Vermont, winning its last five matchups.

NEXT UP
A trip to Johns Hopkins is next up on Stony Brook's slate. The Seawolves and the Blue Jays are set to square-off this Tuesday, Apr. 9, at 6 p.m.