STONY BROOK, N.Y.  – The No. 1-seeded Stony Brook women's lacrosse team will compete for its seventh-straight America East tournament championship on Saturday after topping No. 4-seeded UMBC, 17-5, in the semifinals.
 
The victory marked the team's 10th in a row and 10th game of the season scoring 15-plus goals.
 
QUOTING HEAD COACH Joe Spallina
"It's great for us to win and move on. I think that there are a lot of things we can take from this game. I think in playoff time and the postseason we have a different set of emotions. There's players realizing that this could be the last time they take the field if things don't break a certain way. There's not a next-schedule game, you have to win one to earn one so I think players sometimes handle those expectations a little differently. I thought we came out tight and I thought we got our bearings straight about halfway through the first half."
 
HIGHLIGHTS

• Stony Brook scored 10 in a row in the first half to jump out to an 11-1 halftime lead.
• The Seawolves outscored UMBC 6-4 in the second to preserve its advantage.
• Ally Kennedy (North Babylon, N.Y.) was once again on a tear, tying her career high in points (10) from six goals and four assists.
• She also added in five draw controls, two groundballs and one caused turnover.
• Kennedy now has 88 points on the season (74G, 14A).
• Taryn Ohlmiller (Islip, N.Y.) and Keri McCarthy (Hauppauge, N.Y.) each recorded hat tricks with McCarthy also controlling five draws.
• Nicole Barretta (Exton, Pa.) was also a multi-goal scorer, netting two, while Sarah Pulis (Baldwin, N.Y.), Sabrina Tabasso (Lower Merion, Pa.) and Rayna Sabella (Mount Sinai, N.Y.) also got Stony Brook on the board.
• Goalkeeper Anna Tesoriero (Huntington, N.Y.) made four saves on the day and is only one away from tallying the 500th of her career.

NOTES

• This marks the 15th game this year that Kennedy has scored at least three goals in.
• In program history, she is now sixth in single-season goals (74), 10th in single-season points (88), tied for second in single-season draw controls (106), fourth in career goals (161), seventh in career points (209), ninth in career ground balls (118) and sixth in career draw controls (177).
• McCarthy is now fifth in single-season draw controls (70) and Tesoriero is tied with Kennedy for the ninth position in career ground balls (118).
• Stony Brook had the advantage in shots (35-16), ground balls (25-10) and draw controls (15-9).
• Stony Brook is 11-8 all-time against UMBC, with its 11 victories all coming in a row.

NEXT UP
Stony Brook will face UAlbany in the America East Championship this Saturday. Opening draw is set for 4 p.m. at LaValle Stadium.