STONY BROOK, N.Y. — After an even start to the game, the No. 5 Stony Brook women's lacrosse program took control in the second quarter, running away with a 14-4 victory at LaValle Stadium for its fourth consecutive victory.
The Catamounts cut the deficit to 3-2 with 9:23 to go in the quarter but that's when the Seawolves kicked it into another gear, rattling off 10 goals in a row to make it an 11-goal advantage after the third quarter.
Kailyn Hart and
Jesse Arline each led the way with six points, as Arline dished five assists and Hart was one of three players with four goals on the day.
Ellie Masera and
Rayna Sabella joined the sophomore attacker in that category.
Charlie Campbell had a solid day in the cage, making seven saves on 11 shots on goal from the Catamounts, a squad that came into today averaging over 14 goals per game.
STATS AND NOTES
- Along with another four-goal day, Masera had four caused turnovers, a new career high for her. It bests the three she had at UAlbany on April 24, 2021.
- Haley Dillon caused a career-high five turnovers, besting the four she produced four times throughout her career. Most recently, she had four at Brown on March 22.
- Sabella's four goals are a new collegiate best. She recorded a hat trick twice in her career, most recently at Northwestern on March 10.
- Kyla Zapolski doubled her ground ball total for the season, scooping up a 2022-best four. That mark is one off her career high.
- Stony Brook's defense has held opposition under five goals three times this season. Along with today, Brown had three on March 22 and Dartmouth had two on February 27.
- The 13 caused turnovers are tied for the most this season and most since March 5 at Florida.
- Jesse Arline's five assists are the most she had in four years, as she had four at Towson on March 1, 2019. It is also the most a Stony Brook player has had this season in a game.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"We're an independent, fighting for an at large bid. We had an eventful couple of days with the flu ripping through our team pretty hard. We didn't practice Wednesday or Thursday and we had 17 available players yesterday. it was kind of a mash unit early on and we got off to a sluggish start based on that but we are finding different ways to win now. This was more by submission than knockout that we are accustomed to but there were still a lot of bright spots. I thought our defense and goalie play was really good again. That is a really good offense that has scored a lot of goals. We were able to put the clamps on and they couldn't to much against us" - head coach
Joe Spallina.
UP NEXT
Another Top 10 battle awaits, as the No. 5 Seawolves head to Princeton to take on the 10th-ranked Tigers on Tuesday night.
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