TOWSON, Md. – The Stony Brook women's lacrosse team (11-3, 6-0 CAA) remains the only team left undefeated in the CAA as it topped Towson, 14-11, on Saturday afternoon to secure the No.1 seed heading into the program's first-ever CAA Tournament.
The Seawolves' offense was led by senior attacker
Morgan Mitchell who tallied five goals. Senior attacker
Kailyn Hart and junior midfielder
Ellie Masera followed behind Mitchell registering a hat trick each. Graduate attacker
Jolie Creo dished out a career-high eight assists, tied for second-most assists in a single game in program history with Taryn Ohlmiller, Kylie Ohlmiller, and Claire Peterrsen.
Towson got off to a hot start, scoring two back-to-back early goals courtesy of Halley Koras and Lindsey Marshall. However, Stony Brook did not stay silent for long as Masera converted a woman-up goal off a helper from Creo to get the squad on the board. The Tigers would add another goal to increase their lead to 3-1 with 10:08 remaining in the first quarter.
Less than one minute later, Masera and Mitchell would score back-to-back goals of their own to tie the contest, 3-3. The Seawolves found their offensive momentum as the squad would find the back of the cage five more times to grab hold of a 8-3 lead heading into the quarter break.
Throughout the first five minutes of the second quarter, Towson found the cage two times to cut its deficit to just three. Senior midfielder
Kira Accettella would add the last goal for Stony Brook before heading into halftime with a 9-6 lead.
The Tigers added another two goals coming out of the half to find themselves within one. Junior midfielder
Jaden Hampel and Hart added two goals in the remaining 7:10 left in the third quarter to give the squad a 11-9 lead heading into the final 15 minutes. The squad would go on to outscore Towson, 3-2, to secure their sixth consecutive conference win, the No. 1 seed in the CAA Tournament, and the 14-11 victory.
STATS AND NOTES
- Mitchell led the Seawolves with five goals. The senior added three assists for a career-high eight points.
- Masera recorded her 12th three or more goal outing of the season. The midfielder also registered a game-high nine draw controls.
- Hart tallied her ninth hat trick of the season and added out an assist.
- Hampel recorded a goal and dished out a pair of assists as well as recording two caused turnovers.
- Creo dished out a career-high eight assists, tied for second-most assists in a single game in program history with Taryn Ohlmiller, Kylie Ohlmiller, and Claire Petersen.
- Freshman midfielder Isabella Germani and Accettella recorded a goal in the contest. The goal marked Germani's first career make.
QUOTES FROM THE SEAWOLVES
"Proud of our kids to secure the CAA, at least a share of the regular season championship and the one seed in the tournament. Towson is a great team that always brings it when we play each other. I thought we weathered the storms well and responded at opportune times. We took nearly 40 shots and most of those were high quality, so tip of the cap to their goalie who played excellent. Fired up for our home finale Friday night," said head coach
Joe Spallina.
NEXT UP
The Seawolves return home to LaValle Stadium for the regular season finale and the Battle of Long Island on Friday, April 28. Face-off is set for 6:31 p.m. and the game will be broadcast live on LacrosseTV.
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