BALTIMORE, Md. – The No. 10 Stony Brook women's lacrosse team put forth a valiant effort, but was narrowly edged by No. 9 Loyola Maryland, 9-8, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday afternoon.
Stony Brook and Loyola Maryland traded blows in the first half as the teams took a 4-4 tie into the halftime break. The Greyhounds struck first in the game, but Stony Brook responded with a pair of goals of its own in the first quarter. Senior midfielder
Erin MacQuarrie scored the Seawolves' first goal with 8:57 to play in the first quarter after being setup by junior midfielder
Ellie Masera.
Junior midfielder
Jaden Hampel added a tally for the Seawolves with 1:51 to play in the frame as she ripped a shot into the back of the net off a free position. Loyola Maryland added a goal in the final minute of the first and the teams were even at 2-2 after the first 15 minutes.
Stony Brook and Loyola Maryland traded scores in the second quarter. With the Seawolves going down 3-2 with 12:19 to play in the quarter, Masera responded seconds later to tie the game up with her 71
st goal of the season. In the closing seconds of the half, junior defender
Clare Levy scored her third goal of the season when Masera found her cutting to the net with three seconds remaining in the quarter to tie the game up at 4-4 before the break.
The Seawolves trailed by as many as four goals on two occasions in the second half. After being outscored, 4-0, in the third quarter. Stony Brook responded by outscoring the Greyhounds, 4-1, in the fourth as they nearly completed the come-from-behind attempt.
Senior attacker
Kailyn Hart fueled the Seawolves' second half comeback as she scored all four of her goals in the fourth quarter. With 9:15 to play in the game, Hart found the back of the net for the first time on the day as she scooped up a ground ball and took it coast-to-coast to cut the deficit to 8-5.
Loyola Maryland responded quickly as Sarah Engle rattled the cage to put the Greyhounds back in front, 9-5. Loyola Maryland controlled that lead until there was 3:28 to play in the game and Hart scored her second goal of the quarter. The senior got the ball off a reset, marched forward, spun right, and sent a shot past the Greyhounds' goalie to make it 9-6.
Less than a minute later, Hart was right back at it as she scored a woman-up goal off a free position that cut the Loyola Maryland lead to 9-7. With 17 seconds to play, Hart scored her fourth and final goal as she was set up by Masera to make it 9-8. The Greyhounds turned the ball over behind their own net and Masera picked it up, found Hart right in front, and she finished from point blank range.
Following Hart's fourth goal, Loyola Maryland won the ensuing draw and ran the clock out to secure the second round victory. The Seawolves season comes to an end after making their 10
th consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament.
STATS AND NOTES
- Hart finished the game with four goals, all of which came in the fourth quarter. It was her 17th multi-goal game of the season and sixth time she's scored four or more goals in a contest. Hart has scored four or more goals in four out of her last five games.
- Masera recorded her 200th career point in the game as she finished with four points. The junior scored one goal and dished out three assists. It was her 16th multi-point game of the season and sixth in a row. It was her sixth multi-assist game of the season and fourth in her last five games. The junior also added three caused turnovers.
- Defensively, Stony Brook forced 19 turnovers as a team and senior defender Ella Whitehouse caused five of them. The five caused turnovers were a career-high for the senior.
- Levy scored her third goal of the season and has scored goals in three out of the Seawolves' four postseason games (CAA semifinals, CAA championship, NCAA second round).
- Hampel and MacQuarrie both added one goal each.
- Graduate goalie Hailey Duchnowski made five saves and picked up five ground balls.
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