Lacrosse Drops Second Straight; Fall to Fairfield, 11-9 |
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score) Junior Amy Rizzo (Jackson, N.J.) and seniors Jackie McCormick (Liverpool, N.Y.) and Nichole Lopez (Highland Mills, N.Y.) each had two goals for the Blackbirds (0-2). Down two goals with a little over 10 minutes to play, Lopez and Carleton scored 32 seconds apart to knot the game at 9-9. Fairfield's Caitlin Keane accepted a Beth Loffredo pass and scored the game-winning goal for the Stags with 6:18 to play. Loffredo added an insurance goal on a free position shot at the 3:28 mark to secure the 11-9 Fairfield win. LIU started strong, jumping out to a 5-2 advantage at the end of the first half. The Blackbirds scored four unanswered goals to complete the stanza and go into halftime with a three-goal lead. Ashley Chappell jump-started the Stags as she notched all three of her goals in a 41-second span to start the second half. Following a Rizzo goal, Fairfield would add three more goals to give the team its largest advantage of the game, 8-6. Freshman Kimberly Campbell (Malvern, Pa.) registered the loss in her first career start in net but tallied 10 saves. The lacrosse team travels to California to take on UC-Davis on Monday, Mar. 13 at 4:00 p.m. PST. |
3/9/06 --
Senior Chrissie Carleton (Jackson,
N.J.) tallied two goals and four assists but it was not
enough as the Long Island University lacrosse team dropped
an 11-9 decision to Fairfield University on Thursday afternoon.