SU Women's Lacrosse Notches Road Win Over Lycoming, 9-7

Box Score

WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. -- Susquehanna University's junior midfielder Sarah Wright (Princeton, N.J./Princeton HS) tallied a game-high-tying three goals to lead visiting Susquehanna past Lycoming College, 9-7, in a non-conference women's lacrosse game at the Robert L. Shangraw Athletic Complex on March 18.

Wright also won a team-best two draw controls and took a game-high-tying six shots.

SU (2-4 overall) fell behind Lycoming (2-3 overall), 2-0, after the first 2 minutes, 55 seconds of the game but fought back with two goals of its own to tie the game with 21 minutes left in the half.

Sophomore attack Ally Bauer (Kinnelon, N.J./Kinnelon) netted the first Crusaders goal unassisted 4:30 into the first half. Wright tied the game up off a pass from Bauer just 3:30 after Bauer's goal.

The Warriors responded less than a minute later to regain the lead at 3-2 before SU notched the final two goals of the half to take a 4-3 lead into the break.

Again, it was Bauer and Wright that registered goals for the Crusaders. Bauer scored another unassisted goal with 14:31 left, and Wright finished off a pass from sophomore attack Erin Dyer (West Caldwell, N.J./James Caldwell) with 4:35 to go in the first half.

Lycoming struck first in the second half, but SU scored two straight goals yet again. This time it was sophomore midfielder Caroline Sisson (Baltimore, Md./McDonogh) with an unassisted goal with 25:36 left in the contest. Wright followed Sisson with her third goal of the game with 21:05 remaining to increase the SU lead to 6-4. Bauer handed out the second of her three assists on that goal.

Lycoming brought the game back to 6-5 just 1:04 later, but freshman midfielder Lindsey Derstine (Coopersburg, Pa./Southern Lehigh) finished off the third Bauer assist with 18:43 to go to bring the lead back out to two goals, 7-5.

After the Warriors scored again to make the game 7-6, SU once again scored two consecutive goals--the fourth time in the game--to push the lead out to 9-6. Freshman attack Phoebe Nicholls (Princeton, N.J./Rutgers Prep) scored both SU goals, each of them unassisted.

With just 1:08 left in the game, Lycoming netted the final goal and had one more chance to bring the game to within one score, but its final shot was saved by freshman Emily Stankaitis (Honeoye Falls, N.Y./Honeoye Falls-Lima).

Stankaitis played all 60 minutes in goal and stopped eight shots to pick up her first collegiate win.

Dyer led the Crusaders with three ground balls, while sophomore defender Brittany McCann (Glenolden, Pa./Interboro) caused a team-best two turnovers.