Box Score

SELINSGROVE, Pa. – The 2011 home opener was a winning one for the Susquehanna women's lacrosse team as the Crusaders took down Lycoming 14-7 on Wednesday afternoon. Susquehanna (2-3) saw nine different players score, led by three from Ally Bauer (Kinnelon, N.J./Kinnelon) and Erin Dyer (West Caldwell, N.J./James Caldwell).

In addition to Bauer and Dyer's three goals, Lindsey Derstine (Coopersburg, Pa./Southern Lehigh) chipped in two scores while six other players netted single goals. Ainsley Rositto (Rocky Hill, Conn./Kingswood-Oxford) and Sarah Wright (Princeton, N.J./Princeton HS), two of those six players, also added one assist apiece.

SU goalie Emily Stankaitis (Honeoye Falls, N.Y./Honeoye Falls-Lima) recorded 13 saves in her 60 minutes of work as she and the rest of the Crusader defense limited Lycoming (1-4) to just two first-half goals.

Marra Landino (Brownsville, Vt./Kimball Union Academy) was one of those key contributors on defense, scooping up eight ground balls and causing two turnovers.

The Warriors actually jumped out to the early 1-0 lead on a goal less than five minutes into the game. SU responded with a stretch of three unanswered goals from Wright, Bauer and Derstine, to grab the 3-1 lead with 16:10 left in the half.

Lycoming briefly cut it to 3-2 before the Crusaders fired off four goals in just over four minutes to take a 7-2 halftime lead.

Two early second-half goals made it 9-2 and Emily Walsh's (Ringwood, N.J./DePaul Catholic) goal at the 10:44 marked the final SU score of the afternoon as she upped SU's lead to nine (14-5).

Next game: Saturday, March 19 at Marymount (Va.) – 5:30 p.m.