DOWLING TAKES ECAC WOMEN'S LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIP
BROOKHAVEN, N.Y. - Freshmen midfielder
Cassandra Cronin (Islip Terrace, NY) had 5 goals and was named the
games most outstanding player as Dowling defeated Molloy 18-8 in
the Championship game of the ECAC Tournament. With the win, the
Golden Lions end their innagural season 10-5 as Molloy falls to
10-7.
The Golden Lions jumped out to an early 4-0 lead as four
different Golden Lions found the back of the net. Molloy would get
on the board at the 17:29 mark on a goal by freshman Hayley
Lacey (Levittown, NY) but Cronin and the Dowling offense
would be too much for Molloy. Cronin would net her second of the
game off a dish from Samantha Messineo (Shirley, NY) and her third
to close out the half and give Dowling a 8-2 advantage.
Dowling would come out sharp in the second half and pushed their
lead to 12-2 with a 4-0 run, the last coming from Stephanie Cotter
(Ridge, NY) on a free position opportunity. Molloy would claw back
and cut the Dowling lead to 9 twice but back-to-back goals from
Vanessa Moreira (Selden, NY) and Cotter put the game out of
reach.
Dowling out shot the Lions 34-22 and won the battle of hustle
stats, owning the advantage in draw controls 16-10 and groundballs
33-19.
For Dowling, Cotter finished with 5 goals and an assist on the day
for a game high 6 points. Moreira had an excellent all around day,
scoring 3 goals to go along with her 9 groundballs, 6 draw controls
and 5 caused turnovers. Kelly Cefalu (East Islip, NY) had a hat
trick and ended her season with a team high 48 goals.
For Molloy, sophomores Kristina Wargo (Hicksville,
NY), and Kristie Sosnowski (Massapequa Park,
NY) and Lacey had two goals each in
the loss, with Wargo also dishing out two assists.
