Women's Lacrosse | 3/12/2009 7:49:00 PM
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MEADVILLE, PA - The RIT women's lacrosse team scored 13 of the game's first 17 goals en route to a 14-8 victory over Allegheny College (1-1) on Thursday afternoon. RIT won its third straight game to start the season. It is the first 3-0 start in program history.
RIT scored the first five goals of the second half to open up its largest lead of the game, 13-4, with 16:57 left in the contest. The Tigers went on an 11-2 run to break a 2-2 first half tie.
Junior
#Danielle Previ (Medford, NJ/Shawnee)# (Medford, NJ/Shawnee) scored four times to lead the way offensively for RIT.
#Ashley Pezze (Guilderland, NY/Guilderland)# (Guilderland, NY/Guilderland) scored three goals, recorded three ground balls, caused two turnovers and had two draw controls for RIT. Freshman
#Rebecca Lampson (Penn Yan, NY/Penn Yan Academy)# (Penn Yan, NY/Penn Yan Academy) tallied three goals and added three draw controls.
#Megan Henriksen (Silver Spring, MD/Our Lady of Good Counsel)# (Silver Spring, MD/Our Lady of Good Counsel),
#Kim Hunt (Brockport, NY/Brockport)# (Brockport, NY/Brockport) and #
Hannah Long (Lee, NH/Oyster River)# (Lee, NH/Oyster River) and
#Nadia Pasicznyk (East Greenbush, NY/Columbia)# (East Greenbush, NY/Columbia) also scored for RIT. Hunt's goal was the first of her collegiate career.
Senior goalkeeper
#Kelsey Evans (Carlisle, PA/Cumberland Valley)# (Carlisle, PA/Cumberland Valley) played the first 57:42 and made a season-best 16 saves to pick up the win. Sophomore #
Elizabeth Cardella (Albany, NY/Colonie)# (Albany, NY/Colonie) made one save in the final 2:18.
Allegheny out-shot RIT 38-32 and won the battle of ground balls, 23-16.
Meg Grossman scored three times to lead Allegheny. Abby Sylvester and Kiah Voyer-Colbat added two goals apiece for the Gators.
RIT has out-scored its foes 31-16 this season. Evans, the two-time reigning Empire 8 Goalkeeper of the Year, has a .745 save percentage this season.
The Tigers play their first home contest of the 2009 season on Tuesday, as they host Buffalo State at 4 p.m. This game will be played on the RIT Turf Field.
