ROCHESTER, NY -- The RIT (1-1) women's lacrosse team was defeated by No. 11 SUNY Geneseo (3-0) 17-8 in non-conference action from RIT Turf Field on a sunny, seasonably warm Tuesday afternoon.

Sage Sarkis (Honeoye Falls, NY/Honeoye Falls-Lima), and Mariah Hettel (Rochester, NY/Greece Athena) each had two goals for the Tigers. Ashleigh Caruso (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool), Corinna Mandell, Kirsten Francis (Fulton, NY/G. Ray Bodley) and Sydney DaCosta (New Bedford, MA/Bishop Stang) each had a goal for RIT who was out shot 41-16 by the Knights. Caitlin Conway (Landisville, PA/Hempfield) took the loss in net for RIT, making 16 saves.

Geneseo held a 24-14 ground ball advantage and won 14 draw controls to 11 for the Tigers. RIT was 10-of-15 on clearing attempts, while the Knights were 11-of-14 on clears.

Katey Hart led Geneseo with seven goals. Caroline Buonocore had two goals and two assists, while Emily Haggerty had a goal and five assists. Laura Passamonte picked up the win in net for Geneseo, making four saves.

RIT took an early lead when Francis scored off a feed from Mandell at the 28:39 mark of the first half giving RIT a 1-0 edge. Consecutive goals by Buonocore and two from Hart gave Geneseo a 3-1 lead at the 22:20 mark of the opening half. DaCosta broke the Geneseo run with a free position goal at 21:29 of the first half, cutting the Geneseo lead to 3-2.

The Knights rattled off six straight goals, taking a 9-2 lead on Hart's fourth goal of the half with 3:54 to play. Hettel added a late goal for RIT off an assist from Caruso, cutting Geneseo's lead to 9-3 at the half.

Caruso scored on a feed from Hettel to open the second half, making it 9-4 Geneseo. That would be as close as RIT would get as the Knights broke the game open with three straight goals, taking a 12-4 lead on a goal by Hart with 24:57 to play.

The Tigers return to action on Saturday, March 15 when the Tigers travel to face Muhlenberg College at 12 p.m.