April 10, 2004
Box Score
Fairfield, CT- The Marist College women's lacrosse team suffered their first loss in two games dropping a hard-fought match to Sacred Heart 11-7 this morning.
The Pioneers got on the board first on a goal by junior Natalie Smith two minutes into play. The Red Foxes responded less than two minutes later on a goal by Tara Mullins. Sacred Heart raised their lead to 3-1 on JoAnn Montesarchio and Jackie Reichert's first tally of the day. Marist refused to go away and knotted the score at three all on back to back scores by Christine Connell and Lauren Serge.
Sacred Heart came back with three unanswered goals over 10 minutes to hold a 6-3 lead with 5:27 on the clock. Serge tacked on two more just before the half to slice the deficit to 6-5 at the break.
The Pioneers' lead grew to 9-6 at the 18 minute mark of the second half on Reichert's third and back-to-back scores off the stick of Montesarchio. Marist would cut it to two, 9-7, as Connell scored just 27 seconds later, but that would be as close as the Red Foxes would get.
The duo of Reichert and Montesarchio fired two more in before the final horn to produce the final 11-7 score. Senior Amy Lavoie made six saves in goal in the second half to help preserve the win, while Heather Ripp made eight saves in 60 minutes of play.
Serge led Marist with four goals and an assist, while Connell added two goals and three ground balls and caused three turnovers.
The Red Foxes are back in action on Monday, April 12 as they travel to Central Connecticut for a 7:00pm start.
