April 22, 2007
Final Stats
LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. - The Marist women's lacrosse team closed out its winningest regular season in program history with a 19-10 triumph at Siena in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Lacrosse League contest on Sunday. Junior attacker Ali Carnabuci (Albertson, N.Y.) had four goals and an assist to pace the Red Foxes, who concluded the regular season at 9-5 overall and 5-2 in the MAAC.
Eight Red Foxes scored goals in the contest, with six having at least two. Freshman midfielder Lindsay Rinefierd (Smithtown, N.Y.) scored four times, while fellow freshman midfielder Liz Falco (Yorktown Heights, N.Y.) had three goals. Junior midfielder Lindsey Diener (Nanuet, N.Y.) had a four-point game with two goals and two assists, and sophomore midfielder Stephanie Garland (Long Valley, N.J.) also had four points, finishing with a goal and three assists. Sophomore midfielder Carolyn Sumcizk (Syosset, N.Y.) tallied two goals and an assist, and sophomore midfielder Cristin Begley (Brookville, Md.) also had two goals. Freshman midfielder Nicole Musto (Glastonbury, Conn.) scored one goal, while sophomores Kate Noftsker (Needham, Mass.) and Jodi Brown (Needham, Mass.) each had an assist.
The first 20 minutes of the game went back and forth, as the Red Foxes jumped out to a 2-0 lead just 2:20 into the contest on goals by Diener and Falco. However, Siena claimed the lead with three consecutive goals. After three more lead changes, the Saints tied the score at six apiece on a goal by Lindsey Rosecrans with 11:40 remaining until halftime. The Red Foxes answered with nine consecutive goals - four to close out the first half, and the first five of the second half. Marist would run its lead to as large as 12 before Siena scored three times in the final minute to cut the ending margin to nine.
The Red Foxes held a 36-31 edge in shots, a 36-33 advantage in ground balls and forced 21 Siena turnovers. Junior goalkeeper Liz Burkhard (Wantagh, N.Y.), who stopped 11 Siena shots, led Marist with six ground balls.
Rosecrans and Alexandra Kain led Siena (4-10 overall, 3-4 MAAC) with three goals apiece. Marist held senior attacker Christina Pampalone - Siena's all-time leader in goals who had a 23-game point-scoring streak entering play - to zero points.
Marist has earned the third seed in next weekend's MAAC Tournament, and will face second-seeded Fairfield in its semifinal contest on Friday. The winner will advance to Friday's final against either top-seeded Le Moyne or fourth-seeded Manhattan. All tournament games will be held at Iona College in New Rochelle, N.Y.
