NIAGARA FALLS, NY- The Marist women's lacrosse team was defeated 14-5 by Niagara on Wednesday afternoon.
Jesse Manger collected two goals herself, while
Kathryn Staker,
Caitlin McNaboe, and
Anne Shine each notched a goal for the Red Foxes.
With this result, Marist fell to 3-13 overall and 2-5 in MAAC play. Niagara improved to 7-9 overall and 5-2 in MAAC play.
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- The Purple Eagles opened the scoring with two goals 90 seconds into the first frame.
- Niagara added another tally at 10:26 to lead 3-0.
- Megan Morris had eight saves with a .727 save percentage after one quarter of play.
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- Jesse Manger put the Red Foxes on the board at 13:44 of the second frame for her 20th goal of the season.
- The Purple Eagles would respond with two goals at 10:19 and 9:31.
- Kathryn Staker netted a goal to cut the deficit to 5-2 with 7:44 remaining in the quarter.
- Niagara led 6-2 heading into the break.
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- The Purple Eagles began the second half with three unanswered goals before Caitlin McNaboe responded for the Red Foxes at 11:56 for her 15th goal of the season.
- Niagara added another tally at 9:51 to lead 10-3.
- Anne Shine answered for Marist at 7:09, scoring her 25th of the season.
- The Purple Eagles added two more goals before Jesse Manger scored her second of the day for the Red Foxes with 45 seconds left in the quarter.
- Niagara led 12-5 heading into the final frame.
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- The Purple Eagles would add two more goals in the fourth quarter and win the game 14-5.
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- The Red Foxes will return home to take on the Fairfield Stags in the final contest of the regular season on Saturday, April 19.
- The game will start at 4 p.m. on ESPN+.
