POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – The Marist University women's lacrosse team's season came to an end on Saturday with a 20-10 loss to Fairfield in a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference contest at Tenney Stadium.
- Madison Leale scored the game's first two within 53 seconds of each other, and Chloe Birckhead gave Marist a 3-0 lead at the 8:25 mark.
- Fairfield then scored two man-up goals, but Marist held a 3-2 lead after 15 minutes.
- Anne Shine's free-position goal put Marist up 4-2 at 14:17.
- Fairfield then scored five straight goals, including back-to-back goals by Grace Slater in a 38-second span.
- Shine scored four seconds before halftime, which cut Marist's deficit to 7-5 heading to the locker room.
- Fairfield scored the first two goals of the period, but Jesse Manger scored at 12:23 to get Marist within three goals at 9-6.
- After Kelly Haggerty scored for Fairfield, Birckhead's second of the game made the score 10-7.
- Fairfield closed the quarter with three straight goals, and the Stags led 13-7 after 45 minutes.
- Slater scored back-to-back goals, which extended Fairfield's lead to 15-7.
- Juliana Santel and Leale scored 30 seconds apart to bring Marist within six at 15-9.
- Shine's goal at 6:10 made the score 16-10, but Fairfield scored the final four goals.
- Shine and Leale both finished with hat tricks. Leale's was the first of her career.
- Birckhead (two goals, two assists) and Shine (three goals, one assist) led Marist with four points.
- Manger finished with one goal, one assist, and a team-best three ground balls.
- Alana Tavares had a team-best two caused turnovers.
- Slater led Fairfield with six goals, and Mary Henry had a team-best nine points with two goals and seven assists.
- Marist finished the season at 3-14 overall and 2-6 in the MAAC.
- Fairfield is 9-7 overall and went 7-1 in MAAC play.
