On Wednesday, April 9, Stony Brook’s women’s lacrosse team lost 19-9 on the road to Boston University. Boston University jumped out to an early 6-0 before senior Jenna Celano scored for the Seawolves. 17 seconds later, the Seawolves scored again, getting a goal from Diana Caroleo. Boston University then proceeded to extend its lead back up to six, getting goals from Sarah Dalton and Erica Baumgartner. Later, Celano and Caroleo would pair up again, each scoring a goal to close the gap to 8-4. The Terriers then responded, scoring four goals in the last two minutes of the half to take a 12-4 lead into halftime.
At the start of the second half, Dalton added another goal while Traci Landy scored her second and third goals of the game to push Boston University out to a 15-4 lead with twenty-one minutes to go. Stony Brook would respond with a rally of there own, scoring 5 unanswered goals to cut the lead to 15-9. This was as close as it would get as the Terriers tacked on four more goals to secure a 19-9 victory. Mickey Cahill and Jamie Carlson split time in the net for Stony Brook, making four and six saves respectively. Rachel Klein made five saves for Boston University to get the win.
On Saturday night the women’s lacrosse team traveled to Binghamton and defeated the Bearcats 18-12 to pick up their first America East conference win of the season. Kate Conciadi opened the scoring as Binghamton jumped out to an early 1-0 lead. Less than a minute later Stony Brook would begin a forty three second span in which they scored three goals. Binghamton responded with two goals, only to be answered by goals from Kaitlin Leggio, Jenna Celano, and Melissa Cook. Cook and Leggio then had three goals a piece heading into the half, with Stony Brook holding a 9-6 lead.
Lisa Illig and Julia Demuth each scored a goal for Binghamton to cut the deficit to 9-8; however the Seawolves responded with seven unanswered goals, getting three from Diana Caroleo as they extended the lead to 16-8 as the Seawolves took the lead for good. The Bearcats then scored five of the last six goals of the game, but it was not enough as Stony Brook won 18-12. Mickey Cahill and Jamie Carlson continued to split time in the net for the Seawolves, as Cahill made five first half saves to pick up the win. Leggio and Caroleo were impressive, combining for eight goals and nine assists.
The Seawolves next game is this coming Wednesday at 3:00 PM as they are set to take on Marist at home.
