SHU Women's Lacrosse Falls at Frist-Place Mount, 12-4
4/3/2005 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
April 3, 2005
EMMITSBURG, Md. - Katie Mason scored four goals to lead Mount St. Mary's past Sacred Heart 12-4 in Northeast Conference women's lacrosse action on Sunday afternoon. Mason tied a career high with four markers and also added two assists. The Pioneers fall to 6-4 overall and 2-2 in the league with the loss while the Mount improves to 6-4 and 3-0 in the NEC.
Heather Gureckis, who scored four goals in the 12-8 win against Long Island on Friday, paced the Pioneers with two markers in the loss. Katie Salamone tallied a goal and an assist, and JoAnn Montesarchio also found the twine in the contest.
Mount St. Mary's jumped out to the early advantage and withstood a Sacred Heart comeback attempt in the first half to go on for the victory in a rematch of last year's NEC semifinals.
The Mount scored the first four goals of the game to grab a 4-0 advantage with 22:19 remaining in the first half. Kirby Day got the scoring started on an 8-meter goal 43 seconds into the contest. Mason increased the margin with a free-position goal at 4:03. Nicole Di'Angelo recorded her 13th goal of the year at 5:11 before Lauren Reymann capped the run with a tally at the 7:41 mark.
The Pioneers cut the deficit in half after Salamone and Gureckis each found the twine in a span of 22 seconds. Duffy answered for Mount St. Mary's off an assist from Mason for the eventual game-winner at 12:30. Montesarchio, Sacred Heart's leading scorer, recorded her 26th tally of the season off a feed from Jamie Pettit at the 14:05 mark. Paris restored a three-goal margin at 21:11, but Salomone found Gureckis with 18 seconds left in the half to go into the break trailing 6-4.
In the NEC semifinals last season, the Mount led 5-2 at halftime before the Pioneers came back to tie the contest at 5-all. The Mountaineers made sure there would be no comeback in this meeting by holding Sacred Heart off the scoreboard in the second half and posting six goals for a 12-4 win.
Naomi Campano Radio made nine saves for Mount St. Mary's while Maggie Brauer recorded nine stops in the loss.
Sacred Heart is back in action on Tuesday afternoon traveling to Siena for a 4 pm start.
