Women's Lacrosse Drops 11-4 Decision at Hofstra

Saturday, March 23

Hempstead, NY

1 pm

Sacred Heart University Department of Athletics

1-7

Hofstra

6-3

Sacred Heart

Hofstra

Women's Lacrosse Drops 11-4 Decision at Hofstra

3/23/2019 12:00:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse

Box Score

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. – With the wind gusting all afternoon at James M. Shuart Stadium on Saturday afternoon, goals were hard to come by for the Sacred Heart women's lacrosse team in a 11-4 loss at Hofstra. The Pioneers drop to 1-7 on the season with the defeat while the Pride improve to 6-3.

SCORE
Hofstra 11 / Sacred Heart 4

RECORDS
Sacred Heart (1-7) / Hofstra (6-3)

LOCATION
James M. Shuart Stadium / Hempstead, N.Y.

First Half (6-2 HOF)

In a game largely controlled by the Pride, the Pioneers were able to score first as Lydia Werlau scored her first of three on the day with a goal just 2:12 into play
The Pride defense took over in the remainder of the half, outscoring SHU 6-1 over the final 27-plus minutes of play in the first half
Hofstra went on a 6-0 run after the Werlau goal before Cassie Cesario scored with 2:09 remaining to make it 6-2 heading into halftime

Second Half (11-4 HOF)

Hofstra continued to pile on the goals in the second half as the Pride scored five unanswered across nearly 27 minutes of play coming out of halftime
After scoring four in the first half, one of the nation's leaders in goals Hofstra's Alyssa Parrella scored three more in the second to up her season total to 42
Werlau added a pair of goals late in the game for SHU, the first of which coming off a feed from Cesario before she put in an unassisted tally with 2:10 remaining

NOTES

Werlau continues to be a go-to scorer on this team as she pumped in her third hat trick of the season
Werlau has notched at least one point in all seven games she has played this season
Over the last two games alone, Werlau has seven goals and eight points
Shana Hecht continued to show well in the cage for SHU as she tallied 12 saves, just two off her season-high
Hecht runs her double digit save streak to four straight games
Cesario tallied two points (one goal, one assist) as she combined with Werlau to account for the Pioneer scoring on the day
Casey Hannon tied with Hecht for the team-lead with two ground balls
Claire McElhenny chipped in with a team-high two caused turnovers on the day
The Pride doubled up the Pioneers in shots (32-16) as Hofstra's goalkeeper Jess Smith made eight saves on 10 shots-on-goal to limit the SHU offense all afternoon