CLEMENT LEADS SAINTS TO 1 ST WOMEN’S LAX WIN

March 28: Senior Meghan Clement scored three goals and set up two others as the Saint women’s lacrosse team topped Oswego 11-5 for its first win of the season in Oswego on Tuesday.

The Saints, now 1-4, pulled away from a 2-2 tie with eight consecutive goals to build a 10-2 lead with 12 minutes to play in the game. Shannon Garrett put the Saints ahead for good with 8:50 to play in the first half off a feed from Clement and Alanna Waters gave the Saints a 4-2 halftime lead with a free position goal with 4:55 to go in the half.

Susanna Whitaker-Rahilly scored twice in the first ten minutes of the second half and Clement added two of her three goals as the Saints steadily pulled away from the 0-5 Lakers.

Cynthia Saul picked up the win in goal for the Saints, making eight saves and allowing two goals. Ali Mattison played the last 12 minutes and had two saves. Oswego goaltenders Lauren Burrows and Ashley Perkins combined for five saves in the game.

The Saints, who will play at Skidmore Friday and at Union Saturday in Liberty League games, had a 22-21 edge in shots at Oswego.

ROCHESTER HOLDS OFF SAINTS IN LIBERTY LEAGUE WOMEN’S LAX

March 25: Goaltender Leslie Dube made 13 saves on 17 shots as the University of Rochester held off St. Lawrence University 8-4 in a Liberty League women’s lacrosse game at the Saints’ North Country Field Saturday afternoon.

Rochester, 2-2 overall and 2-0 in the Liberty League, swept its weekend series in the North Country, building a 5-2 halftime lead and then turning back a second half Saint rally.

Rochester scored the game’s first five goals, two of them by Christina Montano, before the Saints answered with four straight of their own. Lis Reade cut the Rochester lead to 5-3 with 6:35 gone in the second half and Kathryn Durki made it a 5-4 game with 19:26 to go, but Dube came up big on a series of Saint shots to keep SLU from pulling even.

Lindsay Dakin’s second of the game gave the Yellowjackets a 6-4 lead with 11:20 to play, Abby Woodward scored off a free position with 6:57 to go and Alanna Tievsky scored her second of the day to put the game away with 1:46 to go.

Cynthia Saul turned in a solid 14 save performance for the Saints who fall to 0-4 overall and 0-2 in the Liberty League.

SLU will play at Oswego on Tuesday in its next outing.