When and Where:

May 2, 2023 Purchase, NY

Records:

#5 St. Joseph's (L.I.), 1-0

#4 Manhattanville, 0-1

Results:

The St. Joseph's University (L.I.) women's lacrosse secured a first-round playoff victory over Manhattanville College 17-12 on Tuesday evening.

Top performers:

• Senior Jamie Trowbridge helped guide the Golden Eagles amassing a game-high five assists, to go along with two goals and three draw controls 

• Junior Emily O'Mara totaled two goals, collecting one ground ball causing one turnover, and one draw control

• Senior Melissa Newman recorded three goals and one groundball 

• Senior Emma Lange added three goals, one groundball, and four draw controls 

• Freshman Megan Spina tallied three goals, three ground balls, and four caused turnovers

• Freshman Maggie Harding accumulated 15 saves on 38 shots faced and collected two ground balls 

• Kerry Carr of the Valiants contributed four goals, two assists, and three ground balls

• Manhattanville's Maura Kelly provided four goals, one assist, one ground ball and three caused turnovers 

How it happened:

• The game opened up with the Golden Eagles wasting no time as Newman found the back of the net early before Brooke Zecchini scored giving SJLI the 2-0 lead early

• The Valiants would respond with a goal of their own from Carr until Spina took advantage of a free position attempt, as the first quarter came to a close with SJLI ahead 3-1

• A closely contested second quarter saw both teams trading goals until the Golden Eagles pulled ahead by three late with Lange scoring two goals within a minute of one another until two goals in the final minute of the half for Manhattanville cut the lead 7-6

• Manhattanville opened up the second half in a flow as they scored the first four goals in the first seven minutes of action pulling ahead 10-7

• St. Joseph's responded with a run of their own as they would outscore the opposition 5-1 for the remaining seven minutes in the third, taking back the 12-11 lead entering the final frame

• Carr found the back of the net 45 seconds into the final quarter tying the game up at 12 apiece 

• St. Joseph's pulled together and remained dominant the rest of the way as five different Golden Eagles scored while holding Manhattanville to zero to secure the 17-12 victory

Notes:

• St. Joseph's collected 23 ground balls compared to Manhattanville who scooped up 17

• SJLI was 18-24 on clears while the Valiants went 9-15

• The Golden Eagles caused 11 turnovers