When and Where:
April 1, 2026 - Kings Point, N.Y, Brooks Stadium
Records:
St. Joseph's (L.I.), 3-7, 3-1 Skyline
Merchant Marine, 5-2, 3-0 Skyline
Results:
The St. Joseph's University (L.I.) women's lacrosse team drops a conference game to the United States Merchant Marine Academy on Wednesday evening.
Top performers:
- Sophomore Taylor Metzler led the Golden Eagles with two goals, one ground ball, and one caused turnover.
- Junior Sabrina Doyle contributed two goals and one draw control.
- Senior Gianna DArienzo scored one goal for the Golden Eagles.
- Junior Kaitlyn Ippolito recorded one assist, which is her 100th career point, four ground balls, two caused turnovers, and two draw controls.
- Senior Julia Stolba tallied one assist, seven draw controls, and one caused turnover.
How it happened:
- Merchant Marine Academy took control of the game early, as they scored three opening goals.
- SJLI managed to get a goal back by Doyle but the USMMA took the lead 8-1 at the end of the first quarter.
- USMMA would continue the scoring streak, netting nine goals before Doyle would put SJLI's second goal on the board.
- DArienzo and Metzler would also score for the Golden Eagles, but the Mariners took control once more, ending the half 12-4.
- The third period was fairly low scoring for both teams, with USMMA scoring two goals and Metzler grabbing her second of the match, leaving the third quarter 14-5.
- Heading into the final quarter, Merchant Marine would close out the game keeping SJLI scoreless while scoring three of their own finishing the conference matchup 17-5.
Notes:
- Senior Maggie Harding finished with 14 saves and one ground ball
- St. Joseph's collected 15 ground balls to Merchant's 30
- SJLI was successful on 5-of-17 shots.
Up next:
The Golden Eagles will travel to Mt. St. Mary's College for a Skyline Conference matchup on Saturday, April 11, at 3:30PM.
