BULLDOGS DROP HEARTBREAKER ON THE ROAD, FALL TO SIENA, 14-11, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
March 03, 2010
BULLDOGS DROP HEARTBREAKER ON THE ROAD, FALL TO SIENA, 14-11
SMITHFIELD, R.I. - Sophomore Lauren Sheridan (Bethpage, N.Y.) and senior Allison Faiola (Billerica, Mass.) chipped in four goals apiece while second-year goalie Lauren Filippone (West Babylon, N.Y.) recorded 11 stops, but it wouldn't be enough to overcome Siena Wednesday afternoon as the Bryant University women's lacrosse team fell, 14-11, on the road in Loudonville, N.Y.
Bryant's scoring came from a trio of players in Sheridan, Faiola and junior Meg Atha (Valley Cottage, N.Y.), who added a trio of goals of her own, but it was 11 points from Saints' attacker Caitlin Mikel (4 goals, 7 assists) that would doom the visiting Bulldogs, who were outshot, 33-22, by Siena (2-0).
Allie Kain joined Mikel as a four-goal scorer in the outing, while Erin Hepper chipped in three. Siena would also get one apiece from Deirdre McQuillan, Michelle Andreo and Maggie Deloria.
A pair of tallies from Mikel and a score from Kain put the home side up, 3-0, before Bryant got on the board and answered, notching a trio of goals of their own to knot the score at 3-3. Faiola would get the first with 21:10 to play in the opening half before Sheridan brought the Saints' lead within one just 25 seconds later on an unassisted score. She would go on to earn her team a tie entering the halftime break with a free position goal with just 1:25 to play before the intermission.
And while Siena would build a two-goal edge out of the break, it seemed that the Bulldogs would answer all day, re-tying the game at 5-5 on an Atha free position goal with 24:38 to play after Sheridan recorded her third tally of the day three minutes prior.
A trio of Siena goals within a four-minute span regained the lead for the home side, 8-5, but back-to-back scores from Faiola cut the lead to just one with 14:44 still to play in regulation.
But from there, Bryant would be outscored, 6-4, in the final 10:38 of the second session. The Bulldogs were down by as many as five in the final 30 minutes, but used goals from Sheridan and Atha in the final two minutes - including an Atha score from Antoinette Lombardi (Wallingford, Conn.) with 32 seconds left - to bring the score to 14-11 before the final whistle.
Sophomore Mary Green (Merrick, N.Y.) added a pair of assists on the day for the Bulldogs, who converted on three of their seven free position chances. Bryant picked up 21 ground balls on the day, led by six from Nicole Rettinger (Dix Hills, N.Y.), but struggled on the clear, going just 13-for-23. Filippone was again strong between the pipes, collecting 11 saves.
The Bulldogs open Northeast Conference action with their next contest, taking on Central Connecticut on the road Saturday afternoon (1 p.m.).