BRYANT FALLS TO IONA, 20-10, ON ROAD TUESDAY AFTERNOON
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
BRYANT FALLS TO IONA, 20-10, ON ROAD TUESDAY AFTERNOON
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. - Junior Allison Faiola (Billerica, Mass.) scored four goals while six other Bulldogs chipped in tallies of their own, but it wouldn't be enough to keep the Bryant University women's lacrosse team from dropping a 20-10 decision to Iona College on the road Tuesday.
Bryant (3-10) jumped out to a 1-0 lead off an unassisted Faiola goal just 36 seconds into the first half before Iona (4-10) responded with seven-straight tallies to take a six-goal advantage within the game's first 16 minutes.
Freshman Mary Green (Merrick, N.Y.) made it 7-2 with her 19th goal of the season with 14:01 showing on the clock, but the Gaels regained the six-tally lead with just 45 seconds to go before the half.
Just 50 seconds out of the break, Casey Scully scored her second of four goals on the day for a 9-2 advantage before Eliza DeMarseilles (Branford, Conn.) got the Bulldogs back to scoring with a goal of her own with under 28 to play.
But Iona put the game out of reach over the following seven minutes, netting six more tallies to take a 15-3 lead with 21:30 still to play in the second half.
A goal from Lauren Sheridan (Bethpage, N.Y.) followed by back-to-back goals from Faiola but the home side's lead to 15-5, but not for long. The sides traded goals before Iona got two more to go up, 18-7.
The Bulldogs' Antoinette Lombardi (Wallingford, Conn.) and Delia Glover (Marston Mills, Mass.) responded with consecutive goals for an 18-9 score with 5:25 to play, but two more Iona goals put the game away. Christine Sutherland (Brewster, N.Y.) would slip in one more for the Bulldogs with under a minute on the clock for the 20-10 final.
The Bulldogs were outshot on the day, 43-31, taking seven free position shots to Iona's six. The Bulldogs won 11-of-31 draw controls and picked up 42 ground balls.
Bryant returns to action Friday, April 17 when the Bulldogs travel to Boston College for a 4:30 p.m. matchup.
@New Rochelle, N.Y.
BRYANT (10)
GOALS: FAIOLA, Allison 4; DEMARSEILLES, Eliza 1;
SUTHERLAND,Christine 1; GREEN, Mary 1; GLOVER, Delia 1; SHERIDAN,
Lauren 1; LOMBARDI, Antoinette 1.
ASSISTS: DEMARSEILLES, Eliza 2; FAIOLA, Allison 1; FILIPPONE,
Lauren 1; SUTHERLAND,Christine 1.
IONA (20)
GOALS: Baron, Lisa 4; Scully, Casey 4; Thompson, Kerry 4;
Godlewski, Christie 3; Coholan, Elizabeth 2; Hughes, Kasey 2; Beck,
Jillian 1.
ASSISTS: Godlewski, Christie 5; Coholan, Elizabeth 4; Baron, Lisa
2; Beck, Jillian 2; Scully, Casey 2; Hughes, Kasey 1; Thompson,
Kerry 1.
SAVES: Bolton (B) 4, Filippone (B) 5, L; Magri (I) 12, W
RECORDS: Bryant (3-10), Iona (4-10)