Bulldogs Win High-Scoring Matchup with LIU

BROOKVILLE, N.Y.- Skylar Simmonds and Kenna Kaut combined for eleven goals to lead the Bryant lacrosse team to a 20-14 win over LIU on Saturday. The Bulldogs are now 4-2 heading into America East play next week.

Simmonds gave the Bulldogs the lead less than twenty seconds into the game, one they would not relinquish over the duration of the contest. She finished with a team-high eight points on five goals and three assists, while Kaut added six goals for the second time this season.

Bryant 20, Long Island 14

Records: BRY (4-2), LIU (2-6)

How it Happened

Q1: Simmonds won the opening draw control and got Bryant on the board immediately, taking the ball down the field and scoring herself with just 16 seconds off the clock. Margaret Adams added another just two minutes later, before LIU's Lluna Katz scored the first of her seven goals on the day. Simmonds netted two more before the end of the period to help extend the lead to three after 15 minutes of play.

Q2: Chamberlaine Bell scored less than a minute into the second, but the Sharks responded with a 3-0 run over the following eight minutes to cut the lead to 7-6. The Bulldogs hit back with a 3-0 run of their own to close the half, with Simmonds netting her fourth goal just before the break to make it a 10-6 lead.

Q3: Kaut's second goal of the afternoon kicked off a high scoring third, one that saw ten goals between the two teams. Bryant and LIU traded goals through the quarter, with neither scoring more than two in a row. Kaut led the offensive for Bryant, scoring four of the Bulldogs' five goals, including the final one to put them up four heading into the fourth.

Q4: Bryant managed to pull away in the final quarter, scoring five of the final seven goals to close out the game. Emily Oliver, Emily DeGeorge, and Amelia Piercy each hit the back of the net in the fourth, giving the Bulldogs eight different goal scorers in the game.

Bulldog Notes and Notables

• Simmonds set a season high with eight points in the game. She now has four hat tricks in six games, including three with four or more goals.

• Kaut netted five or more goals for the fourth time this year, and raised her nation-leading scoring average to five goals per game. She is now just four goals shy of 100 for her career.

• Emily DeGeorge set rookie career highs with two goals and eight draw controls. She now has 16 draw controls over her last three games.

• Bryant converted on five free-position attempts in the game, their most this season. They did so on just six attempts.

• The Bulldogs hit the twenty goal mark for the first time this year. Their last two twenty goal games have both come against the Sharks after putting up twenty in last year's NEC semifinals.

What's next: The Bulldogs will be back in action a week from today when they open America East play at preseason #1 Vermont.