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Katherine Meyer
Stockton Photo Inc.
8
Iona College ION 1-2
16
Winner Army ARMY 3-0
Iona College ION
1-2
8
Final
16
Army ARMY
3-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 F
Iona College ION 6 2 8
Army ARMY 8 8 16

Game Recap: Women's Lacrosse | | Garrett Murray

Iona Lacrosse Falls To Army In West Point

Army too much to handle in second half as Gaels are outscored 8-2

West Point, NY - After scoring the first goal of the contest the Gaels fell behind quickly as Army scored three unanswered. Iona would be unable to climb out of the hole falling to the Black Knights 16-8. 

GAME SUMMARY

Freshman Emily Stewart led the Maroon & Gold with three goals on five shots while also adding two ground balls. The other five goals came from Caton Brisbin, Sara Stewart, Madi Kochanek, Megan Collins, and Katherine Meyer all with one goal a piece. The Gaels assisted on two of the eight goals with assists coming from Collins and sophomore Gabriele Thornton.

After picking up her first win just a couple days ago junior Elyse Darcy got the start in net again Iona. She started and played all 60 minutes facing 29 shots making ten saves and allowed 16 goals. As a team the Maroon & Gold picked up 18 ground balls and caused six turnovers.

Iona looked at a five goal deficit with 16 minutes left in the first half but three unanswered goals to close it out from Brisbin, E. Stewart and Kochanek made it a two goal lead for the Black Knights going into half time. 

The second half would pay big dividends for Army, they came out red hot and out scored the Gaels 5-1 over the first 20 minutes, Meyer found the back of the net with nine minutes on the clock but the attempted comeback would end their as the Black Knights scored three more in the final two minutes.     

NOTABLE NUGGETS

  • Army out shot Iona 29-17
  • Stewart recorded her first collegiate hat trick
  • Army Assisted on eight goals compared to Iona's two
  • Collins scored her first goal of the season

UP NEXT

The Maroon & Gold will start a five game home stand on Wednesday February 26 against Central Connecticut.

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