#16 Red Dragons Move on with 14-11 Win vs. #25 Roger Williams
Cortland Sports Information Department
CORTLAND, N.Y. – Graduate student Hannah Lorenzen (Stony Brook/Ward Melville) scored five goals and added two assists to lead the nationally 16th-ranked Cortland women's lacrosse team to a 14-11 victory versus 25th-ranked Roger Williams in the second round of the NCAA Div. III Tournament Sunday afternoon at the Stadium Complex. The Red Dragons won their 16th consecutive game, improving to 17-4 on the season, and advance to face The College of New Jersey in the third round next Saturday. The Hawks concluded their season at 16-2.
Seniors Hannah Keech (Penn Yan/Penn Yan Academy) and Lauren Hopsicker (Burnt Hills/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake), sophomore Toni Cashman (East Moriches/Westhampton Beach) and freshman Gabby Meager (Syracuse/West Genesee) each netted two goals for Cortland with Cashman chipping in with two assists and Keech contributing one. Senior Amy Hoeffner (Bay Shore) scored once.
Graduate student Paige Potter (Cortland) registered 11 saves in goal for the Red Dragons. Hoeffner won five draws, Keech secured three draws, and junior Madelyn Czyz (Baldwinsville/C.W. Baker) finished with three ground balls, three draws and two caused turnovers. Hopsicker also caused two turnovers, and sophomore Holly Wright (Huntington) added two ground balls and two caused turnovers.
Junior Mandy Beck (Old Saybrook, CT) led the Roger Williams offense with five goals. Junior Lily Cunningham (Melrose, MA) scored four goals, junior Brooke McErlain (Hampton, NH/Winnacunnet) and sophomore Karli Chapin (Cape Elizabeth, ME) each netted a goal and graduate student Devon Sarazin (Falmouth, ME) and senior Nikki Norton (Braintree, MA) recorded two assists apiece.
Senior goalie Hannah Goodwin (Bradford, MA/Haverhill) turned aside seven shots and scooped up three ground balls. Junior Ryleigh Cavanaugh (Manchester, NH) won seven draw controls, Cunningham secured five draws and caused two turnovers and McErlain collected three ground balls.
The Hawks jumped out to a 3-1 lead just past the midway point of the first quarter as Beck scored twice and Cunningham netted a goal. Cortland closed the quarter on a four-goal run from four different players to take a 5-3 advantage after the first 15 minutes of action. Lorenzen opened the second quarter with back-to-back goals to push the Red Dragons' lead to 7-3. Cunningham then answered with a pair of goals, and the teams traded the next five goals for a 10-7 Cortland lead at the half.
The Hawks pulled to within 11-9 after the third quarter, but Meager and Cashman scored goals less than two minutes apart early in the fourth quarter to make it a 13-9 game. Cunningham and Beck each netted free-position goals, cutting Cortland's lead to 13-11 with 5:06 remaining. After a Roger Williams timeout, Beck won the ensuing draw and had two shots, one wide and one saved by Potter. The teams then traded turnovers before Cortland worked a good clear. The Red Dragons called timeout with 2:04 on the clock but turned the ball over with 1:23 to play. On the Roger Williams clear, Hopsicker forced a turnover and she netted her second goal of the game off a Lorenzen assist with 16 seconds remaining to seal the 14-11 win.
Cortland 14, Roger Williams 11
Team 1-2-3-4 Final
Roger Williams 3-4-2-2 11
Cortland 5-5-1-3 14
Scoring (Goals-Assists):
Roger Williams: Mandy Beck 5-0, Lily Cunningham 4-0, Brooke McErlain 1-0, Karli Chapin 1-0, Nikki Norton 0-2, Devon Sarazin 0-2
Cortland: Hannah Lorenzen 5-2, Toni Cashman 2-2, Hannah Keech 2-1, Lauren Hopsicker 2-0, Gabby Meager 2-0, Amy Hoeffner 1-0
Goalkeepers:
Roger Williams: Hannah Goodwin, 7 saves (14 GA in 60:00)
Cortland: Paige Potter, 11 saves (11 GA in 60:00)
Shots: Cortland 31, Roger Williams 25
Ground Balls: Cortland 14, Roger Williams 14
Clears: Cortland 14-of-18, Roger Williams 16-of-24
Draw Controls: Roger Williams 15, Cortland 14
Caused Turnovers: Cortland 11, Roger Williams 7
Turnovers: Roger Williams 22, Cortland 18
Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 17-4 (ranked 16th nationally in Div. III); Roger Williams (Hawks) 16-2 (ranked 25th nationally in Div. III)
