LADY CHARGERS EXTEND WINNING STREAK WITH WIN OVER CALDWELL

Photo by Tom Salus
Photo by Tom Salus

Team Stats

April 9, 2024

Orangeburg, N.Y. (4/9/24) The Dominican University New York women's lacrosse team earned their eighth straight win after downing the Cougars of Caldwell University on O'Brien Field. 

The Lady Chargers improve to 10-2 overall and 6-0 in conference play. 

Kristinamarie Kaszovitz (Hicksville, N.Y.) earned her 10th win of the season in net for the Lady Chargers. 

Grace DeStasio (West Hempstead, N.Y.), Madelyn Grella (Monmouth Beach, N.J.), and Erica Ortiz (Slate Hill, N.Y.) each finished with a hat trick. Caitlin Costello (Seaford, N.Y.) added a team-high seven assists while Grella recorded five assists.

Anna Kaminskey (Mount Sinai, N.Y.), Ellie Brouwer (West Long Branch, N.J.), and Jordana Tomasetti (Middletown, N.J.) each scored two goals. Alexa Preston (Coram, N.Y.), Meaghan Kennedy (Staten Island, N.Y.), and Lea Henke (Rocky Point, N.Y.) each added one goal. Ortiz and Costello combined for 12 draw controls. 

During today's game, Costello became the program's all time leader in points and Grella recorded her 200th career point.

The Lady Chargers opened the game with 10 goals in the first quarter and continued the run into the second quarter with three more goals. 

Megan Molinelli scored the first goal of the game for the Cougars and later Tiana Cipot also added one goal. 

The Lady Chargers added three goals in the fourth and secured the conference win. 

DU returns to action on Thursday afternoon when they visit St. Thomas Aquinas College for a non-conference contest at 3:00 PM. 



The aim of Dominican University New York is to promote educational excellence, leadership, and service in an environment characterized by respect for the individual and concern for the community and its needs. Founded by the Dominican Sisters of Blauvelt, the university is an independent institution of higher learning, Catholic in origin and heritage. In the Dominican tradition, it fosters the active, shared pursuit of truth and embodies an ideal of education rooted in the values of reflective understanding and compassionate involvement.  Committed to building its programs upon a strong foundation in the liberal arts and sciences, the university maintains a student-centered climate and serves a diverse community of students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The university empowers this community of learners to excel, lead and serve with integrity and to engage responsibly in the pursuit of a more just, ethical and sustainable world.  Dominican also sponsors 17 varsity intercollegiate sports that compete at the NCAA Division II level.  To learn more about Dominican University New York, please visit www.duny.edu.