SECOND HALF RALLY LEADS SPARTANS OVER LADY CHARGERS

April 15, 2019

SECOND HALF RALLY LEADS SPARTANS OVER LADY CHARGERS

Sparkill, N.Y. (4/15/19) The St. Thomas Aquinas College women's lacrosse team rallied in the second half to defeat the visiting Lady Chargers of Dominican College. 19-13, this afternoon in a non-conference game played on Spartan Field.

Dominican University New York 3-8

St. Thomas Aquinas College 8-7

Final

Dominican University New York (3-8)

St. Thomas Aquinas College (8-7)

Sparkill, N.Y. (4/15/19) The St. Thomas Aquinas College women's lacrosse team rallied in the second half to defeat the visiting Lady Chargers of Dominican College. 19-13, this afternoon in a non-conference game played on Spartan Field.

With the loss, Dominican falls to 3-8 overall, while the Spartan improves to 8-7.

The game was tied at 6-all with 5:21 left in the first half but junior midfielder Jenna Fox (Stony Point, N.Y.) closed out the first half with a free position goal to lift Dominican to the 7-6 edge at the break.

The Lady Chargers opened second half play with three consecutive goals with Fox starting the run with an unassisted goal and Alayna Heegan (North Babylon, N.Y.) followed with two goals, one assisted by Taylor Sobel (Oradell, N.J.) to increase the lead to 10-6 with 25:33 to play.

STAC responded with two straight goals, but Heegan and Sobel regained a four-goal advantage (12-8) with a little over 21 minutes left in regulation.

Over the next 18 minutes the Spartans went on a 10-0 tear to leap ahead 18-8 before Sobel broke the run with a free-position score and STAC ended the game with final goal for the 19-13 win.

Heegan led Dominican with six goals.

Goalie Rebecca Nutting (Marcellus, N.Y.) made 10 saves in the loss.

DC returns to action on Wednesday evening when they travel to Felician University.

Team Stats

Game Leaders

Dominican University New York

G: Alayna Heegan - 6

A: 3 Players (#3, #10, #11) - 1

Sv: Rebecca Nutting - 10

GB: Jenna Fox - 6

St. Thomas Aquinas College

G: Kaitlyn Gutenberger - 8

A: 2 Players (#10, #20) - 3

Sv: Katie Feigenbaum - 19

GB: Samantha Rifice - 7

Team Stats

Dominican University New York

St. Thomas Aquinas College

Shots

Ground Balls

Saves

Clears

11-14

16-14

Turnovers

Draw Controls

Free Position Shots

3-7

4-6

Full stats

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.