Box Score ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The 15th-ranked Ithaca College women's lacrosse team (7-4, 3-0 Empire 8) notched a 12-5 victory over host Nazareth (4-7, 1-2 Empire 8) Saturday. The win was Ithaca's sixth in a row.
The Bombers held a 10-2 gap at intermission, highlighted by a 6-0 run over a nine-minute span. The Golden Flyers tallied back-to-back scores, but Ithaca closed out the half with four unanswered. Two additional Bomber scores opened the second period to instate a 10-goal gap and a running clock at 20:03. Four minutes passed before Nazareth netted their first of three consecutive. Both teams were scoreless in the final 11:52 of play.
Junior
Delaney Gilson scored a career-best three goals and senior
Becky Guzzo posted a game-high four-point performance on two goals and two assists to lead the Bombers. Sophomore
Ally Runyon scored a pair of goals and added an assist. Classmate
Riley Marion and junior
Molly Fischer tallied one and one. Junior
Niki Standera, sophomore
Taylor Purvis and freshman
Morgan Cadwell accounted for the Bombers' other three scores.
Freshman
Emily Ross earned the win in goal with an eight-save performance. She had a season-high seven ground balls. Standera and junior
Natalie Lang each collected four. Lang added a career-best three caused turnovers, while senior
Jenna Marchinetti, junior
Laura Scalzi and Standera forced two each.
Ithaca owned a 33-17 gap in shots and 31-18 edge in ground balls. Each team won nine draws, while Nazareth committed 21 turnovers to Ithaca's 13. Ithaca was just 2-for-7 in free-position attempts.
The Bombers return to action Sunday, April 13 at Alfred at 1 p.m.