Box Score

ITHACA, N.Y. – The 15th-ranked Ithaca College women's lacrosse team (5-4) upended visiting Houghton (3-6), 19-4, Saturday afternoon at Higgins Stadium to win its fourth straight.
 
The Bombers owned a 9-1 gap at the half after opening action with a 7-0 run. Ithaca improved its lead to 15-1 in the second. The Highlanders netted back-to-back scores before Ithaca added four more. Houghton rounded out all scoring with 31 seconds lingering in the game, 19-4.
 
Ithaca led all shots, 40-13, ground balls 22-21 and draw controls 17-8. Houghton committed 22 turnovers and Ithaca had 19.
 
Eleven student-athletes netted scores for the Bombers. Sophomore Riley Marion and junior Molly Fischer recorded hat tricks with Marion adding an assist. Juniors Delaney Gilson, Niki Standera and Natalie Lang and rookie Morgan Racicot chipped in two each. Standera dished out two assists and Lang and Racicot one. Senior Becky Guzzo led the game with three assists and tallied one goal.
 
Freshman Gaby Berne scored her first collegiate goal and had one assist for the Bombers. Sophomores Mackenzie Robinson and Ally Lates and junior Ali Woller accounted for the Bombers' other three goals. Sophomore Taylor Purvis and senior Anya Eckhardt each had one assist.
 
Fischer had a game-best five draws, one shy of her career high. Seniors Jenna Marchinetti and Katie Long anchored the Bomber defense. Marchinetti had career-best numbers of four forced turnovers and five ground balls. Long had two caused turnovers and collected four ground balls.
 
Freshman Emily Ross recorded the win in goal for the Bombers having made three stops during the first half. Senior Brittany Romano relieved Ross for the second half to save three shots.
 
The Bombers return to the turf on Tuesday, March 8 hosting William Smith at 5 p.m