Albany, N.Y. ? Kayla Best scored the game-winning goal with three minutes and 51 seconds remaining to lift UAlbany past St. Bonaventure, 11-10, in non-conference women's lacrosse play on Sunday, March 16 at John Fallon Field. The game moved to the Capital Region due to poor field conditions in western New York.
UAlbany (5-2) tied the contest at 10 apiece when Christine Grueniger faked a shot from the left and went low around a defender with 5:23 left. Best, who had two goals and one assist, put her team ahead as she drove into the middle and sent a blast inside the left post. St. Bonaventure (1-3) had an opportunity to draw even with 12 seconds on the clock, but goalkeeper Katie Neer stopped Brenna Houghton's shot from right of the crease at point-blank range.
“I tried to hold my position and stay patient,” explained Neer when describing Houghton's last-second shot. “I knew that they would be driving (to the net) in the last 20 seconds. My team has come through for me when I didn't play as well, so I certainly wanted to pull through for them. This is both thrilling and intense and I didn't want to lose.”
The Bonnies rallied from an 8-6 halftime deficit with three goals during a four-minute span of the final period. Houghton scored her second goal of the game off a rebound, before Stephanie Jordan got the equalizer 28 seconds later with a bounce shot from right of the crease. Kimberly Ross, a first-team All-Atlantic 10 Conference midfielder, then drove to the cage after a restart to give her team the lead with 13:02 remaining.
Freshman Tee Ladouceur tallied her third goal to the game at nine-all when she moved from left to right and fired a shot inside the right post. The Great Danes appeared to go ahead with 6:32 to play when Jane Bush converted a feed from Rory Redmond, but the goal was disallowed due to an illegal stick. The Bonnies took advantage by scoring 23 seconds later when junior midfielder Keri Vito connected from the right side off a pass from Catie Greene.
In the opening period, UAlbany led by as much as three on two separate occasions, including 7-4 after freshman Jodi Battaglia netted a pair of unassisted goals. But St. Bonaventure's Ashley Fischer converted a free-position shot and Houghton found the cage following a turnover. UAlbany's Bush scored in transition with less than three minutes left in the half to stake her team to a two-goal lead at the intermission.
Neer, a first-year starter in the cage, finished with a career-high 18 saves, including several key stops when her team went scoreless for 18-plus minutes to begin the final stanza. St. Bonaventure's Vito had two goals and one assist, while goalkeeper Eboni Preston turned aside 11 shots.
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St. Bonaventure (1-3) 6 4 - 10
UAlbany (5-2) 8 3 - 11
St. Bonaventure ? Scoring: Keri Vito 2-1, Brenna Houghton 2-0, Kimberly Ross 2-0, Christine Hanley 2-0, Ashley Fischer 1-0, Stephanie Jordan 1-0, Patty Nessle 0-1, Molly Hastrich 0-1, Catie Greene 0-1; Goalkeeper(s): Eboni Preston (60:00, 11 saves, 11 GA).
UAlbany ? Scoring: Tee Ladouceur 3-0, Kayla Best 2-1, Jodi Battaglia 2-0, Jane Bush 1-1, Christine Grueniger 1-0, Stacey Brown 1-0, Nikki Branchini 1-0; Goalkeeper(s): Katie Neer (60:00, 18 saves, 10 GA).
UAlbany 11, St. Bonaventure 10 (Mar 16, 2008)
Lacrosse Box Score
Lacrosse Box Score (Final)
2008 UAlbany Women's Lacrosse
St. Bonaventure vs Albany (Mar 16, 2008 at Albany, N.Y.)
St. Bonaventure (1-3) vs. Score by period 1 2 Tot
Albany (5-2) -------------------------------
Date: Mar 16, 2008 Attendance: 85 St. Bonaventure..... 6 4 - 10
Weather: 41, N/NW 20 mph, cloudy, light rain Albany.............. 8 3 - 11
St. Bonaventure SCORING: GOALS: VITO, Keri 2; ROSS, Kimberly 2; HOUGHTON, Brenna
2; HANLEY, Christine 2; JORDAN, Stephanie 1; FISCHER, Ashley 1.
ASSISTS: GREENE, Catie 1; HASTRICH, Molly 1; NESSLE, Patty 1; VITO, Keri 1.
Albany SCORING: GOALS: Tee Ladouceur 3; Kayla Best 2; Jodi Battaglia 2; Jane
Bush 1; Stacey Brown 1; Christine Grueniger 1; Nikki Branchini 1.
ASSISTS: Kayla Best 1; Jane Bush 1.
Shots by period 1 2 Tot
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St. Bonaventure..... 26 18 - 44
Albany.............. 22 18 - 40
Ground balls by prd 1 2 Tot
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St. Bonaventure..... 19 14 - 33
Albany.............. 11 9 - 20
Draw controls by prd 1 2 Tot
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St. Bonaventure..... 3 3 - 6
Albany.............. 12 5 - 17
Free-position shots 1 2 Total
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St. Bonaventure..... 3-12 0-6 - 3-18
Albany.............. 2-4 0-4 - 2-8
Saves by period 1 2 Tot
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St. Bonaventure..... 6 5 - 11
Albany.............. 9 9 - 18
Fouls by period 1 2 Tot
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St. Bonaventure..... 19 14 - 33
Albany.............. 22 18 - 40
Turnovers by prd 1 2 Tot
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St. Bonaventure..... 9 10 - 19
Albany.............. 14 11 - 25
Officials:.
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Lacrosse Box Score (Final)
2008 UAlbany Women's Lacrosse
St. Bonaventure vs Albany (Mar 16, 2008 at Albany, N.Y.)
Albany
Pos. ## Player G A Pts Sh SOG GB DC FPS Face T/O CT SC-INT-BLK-DCH Fouls
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GK 7 Katie Neer.......... - - - - - 5 - 0-0 - 1 1 - - - - -
M 1 Christine Grueniger. 1 - 1 4 1 1 3 0-2 - - 1 - - - - 4
A 2 Stacey Brown........ 1 - 1 5 3 3 - 0-1 - 1 - - - - - 1
A 9 Jane Bush........... 1 1 2 4 3 - 1 0-0 - 4 - - - - - -
M 10 Nikki Branchini..... 1 - 1 2 1 2 3 1-2 - 1 1 - - - - 4
M 12 Brittany Scott...... - - - 1 - - - 0-0 - 2 - - - - - 2
D 16 Tricia Primomo...... - - - - - 1 - 0-0 - - 1 - - - - 3
M 18 Kayla Best.......... 2 1 3 10 4 - 2 1-1 - 4 - - - - - 4
M 20 Jodi Battaglia...... 2 - 2 5 5 1 1 0-1 - - 1 - - - - 3
D 22 Mackenzie Riegel.... - - - - - 1 - 0-0 - 2 1 - - - - 4
D 25 Sara Wolf........... - - - - - 3 - 0-0 - - - - - - - 5
M 27 Tee Ladouceur....... 3 - 3 7 5 - 1 0-1 - 6 - - - - - 1
---------- Substitutes ----------
3 Taylor Frink........ - - - 1 - - - 0-0 - - 1 - - - - -
5 Teresa Strano....... - - - - - - - 0-0 - 1 - - - - - 2
11 Kimberly Sumcizk.... - - - - - 1 - 0-0 - 1 1 - - - - 1
15 Rory Redmond........ - - - 1 - 2 5 0-0 - 1 2 - - - - 5
24 Renee Levitin....... - - - - - - 1 0-0 - 1 - - - - - 1
Totals.............. 11 2 13 40 22 20 17 2-8 0-0 25 10 0 0 0 0 40
GOALTENDER SUMMARY
Albany Minutes GA W/L 1 2 Saves
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7 Katie Neer.......... 60:00 10 W 9 9 18
Legend: Sh=shots SOG-shots on goal G=goals scored A=assists Face=faceoffs T/O=turnovers
CT=caused turnover SC=stick check INT=interception BLK=blocked pass/shot DCH=drawn charge
Lacrosse Box Score (Final)
2008 UAlbany Women's Lacrosse
St. Bonaventure vs Albany (Mar 16, 2008 at Albany, N.Y.)
St. Bonaventure
Pos. ## Player G A Pts Sh SOG GB DC FPS Face T/O CT SC-INT-BLK-DCH Fouls
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GK 20 PRESTON, Eboni...... - - - - - 5 - 0-0 - 2 1 - - - - 1
A 2 HOUGHTON, Brenna.... 2 - 2 8 5 2 - 0-2 - 1 1 - - - - 2
M 3 ROSS, Kimberly...... 2 - 2 10 5 4 2 0-3 - 3 2 - - - - 5
M 5 HANLEY, Christine... 2 - 2 5 4 4 - 2-3 - - 1 - - - - 5
D 6 GAGNON, Sarah....... - - - - - 2 - 0-0 - - - - - - - -
D 8 ORMSBEE, Katie...... - - - - - 1 - 0-0 - - - - - - - 1
A 11 NESSLE, Patty....... - 1 1 3 2 1 - 0-1 - 2 1 - - - - 3
M 12 HASTRICH, Molly..... - 1 1 6 3 2 - 0-3 - 2 1 - - - - 2
M 13 FISCHER, Ashley..... 1 - 1 2 2 1 - 1-2 - 1 - - - - - -
M 16 JORDAN, Stephanie... 1 - 1 4 2 3 - 0-2 - 2 1 - - - - 3
M 23 VITO, Keri.......... 2 1 3 5 4 2 2 0-2 - 2 - - - - - 6
D 27 DEPAUL, Meghan...... - - - - - - - 0-0 - 1 1 - - - - 3
---------- Substitutes ----------
9 REMICK, Jill........ - - - - - - - 0-0 - - 1 - - - - 1
10 MURPHY, Megan....... - - - - - 3 1 0-0 - - 2 - - - - 1
21 GREENE, Catie....... - 1 1 1 1 3 1 0-0 - 3 - - - - - -
Totals.............. 10 4 14 44 28 33 6 3-18 0-0 19 12 0 0 0 0 33
GOALTENDER SUMMARY
St. Bonaventure Minutes GA W/L 1 2 Saves
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20 PRESTON, Eboni...... 60:00 11 L 6 5 11
Legend: Sh=shots SOG-shots on goal G=goals scored A=assists Face=faceoffs T/O=turnovers
CT=caused turnover SC=stick check INT=interception BLK=blocked pass/shot DCH=drawn charge
Lacrosse Box Score (Final)
2008 UAlbany Women's Lacrosse
St. Bonaventure vs Albany (Mar 16, 2008 at Albany, N.Y.)
SCORING SUMMARY:
Prd Time Team Type Goal Scorer Assists
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1. 1st 29:13 ALBANY EVEN Stacey Brown Unassisted
2. 27:48 ALBANY EVEN Tee Ladouceur Jane Bush
3. 27:31 SBU EVEN HANLEY, Christine Free position shot
4. 26:53 SBU EVEN HANLEY, Christine Free position shot
5. 24:34 ALBANY EVEN Tee Ladouceur Unassisted
6. 22:51 ALBANY EVEN Nikki Branchini Free position shot
7. 19:33 ALBANY EVEN Kayla Best Free position shot
8. 18:27 SBU EVEN ROSS, Kimberly Unassisted
9. 15:41 SBU EVEN VITO, Keri NESSLE, Patty
10. 15:12 ALBANY EVEN Jodi Battaglia Unassisted
11. 14:54 ALBANY EVEN Jodi Battaglia Unassisted
12. 11:01 SBU EVEN FISCHER, Ashley Free position shot
13. 7:17 SBU EVEN HOUGHTON, Brenna HASTRICH, Molly
14. 2:23 ALBANY EVEN Jane Bush Kayla Best
15. 2nd 17:00 SBU EVEN HOUGHTON, Brenna Unassisted
16. 16:32 SBU EVEN JORDAN, Stephanie VITO, Keri
17. 13:02 SBU EVEN ROSS, Kimberly Unassisted
18. 11:41 ALBANY EVEN Tee Ladouceur Unassisted
19. 6:09 SBU EVEN VITO, Keri GREENE, Catie
20. 5:23 ALBANY EVEN Christine Grueniger Unassisted
21. 3:51 ALBANY EVEN Kayla Best Unassisted
