Riverdale, NY – The Wagner women's lacrosse team dropped a non-conference match 14-11 to Manhattan College on Wednesday afternoon.
Graduate student
Madeline Seims started the scoring for the Seahawks early in the opening quarter before classmate
Stefani Peluso doubled the Wagner lead to 2-0. After the Jaspers cut the Wagner lead in half, senior
Maria Henwood tallied her third goal in two games to give Wagner a 3-1 lead. Reigning Northeast Conference (NEC) Rookie of the Week
Katie Siverson extended the Wagner lead to 4-1 to close out the opening frame.
Senior
Kasey Dorney continued the Wagner run to open the second stanza to extend the Green & White lead to 5-1 before graduate student
Victoria Tucci tallied her lone goal of the afternoon to extend the lead to 6-1. The first six goals for Wagner were scored by six different goal scorers.
Kasey Dorney and
Madeline Seims each added their second goal of the contest late in the second while senior goalkeeper and Reigning NEC Defensive Player of the Week
Lauren DiStefano stopped two free-position attempts from the Jaspers to preserve Wagner's lead in the second quarter as the Seahawks took an 8-3 lead into the intermission.
The Jaspers opened the second half on a 2-0 run before
Kasey Dorney tallied her third goal of the afternoon on a free-position attempt to extend the Wagner lead to 9-5. Following the Dorney goal,
Katie Siverson found the back of the net for the second time on the day and team-leading fifth time on the season to give the Green & White a 10-5 lead. The Jaspers closed the second half on a 4-0 run to bring the score to 10-9 heading into the final 15 minutes of the contest.
Manhattan put a stamp on the contest in the fourth quarter when they extended the run to 8-0 and took a 13-10 lead. Sophomore
Kelsey Scheidel tallied her first goal of the season to bring the deficit down to 13-11. The hosts added one more goal late in the fourth to preserve a 14-11 victory.
The Seahawks will be back in action against the University of Vermont on Sunday, February 27 at noon.
