Brookville, NY – Graduate student Madeine Seims recorded her 150th career point and senior
Lauren DiStefano claimed her 300th career save as the Wagner women's lacrosse team defeated LIU, 10-4, on Wednesday afternoon.
Madeline Seims moves to tied for eighth in program history with former teammate and former Seahawk Lauren Ednie with 152 career points while
Lauren DiStefano now has 307 career saves in 31 career starts.
Wagner put a stamp on the contest as they outscored LIU 4-1 in the opening frame behind two free-position goals from graduate student
Victoria Tucci, one goal from
Madeline Seims and a free-position goal from senior
Kasey Dorney.
With 15 seconds remaining in the opening quarter,
Lauren DiStefano registered her 300th career save as a member of the Seahawks.
Tucci continued her strong afternoon in the second quarter as she tallied both of Wagner's goals in the second stanza, her second goal of the frame was assisted by
Kasey Dorney as Wagner took a 6-2 lead into the halftime intermission.
Wagner outscored LIU 2-1 in the third quarter behind two goals from
Madeline Seims. Her second goal of the quarter gave her 150 career points as a member of the Seahawks.
With an 8-3 lead entering the final stanza, Tucci and Seims each added another goal to preserve a 10-4 victory for Wagner.
Victoria Tucci tallied a career-high five goals to go along with one assist, three caused turnovers, and two ground balls. Classmate
Madeline Seims tallied four goals on seven shots while
Kasey Dorney scored once while dishing out one assist to go along with four draw controls, one caused turnover and one ground ball. Goalkeeper
Lauren DiStefano stopped 10 out of 14 shots in the victory.
The Seahawks out shot the Sharks as Wagner had 31 to LIU's 23 while they had 14 draw controls to LIU's four.
Victoria Tucci stands one point away from the century mark as she has 99 career points away a six-point effort this afternoon.
Kasey Dorney is eight points away from the century mark as she sits at 92 career points.
With their victory over LIU, the Seahawks with their first two Northeast Conference (NEC) contests for the fourth consecutive season.
The Seahawks will look for their third consecutive victory on when they welcome Saint Francis University to Hameline Field on Saturday, April 2 at 12:00 P.M.
