Staten Island, NY – The Wagner women's lacrosse team claimed a crucial conference victory over Sacred Heart, 9-8, over Sacred Heart on Wednesday evening at Hameline Field.
The Seahawks opened the contest with a flurry of shots while Pioneers goalkeeper Bella Beaton stopped eight shots in the opening stanza as Wagner attempted 16. Sacred Heart opened the scoring when Emma Kittredge fired a shot passed senior goalkeeper
Lauren DiStefano off a pass from Lydia Werlau. The Pioneers doubled its lead with four seconds left in the quarter as Grace Reinold converted a free-position chance.
The Seahawks got on the board 40 seconds into the second frame when graduate student
Victoria Tucci tallied her first goal of the contest. Four minutes later, Lydia Welau doubled the Sacred Heart lead to 3-1. The Seahawks closed the half on a 4-0 run as Junior
Sarah Shaughnessy converted a free-position chance to bring Wagner to within one goal. The Green & White then launched a run that included three goals in 93 seconds as freshman
Katie Siverson knotted the contest at three before sophomore
Kelsey Scheidel gave Wagner its first lead of the game at 4-3. The run ended with a goal from freshman
Sophia Colver to double the Wagner lead.
The Seahawks took a 5-3 lead into the halftime intermission as they outshot the Pioneers 26-5 in the first half.
Kelsey Scheidel opened the scoring in the second half with her second goal of the contest, it was the third consecutive game the Islip, NY native tallied multiple goals. The Pioneers launched a 3-1 run to end the third quarter as the game went to the final stanza with Wagner holding a 7-6 advantage.
Sacred Heart tallied the first two goals of the final stanza giving them an 8-7 lead before senior
Maria Henwood tallied her first goal of the evening off a pass from graduate student
Stefani Peluso with 6:10 remaining in the final stanza. Senior
Kasey Dorney converted on an individual effort to give Wagner a 9-8 lead with 1:07 remaining in the contest. The Seahawks would hold on to claim the victory over the Pioneers.
The Seahawks outshot the Pioneers 42-16 and had 30 shots on goal to Sacred Heart's 12. Wagner also tallied 20 ground balls, including four from senior
Aileen Hannan, who recorded her 100th career ground ball as a member of the Seahawks.
Victoria Tucci and
Kelsey Scheidel each tallied two goals with one assist while combining for 20 shots.
The Seahawks will be back in action on Saturday, April 23 when they travel to Washington, D.C. to take on Howard at 12:00 P.M.
