Next game:
at the University of Rochester
04/09/2021 | 4 p.m.
ROCHESTER, NY – Women’s lacrosse team RIT (5-2, 2-2 Liberty League) scored their first eight goals of the game in a 15-3 win over Skidmore College (2-2, 0-2 Liberty League) in the Saturday Liberty League from RIT Turf Field Saturday afternoon.
Older attack Alanna Fallone (Penfield, NY / Penfield) led the Tigers by seven goals. With 208 career points, she moves up to fourth place on the RIT list of all time, making her the fourth player in program history to reach the 200-point milestone.
Senior Olivia Africa (Syracuse, NY / Cicero-North Syracuse) ended with six points on three goals and three assists while junior midfielder McKenna Joint (Honeoye Falls, NY / Honeoye Falls-Lima) and senior Steph Darrell (East Norhtport, NY / St. Anthony’s) scored two hits each.
Senior Paulina Goodermote (Rochester, NY / Churchville-Chili) took the net profit for the Tigers, scoring 10 saves. Sophomore Baylee West (Hummelstown, PA / Hershey) generated two sales and led the Tigers with eight draw controls. Rose seed (Syosset, NY / St. Anthony’s) led RIT with five ground balls.
The shots were 34-16 in RIT’s favor and won the floorball battle 23-10. The Tigers went 4: 6 in free position attempts and 16:19 in clearing attempts.
The Tigers took an 8-0 lead in the first half and led 10-1 at halftime. Fallone scored six of their seven goals in this opening stretch for RIT, including four in a row.
RIT scored five goals in the second half, while the Tigers defense brought the Thoroughbreds to two goals in the second half.
Amelia Bassett led Skidmore by two goals. Phoebe Beshlian took the loss on the net for the thoroughbreds and made a save.
RIT returns to action on Friday April 9th when the Tigers play a non-conference game at the University of Rochester starting at 4pm
