Box Score

ONEONTA, NY- Nine Hawks recorded at least a point as Hartwick's women's lacrosse team defeated visiting Houghton College by a score of 17-6 on Saturday at Wright Stadium. The Hawks took the lead 1:15 into the game and never looked back as they led by eight goals at halftime. They led by as many as 12 in the second half in the victory.
           
Freshman Lauren Rosenberg (Smithtown, NY/Commack) equaled a season high with five goals to pace the Hartwick attack. Meg Luce (Saratoga Springs, NY/Saratoga Springs) registered three goals and an assist, Meagan Wright (Mahopac, NY/Mahopac) had three goals, Emily Jweid (Marcy, NY/Whitesboro) recorded two tallies and two assists, and Kia Ference (Schenectady, NY/Schenectady) picked up a goal and a game-high three helpers.
           
Hartwick took control from the opening draw as Ali Sisco (Kendall Park, NJ/South Brunswick), Wright, Luce, and Rosenberg all scored inside of five minutes to give the Hawks a quick 4-0 advantage. Amanda Zacchigna, who scored a team-high three goals for Houghton on the day, got the Highlanders on the scoreboard at 21:57.
           
Wright and Ference added to the Hartwick total with goals at 19:45 and 16:18 before Nicole Mason and Jessica McDowell tallied for the visitors 1:03 apart to cut the deficit to 6-3. The Hawks, however, would build the lead back up as they tallied six times in the final 12 minutes of the half. Jweid and Rosenberg each found the net twice with Luce and Lisa Littleton (Yorktown, NY/Yorktown) also scoring to put Hartwick in front 12-4 at halftime.
             
Rosenberg and Luce each scored on free-position shots to make it a 10-goal game early in the second half. Tyler Reese scored for Houghton at 24:23 and after almost 10 minutes of scoreless action, Rosenberg and Luce scored 61 ticks apart for a 16-5 lead. Megan Young (Gansevoort, NY/Schuylerville) finished off the Hawks' final goal with six minutes left and Zacchigna tacked on Houghton's sixth goal with 22 seconds remaining to produce the final score.
           
Hartwick out-shot Houghton 39-20 in the game. The Hawks edged the Highlanders 24-22 in ground balls and led decisively in draw controls, 17-8.
           
Hawk goalkeepers Steph Luce (Saratoga Springs, NY/Saratoga Springs), April Hargy (Edgartown, MA/Martha's Vineyard), and Carla Centanni (Milford, PA/Delaware Valley) combined for nine saves in the victory. Luce stopped three shots in 31 minutes, Hargy stopped a career-best five shots in 21 minutes, and Centanni made one save in eight minutes.
           
Jweid gathered a career-high 11 draw controls for Hartwick. No other player on the field had more than two. Sisco and Caroline Stanford (Skaneateles, NY/Skaneateles) each had four ground balls and caused two turnovers. Ference added three ground balls for 'Wick.
           
The Hawks, who improved to 5-8 overall with the victory, are back at it tomorrow afternoon when they host #19 St. John Fisher at 1 p.m.