ONEONTA, NY – The Hartwick women's lacrosse team scored the first 12 goals of the game at Wright Stadium on Wednesday afternoon, cruising to their fourth win by at least 11 goals in a row, this time over Empire 8 foe Elmira, 21 to 4. The Hawks improve to 5-3 overall and 2-0 in conference, while the Soaring Eagles remain winless at 0-8 (0-2 E8).
GinaMarie Wilson (East Meadow, NY/East Meadow) got it started early, scoring three of the first five goals within 11:11 of gametime, all unassisted. Amy Tracy (Smithtown, NY/Florida Southern College) had the other two, one of which relied on Rachel Hedden (Burlington, CT/Central Conn. State) for help. Hedden assisted on 'Wick's sixth tally as well, by Cassie Durkin (Fayetteville, NY/Jamesville Dewitt), and then ceded the spotlight to Hailey Pooler (Adams Center, NY/South Jefferson) who scored the first two of her seven goals within a minute of each other at 12:16 and 11:32. Hedden got in the goal column herself exactly a minute later at 10:32, followed by goals from Jennifer Darasz (Gorham, ME/Gorham), Pooler again (from Wilson), and Wilson, making it 12-0. Elmira's Stephanie Martin scored next, breaking the shutout and converting for the fifth time in four games, and Rachel Goetz converted with 12 seconds to go in the half, bringing the score to 12-2 at the break.
Hartwick made sure Elmira's streak stopped at two, scoring the first four goals of the final 30 minutes in 6:33 of play. Wilson had an unassisted goal just 13 seconds in, Pooler scored the next two (one from Hedden), and Emma Knapp (Canandaigua, NY/Marcus Whitman) got on the board at 23:27, making it 16-2. Elmira's Mikayla Carfello had the final two goals of the day for her squad in the last 18:12, but Pooler (twice), Wilson, Knapp, and Darasz combined for 'Wick's last five goals to send the score to where it wound up at the end of all 60 minutes.
Pooler matched her career high in points, with nine, and set one in goals, with seven on 10 shots. She had two assists, giving her 98 for her career, and four ground balls. Wilson had six goals on seven shots and an assist, five draw controls, and a ground ball. Hedden and Tracy each had four points; the former had a goal on three shots, three assists, and a draw control, while the latter had two goals on two shots, two assists, two ground balls, one caused turnover, and one draw control. Darasz registered three points on two goals and an assist, as well as two ground balls. Knapp led all comers with six draw controls and added two goals on three shots to boot. Emma Kaplan (Danbury, CT/Danbury) had a game-high six ground balls and a turnover caused.
Jennifer Paszko (Queensbury, NY/Queensbury) started for the Hawks, playing the first half and making two saves to earn her first win of the season. Ashley Jablonowski (Levittown, NY/Island Trees) finished out the game with one save in the second half.
'Wick dominated all facets of the game. They had 38 shots, their second-highest total of the season, compared to Elmira's 11, and a 29 to 7 advantage in shots on goal. The Soaring Eagles turned the ball over 23 times while Hartwick did the same on 14 occasions. The Hawks were 14-of-16 on clears while Elmira was 9-of-18, and 'Wick led in ground balls, 26 to 13, and draw controls, 16 to 10.
Carfello was the lone multi-point scorer for Elmira, with two goals on three shots and a ground ball. In addition to her goal, Goetz, had a team-high five draw controls and a ground ball. Martin scored a goal on a team-high five shots and had two draw controls.
The Hawks have a test next time out, taking on 6-2 SUNY Canton on Tuesday, April 2 at home. Opening draw is at 4 p.m.
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