March 28, 2007
Final Stats
LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. - The Siena women's lacrosse team fell to Vermont 19-8 this afternoon in Burlington. Junior attacker Ryan Tierney (Baldwinsville, N.Y./Baldwinsville) and senior co-captain Christina Pampalone (East Northport, N.Y./Commack) each notched a team-high three points in the losing effort. The loss marks the Saints third straight as they fall to 1-6 on the season.
The Catamounts recorded five unanswered goals in the first six minutes of the contest to take a comfortable advantage. Tierney and Pampalone responded with back-to-back goals that cut the Vermont lead to 5-2 at the 20:12 mark. Soon thereafter, the duo notched another goal apiece to maintain a three goal deficit (7-4).
With 1:30 remaining in the half, junior attacker Amy Schoonmaker (Simsbury, Conn./Simsbury) took a feed from Pampalone and blasted it into the back of the net cutting the Catamounts lead to 9-5 as they entered intermission. Schoonmaker finished with two points on the afternoon.
Alexandra Kain (Williston Park, N.Y./Mineola), a freshman midfielder, posted the first goal of the second have making it a three goal contest (9-6). However, this would be the closest the Saints would get as Vermont outscored Siena 10-3 in the final half to run off with the victory.
Siena junior goaltender Heather Ely earned the loss in net. Ely allowed 19 goals, but also posted 10 saves in 60 minutes of action.
The Saints look to rebound on Friday when they take on Niagara for their league opener. Game time is set for 4 p.m. at Siena Field.
