Box Score



NEW PALTZ, N.Y. – The State University of New York at New Paltz women's lacrosse team (6-9, 1-5 SUNYAC) had its Senior Day spoiled on Saturday afternoon by SUNY Geneseo (8-5, 3-3 SUNYAC) in a 19-7 decision in State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) play at the Turf Field.

The Hawks honored six players in its pregame Senior Day ceremonies: midfielders Megan Douglas (Hopewell Junction, N.Y./John Jay), Julia Donato (Fayetteville, N.Y./Fayetteville-Manlius) and Krista Hannaford (Huntington Station, N.Y./Walt Whitman) as well as third-year attack player Juli Rehain (Suffern, N.Y./Suffern), attack player Samantha DelGaudio (Northport, N.Y./Northport) and goalkeeper Stefanie Mignone (Farmingville, N.Y./Sachem East).

Freshman midfielder Julia Johnson (Bayport, N.Y./Bayport-Blue Point) saw the most success against the Blue Knights defense, scoring two goals and picking up two assists in the contest. Junior attack player Erin Tornatore (Glen Cove, N.Y./North Shore) won a game-high seven draw controls for the Hawks while tying Mignone for a game-best five ground balls collected.

For Geneseo, Caroline Buonocore led all scorers with six goals on 12 shots, while also being one of Blue Knights to register an assist. Emily Haggerty contributed five goals to the effort, with Rachel Petrone and Katey Hart each chipping in three scores of their own. Kim Magee led all players with three caused turnovers.

DelGaudio scored the first goal of the match shortly after the ceremonies ended, only one minute and eight seconds into regulation, to give the Hawks their only lead of the game. Geneseo then rattled off five unanswered goals over the next 13 minutes to assume control of the game. Donato put the Hawks back on the board with 14:09 remaining in the first period, finding net off a pass from sophomore attack player Talia Tesler (Rochester, N.Y./Brighton), but another three consecutive goals by the Blue Knights put Geneseo up by an 8-2 margin with ten minutes and change remaining in the first half.

Tornatore's score off a Johnson pass with 9:27 to play in the first half brought the Hawks within five goals, but Geneseo would close out the half with another 3-0 run to send New Paltz to its halftime huddle trailing, 11-3.

After Geneseo began the second period with a Haggerty free-position goal with 28:14 to play, Johnson scored both of her goals on the day in quick fashion, bringing New Paltz within seven with 25:52 remaining. The Blue Knights put together one more scoring run, 5-0, over the next 13 minutes to quell any rally attempts by the Hawks. Freshmen midfielders Lianne Valdivia (Kingston, N.Y./Kingston) and Carissa Citro (Miller Place, N.Y./Miller Place) each notched a goal apiece in between Geneseo goals to score New Paltz's final two points in the 19-7 defeat.

Mignone took the losing decision after guarding goal for 45:23 and stopping nine shots. She was relieved by freshman Jackie Ulanoff (Northport, N.Y./Northport) for the final 14:37. Ulanoff registered one save. Geneseo's Julie Bernatzky earned the victory in a complete-game, 15-save effort.

The Blue Knights outshot the Hawks, 38-24, and won the draw control battle, 15-12. New Paltz earned one more ground ball than Geneseo, 24-23. The visiting Blue Knights were able to cash in on seven of its ten free-position opportunities, while the Hawks were denied in their only two attempts, contributing to their defeat.

The Hawks play their final home game of the season on Tuesday, April 24, when they host SUNY Potsdam in New Paltz's next-to-last SUNYAC game of the season. Game time is scheduled for 4 p.m. on the Turf Field.