Poughkeepsie, NY – The Vassar College Women's Lacrosse team was back in action at home Saturday afternoon and suffered a hard fought 17-14 loss to visiting Union on Senior Day. Prior to opening draw, the Brewers honored
Tess Billings (Deerfield, IL),
Maddie Busam (Summit, NJ),
Phoebe Florance (Oakland, CA),
Karina Gyllenhaal (Beverley, MA),
Sloan Shade (Fort Lauderdale, FL) and
Catherine Peacock (Stockton, NJ) for their contributions to the program over the course of their careers.
Saturday's loss, Vassar's seventh straight defeat, drops it to 5-7 overall and 0-7 in league play while Union improves to 7-4 and a perfect 6-0 against league rivals.
How It Happened
- Union never trailed on Saturday after scoring four of the first five goals of the game.
- Maddy Schiller opened the scoring for the Garnet Chargers at the 13:16 mark of the contest and added an assist in the opening run.
- Vassar pulled to within 4-3 after Billings and Amelia Poirier (Atherton, CA) scored back-to-back goals late in the first quarter.
- Union came back with two tallies in the final 63 seconds of the period to carry a 6-3 lead to the second quarter.
- Union outscored Vassar 7-4 in a high scoring second frame and used a 5-0 scoring run to open a 12-5 advantage on a Schiller player-down goal with 3:00 minute before halftime.
- Vassar got two of the final three goals of the first half, tallies from Elizabeth Burgess (Columbus, OH) and Maddie Kaltsas (Minnetrista, MN), to make the score 13-7 heading into the intermission.
- Vassar outshot Union 19-17 over the opening 30 minutes with the Garnet Chargers holding a 14-7 halftime edge in draw controls.
- The Garnet Chargers scored three of the five third quarter goals to carry a 16-9 lead into the final frame.
- Vassar got tallies from Siena Wong (Scotts Valley, CA) and Burgess in the final 4:34 of the frame.
- Vassar allowed just one goal in the fourth quarter and scored five times, but could not get closer than the final three goal decision.
- A 3-0 run to start the quarter was keyed by Burgess' third goal of the campaign.
- A Sami Bonasia goal for Union with 5:32 left pushed it in front 17-12 ahead of goals from Kaltsas and Billings in the final 89 seconds of the tilt.
- Vassar held the second half edge in shots 18-17 and finished with a 7-6 advantage in draw controls.
For The Brewers
- Burgess finished a big day with three goals and five points for the Brewers.
- Billings scored three times, pushing her team lead in goals to 37.
- Emilia DiLiberto (Allison Park, PA) scored once and assisted on three tallies to go along with eight draw controls, three groundballs and two caused turnovers.
- Kaltsas totaled three goals and four points.
- Poirier scored twice for Vassar and secured a draw control.
- Wong finished with a goal and an assist.
- Emily Kallman (Jamestown, RI) won three draw controls and caused a turnover.
- Olivia Del Tatto (Bayville, NY) forced two turnovers and secured three groundballs.
- Busam suffered the loss in goal with seven saves and a trio of groundballs.
For The Garnet Chargers
- Gillian Joseph and Christina Guanci each scored four goals with Joseph collecting three groundballs.
- Lana Mickelson scored three times and assisted on a fourth goal.
- Schiller recorded a hat trick and five points to go along with two groundballs.
- Hannah Compa won 12 draw controls for Union and collected a groundball.
- Maddie Greco forced two turnovers and picked up a pair of groundballs.
- Syndey Widlitz made four saves in Saturday's first half.
- Sierra Harris came on to make seven stops in the second half.
Game Statistics
- Vassar held a slight 37-34 advantage in shots.
- Draw controls went to Union by a 20-14 margin.
- The Garnet Chargers held a slim 19-18 advantage in groundballs.
- Vassar went 15-for-19 in clears.
- Union was 13-for-16 in clearing chances.
What's Next
- Vassar heads to the North Country to take on St. Lawrence on April 18.
- Union hosts Bard on Tuesday.
