Brockport, NY – On Saturday the Golden Eagle women's lacrosse team celebrated Senior Day with a 10-8 win over Oneonta. The comeback win improved Brockport's record to 8-6 overall and 5-3 in the conference, officially clinching a postseason berth.
Prior to the start of play there was a short ceremony held to recognize and honor Brockport's two seniors. This year's senior class consisted of
Cassidy Burnash and
Julia Quinlan.
As play began, it would be Burnash assisting
Alayna Foos for the first score of the day. Oneonta responded with two scores late in the first quarter, taking a 2-1 lead into the second. The Red Dragons scored three more to give them a 5-2 lead at halftime.
Brockport turned the game around in the second half with four goals in the third quarter. This run featured a different goal scorer for all four goals, three coming off of assists from
Cassidy Burnash.
Hailey Lewkovich,
Alayna Foos,
Sarah Kilburn, and
Paige Thowe all scored during the run.
The Golden Eagles won the third quarter, 4-2, but still trailed 7-6 heading into the fourth. They went on to score four more goals to complete the comeback.
Sarah Kilburn scored her second of the day and
Tristan Davis got her first early in the period to tie the game at 8-8.
At 7:27, Burnash broke the tie to make it a 9-8 lead for the Golden Eagles. She finished with a game-high six points on two goals and four assists. Foos provided the insurance goal with around four minutes remaining, posting another hat trick and the 10-8 final.
Arianna Reed had a good showing between the pipes for the Green and Gold at home. She secured the win with 12 saves, playing the full 60 minutes in net.
The Golden Eagles will close out the regular season on the road at Buffalo State on Wednesday, April 24
th at 6pm. They play for a chance to secure a home game for the first round of the conference tournament, set to begin on Aprli 27
th.